[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 216 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63175-63176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21935]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0572; FRL-8493-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection in Support 
of EPA's Stewardship Program for Nanoscale Materials; EPA ICR No. 
2250.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection. 
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the 
information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 10, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2007-0572 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
Document Control Office (DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408-M, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On July 12, 2007 (72 FR 38079), EPA sought comments on the 
proposed new ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received four 
comments during the comment period, which are addressed in the ICR. Any 
additional comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and 
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0572, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket 
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 
202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Information Collection in Support of EPA's Stewardship 
Program for Nanoscale Materials.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2250.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW.
    ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or

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by other appropriate means, such as on the related collection 
instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers 
in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: EPA will initiate a voluntary information collection to 
assemble all known or reasonably ascertainable information from 
manufacturers, importers, and processors of nanoscale materials who are 
participating in the voluntary Stewardship Program for Nanoscale 
Materials. EPA will also collaborate with participating manufacturers, 
importers, and processors of nanoscale materials, and other 
stakeholders in an effort to generate more detailed information of 
certain specific nanoscale materials. Under this second effort OPPT and 
program participants will work together to generate data and analyses 
that will more fully characterize certain nanoscale materials and to 
increase understanding of the environmental health and safety 
implications of manufactured nanoscale materials.
    Responses to this collection of information are voluntary. This 
data collection will facilitate and support EPA's voluntary Stewardship 
Program for Nanoscale Materials and complement EPA's new and existing 
chemical programs under TSCA. These data will also help provide a 
firmer scientific foundation for regulatory decisions by encouraging 
the development of key scientific information and appropriate risk 
management practices for nanoscale chemical substances.
    Burden Statement: The annual public burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average about 154 hours per response for 
the Basic NMSP, and 2,500 hours for the In-Depth NMSP, based on 240 
responses for the Basic NMSP and 15 responses for the In-Depth NMSP 
over the three year approval period. Burden means the total time, 
effort or financial resources expended by persons to generate, 
maintain, retain or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal 
agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, 
acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers, importers, and 
processors of nanoscale materials who are participating in the 
voluntary Stewardship Program for Nanoscale Materials.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 615.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,844 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: $1,315,240.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This is a new information collection 
request. The burden associated with responses to this new information 
collection reflects an increase of 24,844 hours in the total estimated 
respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory. This 
increase represents a program change.

    Dated: November 2, 2007.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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