[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43743-43744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17618]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2013-0803; FRL-9913-82-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Toxic Chemical Release 
Reporting (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1363.23, OMB Control No. 2025-0009) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through October 31, 2014. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (79 FR 11783) on March 3, 2014 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 27, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OEI-2013-0803 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra Vail, Toxics Release 
Inventory Program Division, Office of Information Analysis and Access 
(2844T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0753; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number 
for the docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional information about 
EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

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    Abstract: Pursuant to section 313 of EPCRA, certain facilities that 
manufacture, process, or otherwise use specified toxic chemicals in 
amounts above reporting threshold levels must submit annually to EPA 
and to designated State or Tribal officials toxic chemical release 
forms containing information specified by EPA. 42 U.S.C. 11023. In 
addition, pursuant to section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act 
(PPA), facilities reporting under section 313 of EPCRA must also report 
pollution prevention and waste management data, including recycling 
information, for such chemicals. 42 U.S.C. 13106. EPA compiles and 
stores these reports in a publicly accessible database known as the 
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).
    Form numbers: 9350-1, 9350-2, 9350-3.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private businesses.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR part 372.
    Estimated number of respondents: 23,116 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 3,555,998 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $183,418,377 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 33,262 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the lifting of the 
Administrative Stay of hydrogen sulfide reporting requirements, the 
addition of ortho-nitrotoluene to the TRI chemical list, and an 
increase in the number of facilities reporting to TRI.

Spencer Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-17618 Filed 7-25-14; 8:45 am]
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