[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61208-61209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25753]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0734; FRL 9933-60-OEI]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection 
Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 
Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of 
Health and Safety Studies

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the following information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``Health 
and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and 
Safety Studies'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 0575.15 and OMB Control 
No. 2070-0004. The ICR, which is available in the docket along with 
other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of the 
collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly 
summarized in this document. EPA did not receive any comments in 
response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in 
the Federal Register on March 30, 2015 (80 FR 16672). With this 
submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0734, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
     To EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     To OMB via email to [email protected]. Address 
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.

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    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
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. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on November 
30, 2015. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 are displayed either by publication in the 
Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB 
control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
and 40 CFR part 716 require manufacturers and processors of chemicals 
to submit lists and copies of health and safety studies relating to the 
health and/or environmental effects of certain chemical substances and 
mixtures. In order to comply with the reporting requirements of TSCA 
section 8(d), respondents must search their records to identify any 
health and safety studies in their possession, copy and process 
relevant studies, list studies that are currently in progress, and 
submit this information to EPA.
    EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the 
known effects of the chemicals in question, leading to determinations 
by EPA of whether additional testing of the chemicals is required. The 
information enables EPA to base its testing decisions on the most 
complete information available and to avoid demands for testing that 
may be duplicative. EPA will use information obtained via this 
collection to support its investigation of the risks posed by chemicals 
and, in particular, to support its decisions on whether to require 
industry to test chemicals under section 4 of TSCA. This information 
collection request addresses the reporting requirements found in TSCA 
section 8(d).
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Persons who manufacture, process, or 
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures, or who propose 
to do so.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. (see 40 CFR part 
716).
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 119.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 1,605 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $116,551 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a net decrease of 6,778 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in 
the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects in particular 
EPA's withdrawal of a cadmium reporting rule, the burden for which is 
included in the currently approved ICR. In addition there was a smaller 
burden increase resulting from the one-time requirement for respondents 
to register with EPA's CDX reporting system and to establish electronic 
signature agreements, plus correcting the estimated number of robust 
summaries submitted each year. This change is both a program change (in 
the case of the burden decrease due to the withdrawal of the cadmium 
rule) and an adjustment (for all other burden changes).

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-25753 Filed 10-8-15; 8:45 am]
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