[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 46091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16581]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA HQ-OPPT-2020-0078; FRL-10012-06-OMS]


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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Toxic Chemical Release Reporting 
(EPA ICR Number 2613.02, OMB Control Number 2070-0212) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through July 31, 2020. 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 31, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2020-0078, 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra Vail, Toxic Release 
Inventory Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
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 the 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.
    Abstract: Pursuant to section 313 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.), certain 
facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use specified toxic 
chemicals in amounts above reporting threshold levels as provided in 40 
CFR 372.25 must submit annually to EPA and to their designated state or 
Indian country officials toxic chemical release forms containing 
information specified by EPA; see 42 U.S.C. 11023. In addition, 
pursuant to section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA, 42 
U.S.C. 13101 et seq.), facilities reporting under section 313 of EPCRA 
must also report pollution prevention and waste management data, 
including recycling information, for such chemicals; see 42 U.S.C. 
13106. EPA compiles and stores these reports in a publicly accessible 
database known as the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). Regulations at 40 
CFR part 372, subpart B, require facilities that meet the above 
criteria to report annually.
    This ICR consolidates the ICR for TRI Reporting currently approved 
by OMB under OMB Control No. 2025-0009, with the currently approved 
version of this ICR covering the TRI Reporting of additional chemicals. 
Upon OMB approval of this ICR, EPA intends to discontinue OMB Control 
No. 2025-0009.
    Form Numbers: EPA Form 9350-1, EPA Form 9350-2, and EPA Form 9350-
3.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Regulations at 40 CFR part 372, 
subpart B, require facilities that meet all the following criteria to 
report:
    1. The facility has 10 or more full-time employee equivalents 
(i.e., a total of 20,000 hours worked per year or greater; see 40 CFR 
372.3); and
    2. The facility is included in a North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) Code listed at 40 CFR 372.23 or under 
Executive Order 13148, Federal facilities regardless of their industry 
classification; and
    3. The facility manufactures (defined to include importing), 
processes, or otherwise uses any EPCRA section 313 (TRI) chemical in 
quantities greater than the established thresholds for the specific 
chemical in the course of a calendar year.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 372).
    Estimated number respondents: 76,534.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 3,615,128 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $200,205,764 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,597,275 hours. 
This ICR submittal merges the existing ICR (2025-0009, approved by OMB 
on October 15, 2018) into this ICR number (2070-0212), created to cover 
the expanded list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under the 
NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020, to provide for a single control number. The 
burden levels already approved under the collections being consolidated 
in this ICR remain unchanged.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-16581 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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