[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42362-42363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13948]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0721; FRL-11118-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Chemical Data Reporting Under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TSCA) (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), Chemical Data Reporting under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA ICR Number 1884.15; OMB 
Control Number 2070-0162), 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 June 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on September 21, 2021, during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2013-0721 to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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: Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support 
Branch (7602M), Office of Chemical

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Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
566-1204; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR 
which is currently approved through June 30, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on September 21, 2021 during a 60-day comment period (86 FR 52547). 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the 
EPA will be collecting are available in the 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 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This information collection request addresses the 
paperwork requirements contained in the TSCA Chemical Data Reporting 
(CDR) rule. Under TSCA section 8(a), EPA is authorized to collect 
certain information on chemical substances manufactured (including 
imported) or processed in the United States. The CDR collection 
provides chemical manufacture, processing, and use information that 
helps EPA identify what chemicals the public may be exposed to as 
consumers or in commercial and industrial settings. The data also help 
EPA assess routes of potential exposure to those chemicals. Beginning 
in 1986, EPA has used the CDR rule eight times to collect basic 
manufacturing information for selected chemical substances on the TSCA 
Inventory. More recent collections, beginning in 2006, included 
additional information relating to the manufacture, processing, and use 
of those chemical substances. The reporting requirements have been 
modified through rulemaking, with the most recent major changes 
occurring in 2020. The 2020 revisions included a phase-in approach for 
some of its provisions. All provisions will be fully implemented for 
the 2024 CDR reporting cycle. The changes are described on EPA's CDR 
web page, at: https://www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting/summary-reportingrequirement-changes-due-cdr-revisionsand-small.
    The CDR collection is on a four-year reporting cycle and contains 
detailed manufacturing, processing, and use information drawn from the 
principal reporting year; the rule also contains basic information on 
production volume, by year, for the three years prior to the principal 
reporting. Individual sites manufacturing (including importing) 
chemical substances will submit the required information. The 
information will be stored electronically for reference by EPA staff 
and others. Within the constraints of confidentiality claims, the 
information will be made public through the Agency's website: https://www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting. Further discussion on how the 
information is used, stored, and collected is included in this 
document.
    Form Numbers: Form U (Form #: 9600-010), Form U Primary 
Manufacturer Import (Form #: 9600-011), Form U Primary Co-Manufacturer 
Contracting (Form #: 9600-012), Form U Primary Co-Manufacturer 
Producing (Form #: 9600-013), Form U Secondary or Tertiary (Form #: 
9600-014), and Form U Secondary Notifying Tertiary (Form #9600-015).
    Respondents/affected Entities: Potentially affected entities may 
include but are not limited to the following: 325 Chemical 
Manufacturing and 324 Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, TSCA section 8(a) 
and 40 CFR part 711.
    Estimated number of respondents: 5,460 (total).
    Frequency of response: Every four years.
    Total estimated burden: 729,465 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $78,616,166 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 10,194 hours in 
the total estimated burden compared with that currently approved by 
OMB. This increase reflects a combination of reporting requirement 
changes including changes to the information reported (+35,611 hours) 
and changes to the number of reporters (-25,417 hours) due to 
byproducts exemptions and a new small manufacturer definition, which 
were included in two ICR addendums approved by OMB in 2020 (one 
associated with the 2020 CDR Revisions Rule and the other with the 2020 
8(a) SMD Update Rule).

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-13948 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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