
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27530-27531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13589]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0868; FRL-8916-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Health and Safety Data Reporting, 
Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies; EPA ICR 
No. 0575.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0004

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 to renew an existing 
approved collection Supporting Statement, Health and Safety Data 
Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies. 
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the 
information collection activity and its expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 10, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2008-0868 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov 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: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

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 December 24, 2008 (73 FR 79081), EPA sought comments on 
this renewal

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ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. Any 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-2008-0868, 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/DC 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 public docket, and to access those 
documents in the public 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 in 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. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in http://www.regulations.gov. The entire printed comment, 
including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public 
docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, 
information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted 
by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not 
be available for public viewing in http://www.regulations.gov. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and 
Copies of Health and Safety Studies.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0575.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0004.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 31, 
2009. 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 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: 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 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 uses 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.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 716). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice 
confidential. EPA will disclose information that is covered by a claim 
of confidentiality only to the extent permitted by, and in accordance 
with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
11 hours per response. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are companies that manufacture, process, import or 
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 1.2.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 34.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 456 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $28,030.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 13,891 hours 
(from 14,347 hours to 456 hours) in the total estimated respondent 
burden compared with that currently in the OMB inventory. This decrease 
reflects the episodic nature of rulemakings that add chemicals to the 
TSCA section 8(d) list. EPA has added chemicals to the section 8(d) 
list in only three of the last 13 years, adding an average of 20 
chemicals per year over that time period. The most recent ICR 
anticipated adding an unusually large number of chemicals to the 8(d) 
list, associated with the high production volume (HPV) chemical 
program. Because EPA does not anticipate adding such a large number of 
chemicals during the next three years, EPA has reduced the burden 
estimate for this ICR. It is now more consistent with the number of 
chemicals that EPA has historically added to the TSCA section 8(d) 
list. This change is an adjustment. The Supporting Statement provides 
additional detail concerning the changes in burden estimates.

    Dated: June 4, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-13589 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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