EPA ICR No. 1446.10; OMB Control No. 2070-0112

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Copy of Consultations Message Sent by EPA to Potential Respondents

Subject: 	Request for Assistance; Renewal of "PCBs, Consolidated
Reporting and Record 

		Keeping Requirements" ICR

From: 		Sara Kemme 

To: 		Addressees

Date:		01/11/2011 

Dear [addressee], 

On December 29, 2010, EPA published a Notice in the Federal Register (75
FR 82007) titled “Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; PCBs, Consolidated Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements; EPA ICR No. 1446.10, OMB Control No. 2070-0112.”
(See 

  HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0910-000
1" 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0910-0001
). This 

Notice refers to EPA's intention to request renewed Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) clearance of an information collection related to
reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements for individuals,
establishments or organizations that currently possess PCB items,
PCB-contaminated equipment, or other PCB waste. 

In addition to public notice and comment requirement that the above
Notice initiates, OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)) require
agencies to consult with potential respondents and data users about
specific aspects of an information collection request (ICR) before
submitting it to OMB for review and approval, regardless, in the case of
ICR renewals, of whether changes have or have not been made to the
collection activity.

As part of this required consultation, I am contacting you to solicit
your input.  Please note that if you take this opportunity to provide
input, your name, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number and any
information you provide (e.g., copies of e-mails) will be incorporated
and attached to the ICR supporting statement, which will be a public
document.  In addition, the OMB Desk Examiner for the ICR in question
may contact you to verify the accuracy of any comments EPA identifies in
the ICR.

EPA solicits your input on the following questions:

Are the data that EPA seeks under this ICR available from any public
source, or already collected by another EPA office or by another agency?
 If so, where can the data be found?

Is it clear what is required for data submission?  If not, are there any
suggestions for clarifying instructions?  

Would you be interested in an electronic/data submission option?  What
type of alternative would you be most likely to utilize – web form,
diskette, CD-ROM?   

For electronic submission, how should signature requirements be handled
– Private Key Infrastructure, PINS and passwords, signed paper cover
sheet?  

How does TSCA CBI affect your choice or use of an electronic medium? 
Would you be more inclined to submit TSCA CBI on diskette than on paper
and what benefits would you realize (e.g., burden reduction, greater
efficiency in compiling information, etc).

Do you agree with EPA's estimated burden and costs (the ICR addresses
only the costs associated with paperwork)?  Are the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) labor rates accurate?  If you have any reason to
consider the BLS labor rates as used by EPA inaccurate or inappropriate,
explain your rationale.

To access the Federal Register Notice, the ICR supporting document, and
any public comments received to date, go to: 

o www.regulations.gov/ 

o enter EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0910 in the Enter Keyword or ID field

o click on "Search"

o then click on any of the documents listed within the docket to read
the document; you will be most interested in the Supporting Statement,
identified by its title beginning "Information Collection Request…"

Your response will be greatly appreciated.  If you have any comments in
response to the above questions, or with respect to any other part of
the information collection, please respond by return e-mail by February
12, 2011.  EPA will consider those responses, as well as any public
comments received in response to the Federal Register Notice identified
above, in preparing a final document for OMB review.

Thank you for your assistance. 

Sincerely yours,

Sara Kemme

National Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Environmental 

Protection Agency

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 566-0511

 

