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Register
/
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68,
No.
172
/
Friday,
September
5,
2003
/
Notices
the
period
of
August
1,
2003
through
July
31,
2006.
During
the
period
covered
by
this
ICR
renewal,
respondents
will:
Complete
their
2004
section
305(
b)
reports
and
2004
section
303(
d)
lists;
complete
their
2006
section
305(
b)
reports
and
2006
section
303(
d)
lists;
transmit
annual
electronic
updates
of
their
section
305(
b)
databases
in
2003
through
2006;
and
continue
to
develop
TMDLs
according
to
their
established
schedules.
EPA
will
prepare
two
biennial
Reports
to
Congress:
one
in
2003,
one
in
2005,
and
EPA
will
review
TMDL
submissions
from
respondents.
The
respondent
community
for
section
305(
b)
reporting
consists
of
50
States,
the
District
of
Columbia,
5
Territories
(
Puerto
Rico,
the
Virgin
Islands,
Guam,
American
Samoa,
and
the
Northern
Mariana
Islands),
and
3
River
Basin
Commissions.
The
Ohio
River
Valley
Sanitation
Commission,
the
Delaware
River
Basin
Commission,
and
the
Interstate
Sanitation
Commission
have
jurisdiction
over
basins
that
lie
in
multiple
States.
Indian
Tribes
are
exempt
from
the
section
305(
b)
reporting
requirement,
but
some
Tribes
choose
to
participate
as
a
way
of
presenting
assessments
and
water
quality
issues
to
the
public
and
Congress.
One
Tribe
or
Tribal
Group
prepared
section
305(
b)
reports
in
1996
and
1997.
However,
since
Tribal
section
305(
b)
reporting
is
a
voluntary
effort,
it
is
not
included
in
the
burden
estimates
for
this
ICR.
The
respondent
community
for
section
303(
d)
activities
consists
of
50
States,
the
District
of
Columbia,
and
5
Territories
(
Puerto
Rico,
the
Virgin
Islands,
Guam,
American
Samoa,
and
the
Northern
Mariana
Islands).
Although
Indian
Tribes
can
be
authorized
to
meet
section
303(
d)
requirements,
none
are
currently
authorized
nor
have
applied
for
authorization.
Further,
very
few
Tribes
have
established
water
quality
standards,
and
EPA
is
currently
in
the
process
of
preparing
standards
where
they
are
needed.
Therefore,
we
assume
that
there
would
be
no
burden
to
Indian
Tribes
over
the
period
covered
by
this
ICR
for
section
303(
d)
activities.
The
burden
of
specific
activities
that
States
undertake
as
part
of
their
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
programs
are
derived
from
an
ongoing
project
among
EPA,
States
and
other
interested
stakeholders
to
develop
a
tool
for
estimating
the
States'
resource
needs
for
State
water
quality
management
programs.
This
project
has
developed
the
State
Water
Quality
Management
Workload
Model
(
SWQMWM),
which
estimates
and
sums
the
workload
involved
in
more
than
one
hundred
activities
or
tasks
comprising
a
State
water
quality
management
program.
Over
twenty
States
have
contributed
information
about
their
activities
that
became
the
basis
for
the
model.
According
to
the
SWQMWM,
the
States
will
carry
out
the
following
activities
or
tasks
to
meet
the
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
reporting
requirements:
Watershed
characterization;
modeling
and
analysis;
development
of
a
TMDL
document
for
public
review;
public
outreach;
formal
public
participation;
tracking;
planning;
legal
support;
etc.
In
general,
respondents
have
conducted
each
of
these
reporting
and
record
keeping
activities
for
past
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
reporting
cycles
and
thus
have
staff
and
procedures
in
place
to
continue
their
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
reporting
programs.
The
burden
associated
with
these
tasks
is
estimated
in
this
ICR
to
include
the
total
number
of
TMDLs
that
may
be
submitted
during
the
period
covered
by
this
ICR.
The
biennial
frequency
of
the
collection
is
mandated
by
section
305(
b)(
1)
of
the
CWA.
Section
305(
b)
originally
required
respondents
to
submit
water
quality
reports
on
an
annual
basis.
In
1977,
the
annual
requirement
was
amended
to
a
biennial
requirement
in
the
CWA.
EPA
has
determined
that
abbreviated
reporting
for
hard­
copy
section
305(
b)
reports,
combined
with
annual
electronic
reporting
using
respondent
databases,
will
meet
the
CWA
reporting
requirements
while
reducing
burden
to
respondents.
The
biennial
period
with
annual
electronic
reporting
ensures
that
information
needed
for
analysis
and
water
program
decisions
is
reasonably
current,
yet
abbreviated
reporting
requirements
provides
respondents
with
sufficient
time
to
prepare
the
reports.
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
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
For
the
3
respondents
that
have
section
305(
b)
responsibility
only
the
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
3,659
hours.
For
the
56
other
respondents
with
both
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
responsibilities
the
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
66,590
hours.
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:
States,
District
of
Columbia,
Territories,
River
Basin
commissions,
and
Indian
Tribes.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
59.
Frequency
of
Response:
Biannually.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
3,740,017.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
155,322,906,
includes
$
0
annualized
capital
or
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
a
decrease
of
749,130
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
decrease
is
due
to:
Adjustment
Changes
in
Burden
for
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
reporting.
The
total
annual
respondent
burden
for
sections
305(
b)
and
303(
d)
reporting
has
increased
from
ICR
1560.05
and
1560.06
due
to
improved
estimates
of
respondent
activity.

Dated:
August
27,
2003.
Doreen
Sterling,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
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BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
RCRA
 
2002
 
0024;
FRL
 
7553
 
7]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request;
The
2003
Hazardous
Waste
Report,
EPA
ICR
Number
0976.11,
OMB
Control
Number
2050
 
0024
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
an
Information
Collection
Request
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/
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5,
2003
/
Notices
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval.
This
is
a
request
for
a
renewal
of
an
existing
approved
collection.
This
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
June
30,
2003.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
October
6,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
number
RCRA
 
2002
 
0024,
to
(
1)
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
RCRA­
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
RCRA
Docket,
Mail
Code
5305T,
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:
Dave
Levy,
Office
of
Solid
Waste,
Mail
Code
5303W,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
703
 
308
 
8479;
fax
number:
703
 
308
 
8433;
e­
mail
address:
levy.
dave@
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
March
18,
2003
(
68
FR
12902),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
has
addressed
the
comments
received.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
RCRA
 
2002
 
0024,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
RCRA
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
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
RCRA
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
0270.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Please
use
EDOCKET
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
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
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
EDOCKET.
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
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
The
2003
Hazardous
Waste
Report.
Abstract:
This
ICR
renews
an
ongoing
information
collection
from
hazardous
waste
generators
and
hazardous
waste
treatment,
storage,
or
disposal
facilities.
This
collection
is
done
on
a
two­
year
cycle
as
required
by
sections
3002
and
3004
of
the
Resource
Conservation
and
Recovery
Act
(
RCRA).
The
information
is
collected
via
a
mechanism
known
as
the
Hazardous
Waste
Report
for
the
required
reporting
year
(
EPA
Form
8700
 
13
A/
B)(
also
known
as
the
Biennial
Report).
Both
RCRA
sections
3002
and
3004
require
EPA
to
establish
standards
for
recordkeeping
and
reporting
of
hazardous
waste.
Section
3002
applies
to
hazardous
waste
generators
and
section
3004
applies
to
hazardous
waste
treatment,
storage,
and
disposal
facilities.
The
implementing
regulations
are
found
at
40
CFR
262.40(
b)
and
(
d);
262.41(
a)(
1)
 
(
5),
(
a)(
8),
and
(
b);
264.75(
a)
 
(
e)
and
(
j);
265.75(
a)
 
(
e)
and
(
j);
and
270.30(
l)(
9).
This
is
mandatory
reporting
by
the
respondents.
The
respondents'
submissions
(
reports)
describe
each
generated
hazardous
waste,
the
activity
by
which
they
generated
the
waste,
and
the
waste
quantity;
the
reports
also
list
the
management
method
by
which
each
waste
is
treated,
recycled,
or
disposed
and
the
quantity
managed.
There
are
a
number
of
uses
of
Biennial
Report
data.
EPA
uses
Biennial
Report
data
for
planning
and
developing
regulations,
compliance
monitoring,
and
enforcement.
Also,
Biennial
Report
data
allows
the
Agency
to
determine
whether
its
regulations
are
having
the
desired
effect
on
the
generation
and
management
of
hazardous
waste.
For
example,
Biennial
Report
data
provides
information
on
whether
waste
management
has
shifted
from
one
method
of
disposal
to
another.
Some
State
uses
of
Report
data
include
support
of
planning,
fee
assessment,
compliance
monitoring,
and
enforcement.
Some
businesses
consider
some
of
their
hazardous
waste
information
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI).
A
business
may,
if
it
desires,
protect
its
Biennial
Report
information
from
public
disclosure
by
asserting
a
claim
of
confidentiality
covering
all
or
part
of
its
information.
When
a
claim
is
made
EPA
will
treat
the
information
in
accordance
with
the
confidentiality
regulations
in
40
CFR
part
2,
subpart
B.
EPA
also
ensures
that
the
information
collection
procedures
comply
with
the
Privacy
Act
of
1974
and
OMB
Circular
108.
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
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
about
19
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:
Those
facilities
which
generate,
treat,
store,
recycle,
or
dispose
of
hazardous
waste.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
10,178.

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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
172
/
Friday,
September
5,
2003
/
Notices
Frequency
of
Response:
Biennially.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
196,976.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
10,311,438,
includes
$
0
annualized
capital
and
$
25,336
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
8,352
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
increase
is
due
to
several
reasons.
Based
on
reported
data
for
the
2001
Hazardous
Waste
Report,
EPA
estimates
a
slight
increase
in
the
number
of
respondents,
an
additional
42;
we
estimate
the
increase
in
the
number
of
submitted
forms
to
be
15,218.
The
completion
of
the
RCRA
Subtitle
C
Site
Identification
Form
will
require
an
estimated
additional
20
minutes.
This
has
resulted
in
a
minor
increase
for
those
manually
filling
out
the
forms
(
resulting
in
an
approximately
one
percent
annual
burden
reduction
to
the
regulated
community
overall).

Dated:
August
12,
2003.
Doreen
Sterling,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
22642
Filed
9
 
4
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OEI
 
2003
 
0003;
FRL
 
7553
 
6]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request;
Confidentiality
Rules,
EPA
ICR
Number
1665.06,
OMB
Control
Number
2020
 
0003
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

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.
The
current
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
September
30,
2003.
Under
OMB
regulations,
EPA
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
This
renewal
notice
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
October
6,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
number
OEI
 
2003
 
0003,
to
(
1)
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
oei.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OEI
Docket,
(
28221T),
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:
Jeffrey
Kohn,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
Office
of
Information
Collection
(
2822T),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
566
 
1407;
fax
number:
(
202)
566
 
1639;
e­
mail
address:
kohn.
jeffrey@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
this
renewal
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
April
10,
2003
(
68
FR
17631),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
renewal
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
has
received
and
addressed
comments
from
one
organization.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
renewal
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OEI
 
2003
 
0003,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
OEI
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
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
and
fax
numbers
for
the
OEI
Docket
are
(
202)
566
 
1752
and
(
202)
566
 
1753,
respectively.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
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
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
renewal
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
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
EDOCKET.
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
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
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
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Title:
Confidentiality
Rules
(
OMB
Control
No.
2020
 
0003;
EPA
ICR
No.
1665.06),
expiring
September
30,
2003.
Abstract:
EPA
administers
a
number
of
environmental
protection
statutes
(
e.
g.,
the
Clean
Water
Act;
the
Clean
Air
Act;
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act;
the
Resource
Conservation
and
Recovery
Act;
and
the
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation,
and
Liability
Act),
under
which
the
Agency
collects
information
from
thousands
of
facilities
in
many
economic
sectors.
In
addition,
businesses
submit
information
to
EPA
without
the
Agency
requesting
it.
The
information
addresses
topics
such
as
toxic
chemicals,
industrial
processes,
waste
streams,
and
regulatory
compliance.
In
many
cases,
businesses
that
submit
information
claim
it
to
be
confidential
business
information
(
CBI).
EPA
established
the
procedures
described
in
40
CFR
part
2,
subparts
A
and
B
to
protect
the
confidentiality
of
information
as
well
as
the
rights
of
the
public
to
obtain
access
to
the
information
under
the
Freedom
of
Information
Act
(
FOIA).
In
accordance
with
these
regulations,
when
EPA
finds
it
necessary
to
make
a
final
confidentiality
determination
(
e.
g.,
in
response
to
a
FOIA
request
or
in
the
course
of
rulemaking
or
litigation),
or
an
advance
confidentiality
determination,
it
notifies
the
affected
business
by
sending
a
letter
requesting
substantiation
of
the
confidentiality
claim.
This
letter
provides
the
affected
business
with
an
opportunity
to
submit
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