Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substances Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.04, OMB No. 2070-0145, 3196-3197 [05-1121]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 13 (Friday, January 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3196-3197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1121]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2004-0117; FRL-78627; Docket ID  OPPT-2004-0117]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported 
Chemical Substances on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical 
Substances Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.04, OMB No. 2070-0145

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 the following 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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 
January 31, 2005. 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 cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 22, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2004-0117, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email 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, Acting Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 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 October 22, 2004, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR 
(69 FR 62043). EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 
1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the comment period, which is 
addressed in the Supporting Statement of the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPPT-2004-0117, which is available for public viewing at the OPPT 
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 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. An electronic version of the public 
docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
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 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 https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substances Inventory.
    Abstract: Section 8(b) of the TSCA requires EPA to compile and keep 
current an Inventory of Chemical Substances in Commerce, which is a 
listing of chemical substances manufactured, imported, and processed 
for commercial purposes in the United States. The purpose of the 
Inventory is to define, for the purpose of TSCA, what chemical 
substances exist in U.S. commerce. Since the Inventory thereby performs 
a regulatory function by distinguishing between existing chemicals and 
new chemicals, which TSCA regulates in different ways, it is imperative 
that the Inventory be accurate.
    However, from time to time, EPA or respondents discover that 
substances have been incorrectly described by reporting companies. 
Reported substances have been unintentionally misidentified as a result 
of simple typographical errors, the misidentification of substances, or 
the lack of sufficient technical or analytical capabilities to 
characterize fully the exact chemical substances. EPA has developed 
guidelines (45 FR 50544, July 29, 1980) under which incorrectly 
described substances listed in the Inventory can be corrected. The 
correction mechanism ensures the accuracy of the Inventory without 
imposing an unreasonable burden on the chemical industry. Without the 
Inventory correction mechanism, a company that submitted incorrect 
information would have to file a premanufacture notification (PMN) 
under TSCA section 5 to place the correct chemical substance on the 
Inventory whenever the previously reported substance is found to be 
misidentified. This would impose a much greater burden on both EPA and 
the submitter than the existing correction mechanism.
    Responses to the collection of information are voluntary. 
Respondents may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose 
information that is covered by a CBI claim only to the extent permitted 
by, and in accordance with, the procedures in 40 CFR part 2.
    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, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort or financial 
resources expended

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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 or import chemical 
substances, mixtures or categories listed on the TSCA Inventory and 
regulated under TSCA section 8, who reported to the initial effort to 
establish the TSCA Inventory in 1979, and who need to make a correction 
to that submission.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Total/Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 1.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 20 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,467.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This request reflects a decrease of 
180 hours (from 200 hours to 20 hours) in the total estimated 
respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory. This 
decrease is due to a downward re-estimation of the anticipated number 
of annual responses to this information collection, offset in part by 
an upward estimation of the burden per response. This change is an 
adjustment.

    Dated: January 11, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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