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Title: Notification of Substantial Risk
of Injury to Health and the
Environmental under TSCA Sec. 8(e).
ICR Status: This is a request to renew
an existing approved collection. This
ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30,
2006. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: Section 8(e) of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
that any person who manufactures,
imports, processes or distributes in
commerce a chemical substance or
mixture and which obtains information
that reasonably supports the conclusion
that such substance or mixture presents
a substantial risk of injury to health or
the environment must immediately
inform EPA of such information. EPA
routinely disseminates TSCA section
8(e) data it receives to other Federal
agencies to provide information about
newly discovered chemical hazards and
risks.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory (see 15
U.S.C. 2607(e)). 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 between 5 hours
and 51 hours per response, depending
upon the type of submission. 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,
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information, and disclosing and
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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,
import, process or distribute in
commerce a chemical substance or
mixture and which obtain information
that reasonably supports the conclusion
that such substance or mixture presents
a substantial risk of injury to health or
the environment.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.3.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 345.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 18,135 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$979,290.
Changes in Burden Estimates: This
request reflects an increase of 11,704
hours (from 6,431 hours to 18,135
hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden from that currently in the OMB
inventory. This increase is primarily
due to an increase in estimated
managerial and technical staff time to
review and evaluate data to determine
section 8(e) reportability, as well as the
incorporation of two additional factors
not previously considered separately,
based on industry comments on the
proposed ICR published in the Federal
Register. Estimated managerial and staff
time to review and evaluate data was
revised upward from 25 to 45 hours,
considering that many large companies
may depend on a committee or team
rather than one person to decide
whether data are reportable. The other
factors added to the estimate of
submitter reporting burden are staff
training for TSCA 8(e) regulatory
requirements (4 hours per submission)
and taking into account the time and
resources needed to review data that
may not be ultimately reported
(estimated to be 50% of the number of
initial section 8(e) submissions). This
change is an adjustment.
Dated: June 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0061; FRL–8184–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Data Submissions for the
Voluntary Children’s Chemical
Evaluation Program (VCCEP); EPA ICR
No. 2055.02, OMB No. 2070–0165
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: Data Submissions for the
Voluntary Children’s Chemical
Evaluation Program (VCCEP); EPA ICR
No. 2055.02, OMB No. 2070–0165. 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 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OPPT–2005–0061 to (1) EPA online
using 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, Acting 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: TSCAHotline@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On December 13, 2005 (70 FR 73741),
EPA sought comments on this renewal
ICR. EPA sought comments on this ICR
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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–2005–0061, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
inspection 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. Use 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, key in the docket ID number
identified above and click submit.
EPA’s policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in
paper, will be made available for public
viewing in www.regulations.gov 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
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 www.regulations.gov. For
further information about the electronic
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Data Submissions for the
Voluntary Children’s Chemical
Evaluation Program (VCCEP).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2055.02,
OMB Control No. 2070–0165
ICR Status: This is a request to renew
an existing approved collection. This
ICR is scheduled to expire on September
30, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at
OMB.
Abstract: VCCEP is a voluntary
program intended to provide data to
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enable the public to understand the
potential health risks to children
associated with certain chemical
exposures. EPA has asked companies
that manufacture and/or import 23
chemicals that have been found in
human tissues and the environment to
volunteer to sponsor their evaluation in
VCCEP. VCCEP consists of three tiers
which a sponsor may commit to
separately. Thus far, EPA has received
Tier 1 commitments for 20 chemicals.
As part of their sponsorship, companies
will submit commitment letters, collect
and/or develop health effects and
exposure information on their
chemical(s), integrate that information
in a risk assessment, and develop a
‘‘Data Needs Assessment.’’ The Data
Needs Assessment will discuss the need
for additional data, which could be
provided by the next tier, to fully
characterize the risks the chemical may
pose to children.
The information submitted by the
sponsor will be evaluated by a group of
scientific experts with extensive,
relevant experience in toxicity testing
and exposure evaluations, a Peer
Consultation Group. This Group will
forward its opinions to EPA and the
sponsor(s) concerning the adequacy of
the assessments and the need for
development of any additional
information to fully assess risks to
children. EPA will consider the
opinions of the Peer Consultation Group
and announce whether additional
higher tier information is needed.
Sponsors and the public will have an
opportunity to comment on EPA’s
decision concerning data needs. EPA
will consider these comments and issue
a final decision. If the final decision is
that additional information is needed,
sponsors will be asked to volunteer to
provide the next tier of information. If
additional information is not needed,
the risk communication and, if
necessary, risk management phases of
the program will be initiated.
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.
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Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 231.4 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:
Manufacturers, processors, importers, or
distributors in commerce of certain
chemical substances or mixtures who
have volunteered to sponsor a chemical
under the VCCEP.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated average number of
responses for each respondent: 3.5.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 106,256 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$8,973,067.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There
is a decrease of 48,076 hours (from
154,332 hours to 106,256 hours) in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the
information collection most recently
approved by OMB. This decrease
represents the net effect of several
changes in estimates and assumptions
made from the previous VCCEP ICR,
based on recent experiences with the
VCCEP pilot. First, the estimated
number of chemicals participating in
the program was reduced from 23 to 20,
based on actual participation. Second,
because the Tier 1 Peer Consultation
Documents submitted thus far to EPA
have been so comprehensive (e.g., many
have contained information on Tier 2and Tier 3-level tests), EPA is estimating
that fewer chemicals will advance to the
higher tiers. This decrease is an
adjustment.
Dated: June 9, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0061; FRL-8184-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Data Submissions for the
Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP); EPA ICR No.
2055.02, OMB No. 2070-0165
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: Data Submissions for the
Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP); EPA ICR No.
2055.02, OMB No. 2070-0165. 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 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2005-0061 to (1) EPA online using 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, Acting 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 13, 2005 (70 FR 73741), EPA sought comments on
this renewal ICR. EPA sought comments on this ICR
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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-2005-0061, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection 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. Use 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, key in the docket ID
number identified above and click submit.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in www.regulations.gov 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
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 www.regulations.gov. For further information about
the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Data Submissions for the Voluntary Children's Chemical
Evaluation Program (VCCEP).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2055.02, OMB Control No. 2070-0165
ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: VCCEP is a voluntary program intended to provide data to
enable the public to understand the potential health risks to children
associated with certain chemical exposures. EPA has asked companies
that manufacture and/or import 23 chemicals that have been found in
human tissues and the environment to volunteer to sponsor their
evaluation in VCCEP. VCCEP consists of three tiers which a sponsor may
commit to separately. Thus far, EPA has received Tier 1 commitments for
20 chemicals. As part of their sponsorship, companies will submit
commitment letters, collect and/or develop health effects and exposure
information on their chemical(s), integrate that information in a risk
assessment, and develop a ``Data Needs Assessment.'' The Data Needs
Assessment will discuss the need for additional data, which could be
provided by the next tier, to fully characterize the risks the chemical
may pose to children.
The information submitted by the sponsor will be evaluated by a
group of scientific experts with extensive, relevant experience in
toxicity testing and exposure evaluations, a Peer Consultation Group.
This Group will forward its opinions to EPA and the sponsor(s)
concerning the adequacy of the assessments and the need for development
of any additional information to fully assess risks to children. EPA
will consider the opinions of the Peer Consultation Group and announce
whether additional higher tier information is needed. Sponsors and the
public will have an opportunity to comment on EPA's decision concerning
data needs. EPA will consider these comments and issue a final
decision. If the final decision is that additional information is
needed, sponsors will be asked to volunteer to provide the next tier of
information. If additional information is not needed, the risk
communication and, if necessary, risk management phases of the program
will be initiated.
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 231.4
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: Manufacturers, processors,
importers, or distributors in commerce of certain chemical substances
or mixtures who have volunteered to sponsor a chemical under the VCCEP.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 3.5.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 106,256 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $8,973,067.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 48,076 hours
(from 154,332 hours to 106,256 hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the information collection most
recently approved by OMB. This decrease represents the net effect of
several changes in estimates and assumptions made from the previous
VCCEP ICR, based on recent experiences with the VCCEP pilot. First, the
estimated number of chemicals participating in the program was reduced
from 23 to 20, based on actual participation. Second, because the Tier
1 Peer Consultation Documents submitted thus far to EPA have been so
comprehensive (e.g., many have contained information on Tier 2- and
Tier 3-level tests), EPA is estimating that fewer chemicals will
advance to the higher tiers. This decrease is an adjustment.
Dated: June 9, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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