Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA Sec. 8(a); EPA ICR No. 1198.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0067, 59283-59284 [E7-20653]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 202 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59283-59284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20653]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0852; FRL-8484-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA 
Sec. 8(a); EPA ICR No. 1198.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0067

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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 19, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2006-0852 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, 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 January 12, 
2007 (72 FR 1509), EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR. EPA sought 
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 
comments during the comment period. Any comments related

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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-2006-0852, 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 3334, 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 EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the 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 at 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. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA Sec. 8(a).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1198.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0067.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to promulgate rules that 
require persons who manufacture, import or process chemical substances 
and mixtures, or who propose to manufacture, import, or process 
chemical substances and mixtures, to maintain such records and submit 
such reports to EPA as may be reasonably required. Any chemical covered 
by TSCA for which EPA or another Federal agency has a reasonable need 
for information and which cannot be satisfied via other sources is a 
proper potential subject for a chemical-specific TSCA section 8(a) 
rulemaking. Information that may be collected under TSCA section 8(a) 
includes, but is not limited to, chemical names, categories of use, 
production volume, by-products of chemical production, existing data on 
deaths and environmental effects, exposure data, and disposal 
information. Generally, EPA uses chemical-specific information under 
TSCA section 8(a) to evaluate the potential for adverse human health 
and environmental effects caused by the manufacture, importation, 
processing, use or disposal of identified chemical substances and 
mixtures. Additionally, EPA may use TSCA section 8(a) information to 
assess the need or set priorities for testing and/or further regulatory 
action. To the extent that reported information is not considered 
confidential, environmental groups, environmental justice advocates, 
state and local government entities and other members of the public 
will also have access to this information for their use. This 
collection addresses the above information requirements.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR Part 704). 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 68.8 
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 or import, or 
propose to manufacture, process or import, chemical substances and 
mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 4
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 275 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $14,080.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is no change in the total 
estimated respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory.

    Dated: October 12, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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