Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, OMB No. 2070-0145, 8042-8043 [E8-2543]

Download as PDF 8042 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 12, 2008 / Notices 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. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 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 which have subsequently changed; 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. The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency’s estimate, which is only briefly summarized here: Estimated total number of potential respondents: 70. Frequency of response: On occasion. Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1. Estimated total annual burden hours: 1050 hours. Estimated total annual costs: $82,460. This includes an estimated burden cost of $82,040 and an estimated cost of $420 for capital investment or maintenance and operational costs. What Is the Next Step in the Process for This ICR? mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Dated: January 24, 2008. Jonathan G. Herrmann, Director, National Homeland Security Research Center. [FR Doc. E8–2542 Filed 2–11–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:46 Feb 11, 2008 Jkt 214001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–0272; FRL–8527–8] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, OMB No. 2070–0145 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: Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, OMB No. 2070–0145. 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 March 13, 2008. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OPPT–2007–0272 to (1) EPA online using https://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: 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 September 21, 2007 (72 FR 54034), EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR. EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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–2007–0272, 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 https:// 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, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in https://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. 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 https://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 https:// www.regulations.gov. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory. ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on February 29, 2008. 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 E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 12, 2008 / Notices 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(b) of 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. This information collection applies to reporting and recordkeeping activities associated with the correction of misreported chemical substances found on the TSCA Inventory. 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. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:46 Feb 11, 2008 Jkt 214001 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 be 2.25 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 manufacturers or importers of chemical substances, mixtures or categories listed on the TSCA Inventory and regulated under TSCA section 8, who had 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 average number of responses for each respondent: 1. Estimated No. of Respondents: 9. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 20 hours. Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,061. Changes in Burden Estimates: There is no net change in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that currently in the OMB inventory. Dated: February 5, 2008. Sara Hisel-McCoy, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E8–2543 Filed 2–11–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8043 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8527–9] The Sixteenth Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; meeting announcement. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the Sixteenth Public Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force. The purpose of this Task Force, consisting of federal and state members, is to lead efforts to coordinate and support nutrient management and hypoxiarelated activities in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico watersheds. The matter for discussion at the meeting is to seek approval on the revised 2001 Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating, and Controlling Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico for release in March 2008. The public will be afforded an opportunity to provide input to the Task Force during open discussion periods. The public meeting will be held on February 28, 2008, from 1–5 p.m. CST. DATES: The meeting is located at Intercontinental Chicago, 505 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: (312) 321–8706. Additional information, meeting materials and meeting registration can be found at https://www.epa.gov/msbasin. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For registration and other information contact Kristen Goodrich, U.S. EPA, Oceans and Coastal Protection Division (OCPD), Mail Code 4504T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; Phone (202) 566–1284; E-mail: OWhypoxia@epa.gov. ADDRESSES: Dated: February 6, 2008. Craig Hooks, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds. [FR Doc. E8–2545 Filed 2–11–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY The National Environmental Policy Act Council on Environmental Quality. ACTION: Notice of Availability, ‘‘A Citizen’s Guide to the National AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1

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[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0272; FRL-8527-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported 
Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, 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: Correction of Misreported 
Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, OMB No. 
2070-0145. 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 March 13, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2007-0272 to (1) EPA online using https://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 September 21, 2007 (72 FR 54034), 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 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-2007-0272, 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 https://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, select 
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in https://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. 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 https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov. For further information 
about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA 
Inventory.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on February 
29, 2008. 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

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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(b) of 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. This information 
collection applies to reporting and recordkeeping activities associated 
with the correction of misreported chemical substances found on the 
TSCA Inventory.
    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 be 2.25 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 manufacturers or importers of chemical substances, 
mixtures or categories listed on the TSCA Inventory and regulated under 
TSCA section 8, who had 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 average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 9.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 20 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,061.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is no net change in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with that currently in the OMB 
inventory.

    Dated: February 5, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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