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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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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.
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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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