Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1428.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0078, 39695-39696 [E9-18962]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 151 / Friday, August 7, 2009 / Notices Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–18918 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2006–0361; FRL–8939–8] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1428.08, OMB Control No. 2050– 0078 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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 September 8, 2009. Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– SFUND–2006–0361, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to superfund.docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Docket (Mail code: 28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency Management, 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2625; E-mail address: jacob.sicy@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 February 27, 2009 (74 FR 8937), EPA VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:09 Aug 06, 2009 Jkt 217001 sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on 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–SFUND–2006–0361, which is available for online viewing at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/ DC Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 Superfund Docket is 202–566–0276. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// 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 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. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1428.08, OMB Control No. 2050–0078. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2009. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39695 Abstract: This information collection request pertains to trade secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), also known as Title III of SARA, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. Title III contains provisions requiring facilities to report to State and local authorities, and EPA, the presence, use and release of extremely hazardous substances (described in sections 302 and 304) and hazardous and toxic chemicals (described in sections 311, 312 and 313 respectively). Section 322 of Title III allows a facility to withhold the specific chemical identity from these Title III reports if the facility asserts a claim of trade secrecy for that chemical identity. The provision establishes the requirements and procedures that facilities must follow to request trade secrecy treatment of chemical identities, as well as the procedures for submitting public petitions to the Agency for review of the ‘‘sufficiency’’ of trade secrecy claims. EPA published the trade secrecy regulations on July 29, 1988 (58 FR 28772), codified in 40 CFR part 350. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9.5 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. Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities that submit trade secret claims, including the manufacturing sector, coal and metal mining, electric utilities, construction, dry cleaners, chemical and paper manufacturers. Estimated Number of Respondents: 327. Frequency of Response: Annually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,106 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $195,447, which includes no annualized capital or O&M costs. E:\FR\FM\07AUN1.SGM 07AUN1 39696 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 151 / Friday, August 7, 2009 / Notices Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,552 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in burden is due to the decrease in the number of facilities that EPA estimates will make trade secret claims over the next three years covered by this ICR. Dated: August 4, 2009. John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E9–18962 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0278; FRL–8942–2] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0113.10, OMB Control Number 2060–0097 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. 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 collection and the estimated burden and cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 8, 2009. Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– OECA–2008–0278, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:09 Aug 06, 2009 Jkt 217001 Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on 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 number EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0278, which is available for public viewing online at https://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566–1752. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// 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 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. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0113.10, OMB Control Number 2060– 0097. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2009. 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 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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, and 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Mercury, published at 40 CFR part 61, subpart E, were proposed on December 7, 1971, promulgated on April 6, 1973, and amended on October 14, 1975, March 19, 1987, and October 17, 2000. These standards apply to stationary sources, which process mercury ore to recover mercury, use mercury chloralkali cells to produce chlorine gas and alkali metal hydroxide, and either incinerate or dry wastewater treatment plant sludge. Approximately 107 sources (100 sludge incineration and drying plants and 7 mercury-cell chloralkali plants) are currently subject to the standard; and no additional sources are expected to become subject to the standard in the next three years. Mercury is the pollutant regulated under this standard. This information is being collected to ensure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart E. Owners or operators of affected facilities must make the following onetime only notification; date of construction or reconstruction, anticipated and actual dates of startup; physical or operational change to an existing facility; date of initial performance test; and results of initial performance test. These facilities must also maintain records of performance test results, and startup, shutdowns, and malfunctions. In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the Agency to identify the sources subject to the standard, ensure initial compliance with emission limits, and verify continuous compliance with the standard and all other information needed to determine compliance with the applicable standards. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the collection of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there E:\FR\FM\07AUN1.SGM 07AUN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361; FRL-8939-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 
1428.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0078

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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 September 8, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2006-0361, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method), by e-mail to superfund.docket@epa.gov or by 
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund 
Docket (Mail code: 28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency 
Management, 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8019; fax 
number: (202) 564-2625; E-mail address: jacob.sicy@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 February 27, 2009 (74 FR 8937), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on 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-SFUND-2006-0361, which is available for online viewing at 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
is open from 8:30 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 Superfund Docket is 202-566-
0276.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://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 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1428.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0078.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2009. 
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: This information collection request pertains to trade 
secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning 
and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), also known as Title 
III of SARA, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. Title 
III contains provisions requiring facilities to report to State and 
local authorities, and EPA, the presence, use and release of extremely 
hazardous substances (described in sections 302 and 304) and hazardous 
and toxic chemicals (described in sections 311, 312 and 313 
respectively). Section 322 of Title III allows a facility to withhold 
the specific chemical identity from these Title III reports if the 
facility asserts a claim of trade secrecy for that chemical identity. 
The provision establishes the requirements and procedures that 
facilities must follow to request trade secrecy treatment of chemical 
identities, as well as the procedures for submitting public petitions 
to the Agency for review of the ``sufficiency'' of trade secrecy 
claims. EPA published the trade secrecy regulations on July 29, 1988 
(58 FR 28772), codified in 40 CFR part 350.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9.5 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities that submit trade secret 
claims, including the manufacturing sector, coal and metal mining, 
electric utilities, construction, dry cleaners, chemical and paper 
manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 327.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,106 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $195,447, which includes no annualized 
capital or O&M costs.

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    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,552 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in burden is due to the decrease in 
the number of facilities that EPA estimates will make trade secret 
claims over the next three years covered by this ICR.

    Dated: August 4, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-18962 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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