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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 this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 546.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.3.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
28,741 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$1,936,264. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $1,936,264 and an
estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
IV. Are there changes in the estimates
from the last approval?
There is a decrease of 1,774 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This
decrease reflects EPA’s updated
projection of the number of TSCA
section 8(e) submissions that the
Agency expects to receive in the next 3
years. This change is an adjustment.
V. What is the next step in the process
for this ICR?
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. EPA will issue another Federal
Register document 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.
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Environmental protection, Reporting
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Dated: November 21, 2012.
James Jones,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0675; FRL–9368–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
document announces that EPA is
planning to submit a request to renew
an existing approved Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR, entitled: ‘‘EPA’s Design for the
Environment (DfE) Formulator Product
Recognition Program’’ and identified by
EPA ICR No. 2302.02 and OMB Control
No. 2070–0178, is scheduled to expire
on June 30, 2013. Before submitting the
ICR to OMB for review and approval,
EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before January 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0675, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Document Control Office
(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document
Control Office (DCO), EPA East, Rm.
6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. ATTN: Docket ID
Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0675.
The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the DCO’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ- OPPT–
2012–0675. EPA’s policy is that all
comments received will be included in
the docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
DATES:
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Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or
email. The regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your email address will
be automatically captured and included
as part of the comment that is placed in
the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available electronically at
https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPPT
Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm.
3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number of
the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744, and the telephone
number for the OPPT Docket is (202)
566–0280. Docket visitors are required
to show photographic identification,
pass through a metal detector, and sign
the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are
processed through an X-ray machine
and subject to search. Visitors will be
provided an EPA/DC badge that must be
visible at all times in the building and
returned upon departure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information contact: David
Difiori, Economics, Exposure, and
Technology Division (7406M), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
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(202) 564–8796; fax number: (202) 564–
8892; email address:
difiori.david@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The
TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. What information is EPA particularly
interested in?
Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA
specifically solicits comments and
information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimates of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
II. What should I consider when I
prepare my comments for EPA?
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of any technical
information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Provide specific examples to
illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
7. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
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8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
III. What information collection activity
or ICR does this action apply to?
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this ICR are companies
engaged in the formulation of end-use,
for-sale products, that have furthered
the goals of DfE through active and
exemplary participation in and
promotion of the program, and that wish
to receive recognition for their
achievements.
Title: EPA’s Design for the
Environment (DfE) Formulator Product
Recognition Program.
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2302.02.
OMB control number: OMB Control
No. 2070–0178.
ICR status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on June 30, 2013.
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 Code
of Federal Regulations (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 for certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA’s DfE Formulator
Product Recognition Program formally
recognizes safer products where all
ingredients have an environmental and
human health profile showing that they
are the safest in their functional use
class. Under the encouragement of this
program, leading companies have made
great progress in developing safer,
highly effective chemical products.
Since the program’s inception in 1997,
formulators have used the program as a
portal to OPPT’s unique chemical
expertise, information resources, and
guidance on greener chemistry. DfE
Formulator partners enjoy Agency
recognition, including the use of the DfE
logo on products with the safest
possible formulations. In the future,
EPA expects much greater program
participation due to rising demand for
safer products. This information
collection enables EPA to accommodate
participation by more than nine
formulators each year and to enhance
program transparency.
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Information collection activities
associated with this program will assist
the Agency in meeting the goals of the
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) by
providing resources and recognition for
businesses committed to promoting and
using safer chemical products. In turn,
the program will help businesses meet
corporate sustainability goals by
providing the means to, and an objective
measure of, environmental stewardship.
Investment analysts and advisers seek
these types of measures in evaluating a
corporation’s sustainability profile and
investment worthiness. Formulator
program partnership is an important
impetus for prioritizing and completing
the transition to safer chemical
products. The formulator program is
also needed to promote greater use of
safer chemical products by companies
unaware of the benefits of such a
change.
EPA has tailored its request for
information, and especially the DfE
Formulator Product Recognition
Program application forms, to ensure
that the Agency requests only that
information essential to verify
applicants’ eligibility for recognition.
Responses to the collection of
information are voluntary. Respondents
may claim all or part of a notice
confidential. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a claim
of confidentiality only to the extent
permitted by, and in accordance with,
the procedures in TSCA section 14 and
40 CFR part 2.
Burden statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be 25.5 hours per response
for formulators of cleaning and noncleaning products and 9.5 hours per
response for cleaning product
formulators wishing to add third-party
partners and products. 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.
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The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 66.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
1,111 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$488,570. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $488,570 and an
estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
IV. Are there changes in the estimates
from the last approval?
There is an increase of 420 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This
increase reflects EPA’s estimate of the
number of applications the Agency will
receive annually to add third-party
partners and products. This estimate is
based on the historical number of
respondents that submitted third-party
partners and products applications in
the last year; this number is expected to
remain constant over the next three
years. The supporting statement
provides additional details on the
burden change. This change is an
adjustment.
V. What is the next step in the process
for this ICR?
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. EPA will issue another Federal
Register document 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.
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Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: November 21, 2012.
James Jones,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0675; FRL-9368-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an
existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR, entitled: ``EPA's Design for the
Environment (DfE) Formulator Product Recognition Program'' and
identified by EPA ICR No. 2302.02 and OMB Control No. 2070-0178, is
scheduled to expire on June 30, 2013. Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0675, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East, Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. ATTN:
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0675. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the DCO's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2012-0675. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the docket without change and may be made available online
at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or
email. The regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email
comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only
in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in
hard copy, at the OPPT Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of
operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is
(202) 566-0280. Docket visitors are required to show photographic
identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor
log. All visitor bags are processed through an X-ray machine and
subject to search. Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must
be visible at all times in the building and returned upon departure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact:
David Difiori, Economics, Exposure, and Technology Division (7406M),
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number:
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(202) 564-8796; fax number: (202) 564-8892; email address:
difiori.david@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?
Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
EPA specifically solicits comments and information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
II. What should I consider when I prepare my comments for EPA?
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used
that support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
7. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.
III. What information collection activity or ICR does this action apply
to?
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this ICR are
companies engaged in the formulation of end-use, for-sale products,
that have furthered the goals of DfE through active and exemplary
participation in and promotion of the program, and that wish to receive
recognition for their achievements.
Title: EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Formulator Product
Recognition Program.
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2302.02.
OMB control number: OMB Control No. 2070-0178.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on June 30,
2013. 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 Code of Federal Regulations (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
for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA's DfE Formulator Product Recognition Program formally
recognizes safer products where all ingredients have an environmental
and human health profile showing that they are the safest in their
functional use class. Under the encouragement of this program, leading
companies have made great progress in developing safer, highly
effective chemical products. Since the program's inception in 1997,
formulators have used the program as a portal to OPPT's unique chemical
expertise, information resources, and guidance on greener chemistry.
DfE Formulator partners enjoy Agency recognition, including the use of
the DfE logo on products with the safest possible formulations. In the
future, EPA expects much greater program participation due to rising
demand for safer products. This information collection enables EPA to
accommodate participation by more than nine formulators each year and
to enhance program transparency.
Information collection activities associated with this program will
assist the Agency in meeting the goals of the Pollution Prevention Act
(PPA) by providing resources and recognition for businesses committed
to promoting and using safer chemical products. In turn, the program
will help businesses meet corporate sustainability goals by providing
the means to, and an objective measure of, environmental stewardship.
Investment analysts and advisers seek these types of measures in
evaluating a corporation's sustainability profile and investment
worthiness. Formulator program partnership is an important impetus for
prioritizing and completing the transition to safer chemical products.
The formulator program is also needed to promote greater use of safer
chemical products by companies unaware of the benefits of such a
change.
EPA has tailored its request for information, and especially the
DfE Formulator Product Recognition Program application forms, to ensure
that the Agency requests only that information essential to verify
applicants' eligibility for recognition.
Responses to the collection of information are voluntary.
Respondents may claim all or part of a notice confidential. EPA will
disclose information that is covered by a claim of confidentiality only
to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in
TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2.
Burden statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be 25.5 hours
per response for formulators of cleaning and non-cleaning products and
9.5 hours per response for cleaning product formulators wishing to add
third-party partners and products. 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.
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The ICR provides a detailed explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 66.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,111 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $488,570. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $488,570 and an estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
IV. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval?
There is an increase of 420 hours in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase reflects EPA's estimate of the number of
applications the Agency will receive annually to add third-party
partners and products. This estimate is based on the historical number
of respondents that submitted third-party partners and products
applications in the last year; this number is expected to remain
constant over the next three years. The supporting statement provides
additional details on the burden change. This change is an adjustment.
V. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?
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. EPA will issue another
Federal Register document 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: November 21, 2012.
James Jones,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-29037 Filed 11-29-12; 8:45 am]
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