Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Trade Secrets Claims Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information (EPCRA Section 322), 26997-26998 [2018-12505]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2018 / Notices Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at (202) 502–8622 or James.Eason@ferc.gov. Dated: June 5, 2018. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–12467 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2006–0361; FRL–9978– 99–OLEM] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Trade Secrets Claims Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Information (EPCRA Section 322) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Trade Secrets Claims under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information’’ (EPA ICR No. 1428.11, OMB Control No. 2050– 0078) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2018. 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. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 10, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– SFUND–2006–0361 referencing the Docket ID numbers provided for each item in the text, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to superfund.docket@ epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Jun 08, 2018 Jkt 244001 information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency Management, (5104A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–8019; email address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) 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; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) 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. 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. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. 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). EPCRA contains provisions requiring facilities to report to State and local authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances (Section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (Sections 311 and 312) and manufacture, process and use of toxic chemicals (Section 313). Section 322 of EPCRA allows a facility to withhold the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26997 specific chemical identity from these EPCRA reports if the facility asserts a claim of trade secrecy for that chemical identity. The provisions in Section 322 establish 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. The regulations are codified in 40 CFR part 350. Trade secrecy protection is provided for specific chemical identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following: (1) Section 303 (d)(2)—Facility notification of changes that have or are about to occur, (2) Section 303 (d)(3)—Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information to develop or implement emergency plans, (3) Section 311—Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or list of those chemicals submitted in place of the MSDSs, (4) Section 312—Emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms (Tier I or Tier II), and (5) Section 313 Toxic chemical release inventory form. Form Number: EPA Form No. 8700– 30. Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are manufacturers or non-manufacturers subject to reporting under Sections 303, 311/312 or 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA). Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory if the respondents wish to claim the chemical identity for any of the chemicals as trade secret in any of the reports required to be submitted under EPCRA. Estimated number of respondents: 305 (total). This number may be revised prior to submitting the ICR package to OMB based on the claims received as the compliance date for Section 313 report is July 1, 2018 for 2017 reporting year. Frequency of response: Trade secret claim packages must be submitted to EPA at the same time the reports under Sections 303, 311, 312, and 313 are submitted. Total estimated burden: 2,898 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Total estimated cost: $169,373 (per year). No capital and operation and maintenance costs are associated with any requirements in this ICR. Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 311 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by E:\FR\FM\11JNN1.SGM 11JNN1 26998 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2018 / Notices OMB. The actual number of claims submitted under Section 312 is slightly lower than the estimate provided in the previous ICR. The burden hours and costs may be revised based on the actual trade secret claim submissions received for Section 313 reports. The compliance deadline for section 313 report is July 1, 2018. EPA will revise the burden and costs prior to submitting the package to OMB. Dated: May 24, 2018. Becki Clark, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Management. [FR Doc. 2018–12505 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9979–08-Region 6] Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption Reissuance—Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; U. S. Ecology Texas (USET) Robstown, Texas Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of a final decision on a UIC no migration petition reissuance. AGENCY: daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Jun 08, 2018 Jkt 244001 Dated: May 18, 2018. James R. Brown, Associate Director, Safe Drinking Water Branch. [FR Doc. 2018–12508 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0210; FRL–9978–40] Notice is hereby given that a reissuance of an exemption to the Land Disposal Restrictions, under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, has been granted to USET for two Class I hazardous waste injection wells located at their Robstown, Texas facility. The company has adequately demonstrated to the satisfaction of the EPA by the petition reissuance application and supporting documentation that, to a reasonable degree of certainty, there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection zone for as long as the waste remains hazardous. This final decision allows the underground injection by USET of the specific restricted hazardous wastes identified in this exemption reissuance, into Class I hazardous waste injection wells WDW–278 and WDW–279 until December 31, 2030, unless the EPA moves to terminate this exemption or other petition condition limitations are reached. Additional conditions included in this final decision may be reviewed by contacting the EPA Region 6 Ground Water/UIC Section. A public notice was issued March 29, 2018, and the public comment period closed on May 15, 2018, and no comments were SUMMARY: received. This decision constitutes final Agency action and there is no Administrative appeal. This decision may be reviewed/appealed in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. DATES: This action is effective as of May 18, 2018. ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition reissuance and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file at the following location: Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Water Division, Safe Drinking Water Branch (6WQ–S), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Dellinger, Chief Ground Water/ UIC Section, EPA—Region 6, telephone (214) 665–8324. Problem Formulations for the Risk Evaluations To Be Conducted Under the Toxic Substances Control Act, and General Guiding Principles To Apply Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluations; Notice of Availability Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA is publishing and taking comments on the problem formulation documents for the first 10 chemical substances undergoing risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Comments received will inform the development of draft risk evaluation documents for these 10 chemical substances. The 10 problem formulation documents announced in this document refine the scope documents published in June 2017 and are an additional interim step, prior to publication of the draft risk evaluations. EPA is also publishing and taking comments on a document entitled: ‘‘Application of Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluations,’’ which sets out general principles to guide EPA’s application of systematic review for TSCA risk evaluations. The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) generally intends to apply systematic review principles in the development of risk evaluations under TSCA. The SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 systematic review document includes a structured process of identifying, evaluating and integrating evidence for both the hazard and exposure assessments developed during the TSCA risk evaluation process. This document may be revised periodically. EPA welcomes public input on the document. DATES: Comments on the problem formulations must be received on or before July 26, 2018. EPA specifically requests comments on the Application of Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluations document for 45 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. In addition, because this document is a living document which may be revised periodically. EPA welcomes public input on this document at any time. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by the appropriate docket identification (ID) numbers as provided in Unit IV., by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. When submitting comments, please be as specific as possible, and please include any supporting data or other information. • 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: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets in general is available at https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information on the Problem Formulation documents contact: Christina Motilall, Risk Assessment Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–1287; email address: motilall.christina@ epa.gov. For technical information on Application of Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluations contact: Iris Camacho, Risk Assessment Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and E:\FR\FM\11JNN1.SGM 11JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26997-26998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12505]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361; FRL-9978-99-OLEM]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Trade 
Secrets Claims Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Information (EPCRA Section 322)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Trade Secrets Claims 
under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information'' 
(EPA ICR No. 1428.11, OMB Control No. 2050-0078) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as 
described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through November 30, 2018. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2006-0361 referencing the Docket ID numbers provided for each 
item in the text, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

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; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) 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; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) 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. 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. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    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). EPCRA contains 
provisions requiring facilities to report to State and local 
authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances 
(Section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (Sections 311 and 312) 
and manufacture, process and use of toxic chemicals (Section 313). 
Section 322 of EPCRA allows a facility to withhold the specific 
chemical identity from these EPCRA reports if the facility asserts a 
claim of trade secrecy for that chemical identity. The provisions in 
Section 322 establish 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. The 
regulations are codified in 40 CFR part 350.
    Trade secrecy protection is provided for specific chemical 
identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following: 
(1) Section 303 (d)(2)--Facility notification of changes that have or 
are about to occur, (2) Section 303 (d)(3)--Local Emergency Planning 
Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information to develop or 
implement emergency plans, (3) Section 311--Material Safety Data Sheets 
(MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or list of those chemicals submitted 
in place of the MSDSs, (4) Section 312--Emergency and hazardous 
chemical inventory forms (Tier I or Tier II), and (5) Section 313 Toxic 
chemical release inventory form.
    Form Number: EPA Form No. 8700-30.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are manufacturers or non-manufacturers subject to reporting 
under Sections 303, 311/312 or 313 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory if the respondents 
wish to claim the chemical identity for any of the chemicals as trade 
secret in any of the reports required to be submitted under EPCRA.
    Estimated number of respondents: 305 (total). This number may be 
revised prior to submitting the ICR package to OMB based on the claims 
received as the compliance date for Section 313 report is July 1, 2018 
for 2017 reporting year.
    Frequency of response: Trade secret claim packages must be 
submitted to EPA at the same time the reports under Sections 303, 311, 
312, and 313 are submitted.
    Total estimated burden: 2,898 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $169,373 (per year). No capital and operation 
and maintenance costs are associated with any requirements in this ICR.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 311 hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by

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OMB. The actual number of claims submitted under Section 312 is 
slightly lower than the estimate provided in the previous ICR. The 
burden hours and costs may be revised based on the actual trade secret 
claim submissions received for Section 313 reports. The compliance 
deadline for section 313 report is July 1, 2018. EPA will revise the 
burden and costs prior to submitting the package to OMB.

    Dated: May 24, 2018.
Becki Clark,
 Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-12505 Filed 6-8-18; 8:45 am]
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