Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Expanded Access to TSCA Confidential Business Information, 14849-14850 [2022-05507]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Whitlock, Engineering and
Analysis Division, Office of Science and
Technology, 4303T, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–566–1541;
email address: Whitlock.Steve@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.
Abstract: Under the Clean Water Act
(CWA), EPA develops effluent
limitations guidelines (ELGs) to limit
pollutants discharged from industrial
point source categories. EPA initially
promulgated ELGs for the Meat and
Poultry Products (MPP) category in 1974
and amended the regulations in 2004.
The current regulation covers
wastewater directly discharged by meat
and poultry slaughterhouses and further
processors as well as independent
renderers. Small poultry facilities and
indirect dischargers are not included in
the current rule.
In EPA’s review of nutrients in
industrial wastewater, the MPP category
ranked among the top two industrial
categories discharging nutrients based
on 2018 data, and EPA announced a
detailed study of the MPP category in
2020. During the study, EPA collected
publicly available data and met with
industry trade associations. EPA found
that there are existing, affordable
technologies that can reduce nutrient
concentrations in MPP wastewater, and
that pretreatment standards may be
needed as publicly available data shows
pollutants from MPP facilities may
passthrough and cause interference for
some publicly owned treatment works
(POTWs).
Publicly available data on MPP
facilities that is needed to support a
rulemaking is limited. To identify the
base population of approximately 7,000
MPP facilities, EPA collected data from
the US Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service
(FSIS). Using this base population, EPA
attempted to find data on MPP
wastewater, effluent limits, and
treatment technologies by collecting
publicly available facility permits and
consulting the Integrated Compliance
Information System (ICIS) dataset.
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Available data was limited to only those
facilities directly discharging
wastewater or to facilities discharging
indirectly through POTWS in individual
states that require pretreatment permits
to be reported, leaving a large data gap.
Thus, a survey of the current MPP
industry will be an essential portion of
the rulemaking process, necessary for
EPA to determine appropriateness of
current regulations.
The data collection activities
described in this Information Collection
Request (ICR) are designed to obtain a
robust dataset that characterizes
wastewater generation, treatment, and
discharge from MPP facilities. A short
questionnaire will be administered as an
industry census to confirm general
information on the type and size (both
production and employees) of the
facility and gather information on
wastewater generation and treatment.
To reduce burden on the industry, a
statistically representative subset of
MPP facilities will complete a detailed
survey collecting additional details on
processing operations, types and
amount of wastewater generated by
operation, wastewater treatment details,
and economic data. A small number of
MPP facilities will also be asked to
collect and analyze wastewater samples
to characterize raw waste streams,
wastewater treatment systems, and
treated effluent for pollutants of interest.
The current rule contains 12 subparts,
reflecting that the industry engages in a
wide range of activities. Facilities range
in size from very small (less than 10
employees) to large (over 500
employees). For EPA to complete the
detailed technical and economic
analysis for the entire industry
necessary for the rulemaking process,
the short questionnaire, detailed
questionnaire, and sampling activities
are essential.
Confidential Business Information
(CBI) may be collected. In accordance
with 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, section
2.203, the MPP Surveys inform
respondents of their right to claim
information as confidential. Each survey
provides instructions for claiming
confidentiality and informs respondents
of the terms and rules governing the
protection of CBI under the CWA and 40
CFR 2.203. Survey respondents are
requested to mark any claimed
confidential responses as CBI. EPA and
its contractors will follow EAD’s
existing procedures to protect data
labeled as CBI.
Form Numbers: 6100–074, 6100–075.
Respondents/affected entities: All
Meat and Poultry Products facilities in
the U.S.
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Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (Clean Water Act section
308).
Estimated number of respondents:
7,000 (total).
Frequency of response: One-time data
collection.
Total estimated burden: 70,807 hours.
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $3,219,484,
which includes $85,708 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This is a
new data collection request and is a
one-time temporary increase to the
Agency’s burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0652; FRL–9660–01–
OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Expanded Access to TSCA
Confidential Business Information
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Expanded Access to Toxic Substances
Control Act Confidential Business
Information, (EPA ICR Number 2570.02,
OMB Control Number 2070–0209) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through March 31, 2022.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
August 12, 2021 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–
SUMMARY:
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HQ–OPPT–2017–0652, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General contact: Katherine Sleasman,
Mission Support Division, Office of
Program Support, Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention,
(Mailcode: 7101M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 566–1204;
email address: sleasman.katherine@
epa.gov.
Technical contact: Jessica Barkas,
Project Management and Operations
Division, Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Office of Chemical Safety
and Pollution Prevention, (Mailcode:
7408M), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 250–8880; email address:
barkas.jessica@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.
Abstract: The Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) amendments of June
22, 2016, known as the Frank R.
Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st
Century Act, expanded the categories of
people to whom EPA may disclose
TSCA confidential business information
(CBI). The amendments authorize EPA
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to disclose TSCA CBI to state, tribal, and
local governments; environmental,
health, and medical professionals; and
emergency responders, under certain
conditions, including consistency with
guidance that EPA is required to
develop.
Three guidance documents have been
developed, corresponding to the new
authorities in TSCA section 14(d)(4), (5),
and (6). The conditions for access vary
under each of the new provisions, but
generally include the following:
Requesters must show that they have a
need for the information related to their
employment, professional, or legal
duties; recipients of TSCA CBI are
prohibited from disclosing or permitting
further disclosure of the information to
individuals not authorized to receive it
(physicians/nurses may disclose the
information to their patient); and except
in emergency situations EPA must
notify the entity that made the CBI
claim at least 15 days prior to disclosing
the CBI. In addition, under these new
provisions, requesters (except in some
emergency situations) are required to
sign an agreement and may be required
to submit a statement of need to EPA.
In accordance with the requirements of
TSCA section 14(c)(4)(B), the guidance
documents cover the content and form
of the agreements and statements
required under each provision and
include information on where and how
to submit requests to EPA.
Form numbers: Not applicable.
Respondents/affected entities:
Respondents affected by this activity are
mainly government employees (federal,
state, local, tribal), as well as medical
professionals, such as doctors and
nurses.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated number of respondents: 6
(total).
Total estimated burden: 89 hours (per
year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $5,873.98 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an
increase in the estimated burden costs
compared with that currently approved
by OMB. The increase in the respondent
burden and agency costs were caused by
an increase in the hourly wages and a
change in the methodology to calculate
loaded wages (wages plus fringe benefits
and overhead). The change in the
estimated number of respondents is
based on EPA experience. The changes,
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which are discussed in more detail in
the ICR, qualify as an adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Notice of Proposed Administrative
Settlement Agreement for Removal
Action and Payment of Response
Costs by Prospective Lessee at the
C-Brite Removal Site in Harbor City;
Los Angeles County, California
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’),
notice is hereby given that the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), has entered into a proposed
settlement, embodied in an
Administrative Settlement Agreement
for Removal Action and Payment of
Response Costs by Prospective Lessee
(‘‘Settlement Agreement’’), with 1213
253rd, LLC (‘‘Prospective Lessee’’), a
prospective lessee and purchaser of the
real property located at 1213 253rd
Street, Harbor City, Los Angeles County,
California, known as the Former C-Brite
Metal Finishing Facility Site (‘‘C-Brite
Site’’ or ‘‘Site’’). C-Brite Metal Finishing,
Inc. operated a plating business at the
Site from 1966 to 2017 and abandoned
the property thereafter. Under the
Settlement Agreement, the Prospective
Lessee agrees to perform a portion of the
removal work at the Site and to pay
$80,000 for EPA’s oversight costs in
exchange for liability protection,
contribution protection, a release of any
lien on the Site under CERCLA Section
107(r) or 107(l), and a covenant not to
sue for existing contamination at the
Site, the payment of EPA’s oversight
costs, or the removal work. EPA
completed the removal of hazardous
contamination at the site, and the Lessee
will now continue with the removal of
all the remaining non-hazardous debris.
DATES: The Agency will consider public
comments relating to the Settlement
Agreement until April 15, 2022. EPA
will consider all comments received and
may modify or withdraw its consent to
the Settlement Agreement if comments
received disclose facts or considerations
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0652; FRL-9660-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Expanded Access to TSCA Confidential
Business Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Expanded Access to Toxic
Substances Control Act Confidential Business Information, (EPA ICR
Number 2570.02, OMB Control Number 2070-0209) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2022. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 12, 2021
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 15,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
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HQ-OPPT-2017-0652, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General contact: Katherine Sleasman,
Mission Support Division, Office of Program Support, Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention, (Mailcode: 7101M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address:
[email protected].
Technical contact: Jessica Barkas, Project Management and
Operations Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Office
of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, (Mailcode: 7408M),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 250-8880; 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.
Abstract: The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) amendments of
June 22, 2016, known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the
21st Century Act, expanded the categories of people to whom EPA may
disclose TSCA confidential business information (CBI). The amendments
authorize EPA to disclose TSCA CBI to state, tribal, and local
governments; environmental, health, and medical professionals; and
emergency responders, under certain conditions, including consistency
with guidance that EPA is required to develop.
Three guidance documents have been developed, corresponding to the
new authorities in TSCA section 14(d)(4), (5), and (6). The conditions
for access vary under each of the new provisions, but generally include
the following: Requesters must show that they have a need for the
information related to their employment, professional, or legal duties;
recipients of TSCA CBI are prohibited from disclosing or permitting
further disclosure of the information to individuals not authorized to
receive it (physicians/nurses may disclose the information to their
patient); and except in emergency situations EPA must notify the entity
that made the CBI claim at least 15 days prior to disclosing the CBI.
In addition, under these new provisions, requesters (except in some
emergency situations) are required to sign an agreement and may be
required to submit a statement of need to EPA. In accordance with the
requirements of TSCA section 14(c)(4)(B), the guidance documents cover
the content and form of the agreements and statements required under
each provision and include information on where and how to submit
requests to EPA.
Form numbers: Not applicable.
Respondents/affected entities: Respondents affected by this
activity are mainly government employees (federal, state, local,
tribal), as well as medical professionals, such as doctors and nurses.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated number of respondents: 6 (total).
Total estimated burden: 89 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $5,873.98 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase in the estimated
burden costs compared with that currently approved by OMB. The increase
in the respondent burden and agency costs were caused by an increase in
the hourly wages and a change in the methodology to calculate loaded
wages (wages plus fringe benefits and overhead). The change in the
estimated number of respondents is based on EPA experience. The
changes, which are discussed in more detail in the ICR, qualify as an
adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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