Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules Under the Toxic Substances Control Act; Certain Nanoscale Materials (Renewal), 79583 [2024-22392]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 79583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22392]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0572; FRL-12295-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Chemical-Specific Rules Under the Toxic Substances Control 
Act; Certain Nanoscale Materials (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Chemical-Specific Rules under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act; Certain Nanoscale Materials (EPA ICR 
Number 2517.04 and OMB Control Number 2070-0194), 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 September 30, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 1, 2024 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before October 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2010-0572, to EPA 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: Katherine Sleasman, Office of Program 
Support (7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through September 30, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on February 2, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 6520). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 
www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
for persons who manufacture or process chemical substances as nanoscale 
materials established under the authority of section 8(a) of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) and implementing regulations in 40 CFR 
part 704.20.
    Form numbers: 9600-07.
    Respondents/affected entities: As defined in 40 CFR 704.20(b), 
potential respondents include those who can reasonably ascertain that 
they are manufacturers (defined by statute to include importers) and/or 
processors of a discrete form of a reportable chemical substance or 
mixture. To estimate the burden, EPA considered entities potentially 
affected by this ICR as those that can be classified under the North 
American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes identified in 
question 12 of the supporting statement.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory. TSCA section 8(a) 
and 40 CFR 704.20.
    Estimated number of potential respondents: 16 (total).
    Frequency of response: Occasional.
    Total estimated burden: 959 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $69,280 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 39,131 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's adjustments in the 
estimation methodology of the costs and burden as discussed in question 
12 of the supporting statement. The two key adjustments involve a 
reduction in estimated submissions based on actual submissions received 
by the EPA over the last 3-year period and calculating a weighted 
burden for any given respondent without separating the manufacturers 
from the processors. In addition to the adjustments to the burden 
estimates, the wage rates were revised to reflect 2022 dollars for this 
information collection request.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-22392 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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