[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6639-6640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3860]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5426-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 22, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, 202-260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0575.07.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule (OMB
Control No. 2070-0004, EPA ICR No. 0575.07). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved information collection which expires
on February 28, 1996.
Abstract: Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
and regulations at 40 CFR part 716 requires manufacturers and
processors of chemicals to submit lists and copies of health and safety
studies relating to the health and/or environmental effects of certain
chemical substances and mixtures. In order to comply with the reporting
requirements of section 8(d), respondents must search their records to
identify any health and safety studies in their possession, copy and
process relevant studies, list studies that are currently in progress,
and submit this information to EPA.
EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the
known effects of the chemicals in question, leading to determinations
by EPA of whether additional testing of the chemicals is required. The
information
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enables EPA to base its testing decisions on the most complete
information available and to avoid demands for testing that may be
duplicative. EPA will use information obtained via this collection to
support its investigation of the risks posed by chemicals and, in
particular, to support its decisions on whether to require industry to
test chemicals under section 4 of TSCA.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR part 716). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice
confidential. EPA will disclose information that is covered by a claim
of confidentially 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 range between
2.0 hours and 23.5 hours per response, depending upon the requirements
that the collection places on each respondent. This estimate 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; 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. No
person is 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 are displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Those that manufacture, process,
import, or distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
Estimated No. Of Respondents: 852.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 9,668 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.
Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0575.07
and OMB Control No. 2070-0004 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information
Policy Branch (2136), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: February 14, 1996
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3860 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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