[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6995-6996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4145]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5429-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
Renewal of OMB No. 2070-0017
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
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the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an expedited
review. As a result of the Government shutdown in December, the Office
of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) was unable to
complete and forward a request to renew the approval of this
Information Collection Request (ICR) in a timely manner. In order to
minimize a lapse in OMB approval, and given the continuing nature of
the ICR, as well as the absence of any issues, OPPTS is requesting an
expedited review and approval for this ICR. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden;
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument. A
Federal Register notice proposing this submission and seeking public
comments on this ICR was published on September 29, 1995 (60 FR 50568).
EPA did not receive any comments in response to that notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, 202-260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: TSCA Section 8(c) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule (OMB
Control No. 2070-0017, EPA ICR No. 1031). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved information collection which expires
on February 28, 1996.
Abstract: Section 8(c) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
requires companies that manufacture, process, or distribute chemicals
to maintain records of significant adverse reactions to health or the
environment alleged to have been caused by such chemicals. Since
section 8(c) includes no automatic reporting provision, EPA can obtain
and use the information contained in company files only by inspecting
those files or requiring reporting of records that relate to specific
substances of concern. Therefore, under certain conditions, and using
the provisions found in 40 CFR part 717, EPA may require companies to
report such allegations to the Agency.
EPA uses such information on a case-specific basis to corroborate
suspected adverse health or environmental effects of chemicals already
under review by EPA. The information is also useful to identify trends
of adverse effects across the industry that may not be apparent to any
one chemical company.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR part 717). 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 range between
0.25 hours and 8.0 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: 7,397.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 30,287 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. 1031
and OMB Control No. 2070-0017 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 15, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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