[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20553]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6417-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notification of
Chemical Exports; Submission of ICR No. 0795.10 to OMB
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) entitled: ``TSCA Section 12(b) Notification of Chemical
Exports,'' (EPA ICR No. 0795.10; OMB Control No. 2070-0030) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval pursuant to the OMB procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated cost and burden.
The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years the existing
approval for this ICR, which was scheduled to expire on April 30, 1999.
However, OMB granted an emergency extension for this ICR until
September 30, 1999. A Federal Register document announcing the Agency's
intent to seek the renewal of this ICR and the 60-day public comment
opportunity, requesting comments on the request and the contents of the
ICR, was issued on January 14, 1999 (64 FR 2486). EPA received a number
of comments on this ICR during the comment period, which are addressed
in a memorandum accompanying the ICR.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 9,
1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on (202)
260-2740, by e-mail: farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,'' or download off
the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.
0795.10.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0795.10 and OMB
Control No. 2070-0030, to the following addresses:
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory
Information Division (Mail Code: 2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington,
DC 20460; and to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Review Requested: This is a request to renew a currently approved
information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0795.10; OMB Control No. 2070-0030.
Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on September
30, 1999.
Title: TSCA Section 12(b) Notification of Chemical Exports.
Abstract: Section 12(b)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) requires that any person who exports or intends to export to a
foreign country a chemical substance or mixture that is regulated under
TSCA sections 4, 5, 6 and/or 7 submit to EPA notification of such
export or intent to export. Upon receipt of notification, EPA will
advise the government of the importing country of the U.S. regulatory
action with respect to that substance. EPA uses the information
obtained from the submitter via this collection to advise the
government of the importing country.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR part 707). Respondents may claim all or part of a document
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 burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 0.945 hours per
response for an estimated 350 respondents making one or more
submissions of information annually. These estimates include 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 these
regulations are displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are companies that export or engage in wholesale sales of
chemicals.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 350.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10,400 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is an increase (from 3,800 hours to
10,400 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden as compared with
that identified in the information collection request most recently
approved by OMB. In response to comments and based on interviews with
several firms, the Agency has increased the estimated burden hours
allocated to compiling lists of products containing TSCA section 12(b)
regulated chemicals, and has also added burden hours for checking
shipments that do not ultimately result in TSCA 12(b) notices, an
aspect of burden that had not been included in the previous collection.
Finally, this increase also reflects EPA's experience over the last
three years with the number of notices received and the number of
companies submitting notices associated with this information
collection.
According to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has
submitted this ICR to OMB for review and approval. Any comments related
to the renewal of this ICR should be submitted within 30 days of this
document, as described above.
Dated: August 2, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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