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confidential under 40 CFR Part 2, 

Subpart b, and will be disclosed only if 

EPA determines that the information is 

not entitled to confidential treatment. If 

no claim of confidentiality is asserted 

when the information is received by 

EPA, it may be made available to the 

public without further notice to the 

respondents (40 CFR 2.203). Individual 

reporting data may be claimed as 

sensitive and will be treated as 

confidential information in accordance 

with procedures outlined in 40 CFR 

Part 2. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.3 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

The annual application, reporting, 

and recordkeeping burden is as follows: 

52 applicants to the critical use 

exemption program at 1,976 hours per 

year; 4 producers and importers at a 

total of 188 hours per year (quarterly 

reporting); 75 distributors and 

applicators at 975 hours per year 

(annual reporting); and 2,000 end users 

at 575 hours per year (periodic 

certification of purchases of critical use 

methyl bromide at the time of each 

purchase). The total industry burden is 

therefore 3,714 hours per year. 

The annual public application burden 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average 38 hours per 

response (1,976 hours divided by 52 

responses). The annual public reporting 

and recordkeeping burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 0.61 hours per response (1,738 

hours divided by 2,846 responses). 

Overall, the total annual public burden 

(application, reporting, and 

recordkeeping) for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 1.3 

hours per response (3,714 hours divided 

by 2,898 responses). 

The total annual labor cost burden 

associated with information collection 

request is $843,845. EPA estimates the 

costs as follows: Application costs 

totaling $199,299 per year, 

recordkeeping and reporting costs 

totaling $582,769 per year, and self 

certification by producers, importers, 

distributors, and end users costing 

$61,777 per year. EPA estimates the 

capital costs to be $0. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 1,203 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the 

EPA ICR 2031.03 which is currently 

approved by OMB. The reasons for the 

decrease in burden hours include a 

decrease in the number of applicants 

and a similar decline in the number of 

end users. Furthermore, stakeholders 

are more familiar with the critical use 

exemption program and have already 

organized associations to apply on 

behalf of multiple growers. Other 

reasons for burden reduction include 

the encouragement of electronic 

submission of applications and other 

data and frequent EPA communication 

with methyl bromide stakeholders. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 22, 2011. 

Drusilla Hufford, 

Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4638 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0874; FRL–9273–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Safer Detergent Stewardship 

Initiative (SDSI) Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval: Safer Detergent Stewardship 

Initiative (SDSI) Program; EPA ICR No. 

2261.02, OMB No. 2070–0171. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection 

activity and its expected burden and 

costs. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 1, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2010–0874 to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Myrick, (acting) Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

9838; e-mail address: TSCA– 

Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On November 22, 2010 (75 FR 71123), 

EPA sought comments on this renewal 

ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments during the 

comment period. Any additional 

comments related to this ICR should be 

submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 

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EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0874, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

inspection at the OPPT Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room is 

open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics Docket is 202– 

566–0280. Use http:// 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once in the system, 

select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket 

ID number identified above. 

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing in http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

http://www.regulations.gov. The entire 

printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket. Although 

identified as an item in the official 

docket, information claimed as CBI, or 

whose disclosure is otherwise restricted 

by statute, is not included in the official 

public docket, and will not be available 

for public viewing in http:// 

www.regulations.gov. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Safer Detergent Stewardship 

Initiative (SDSI) Program. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection that is 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2011. 

Under 5 CFR 1320.12(b)(2), the Agency 

may continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract: The Safer Detergent 

Stewardship Initiative is a voluntary 

program administered by EPA to offer 

resources and recognition to businesses 

involved in the transition to safer 

surfactants. Surfactants are a major 

ingredient in cleaning products such as 

detergents, cleaners, airplane de-icers 

and fire-fighting foams. Safer surfactants 

are those that break down quickly to 

non-polluting compounds. 

Under SDSI, businesses that have 

fully transitioned to safer surfactants, or 

(for non-profits, academic institutions, 

etc.) can document outstanding efforts 

to encourage the use of safer surfactants, 

are granted Champion status. At this 

level, the participant is invited to the 

SDSI Awards ceremony, listed on the 

EPA SDSI Web site as a champion, and 

may use a special logo in their literature 

to help explain their participation in the 

program. Businesses that commit to a 

full and timely transition to safer 

surfactants, or (for non-profits, academic 

institutions, etc.) can document 

outstanding efforts to encourage the use 

of safer surfactants, are granted Partner 

status. This category provides 

recognition of significant 

accomplishments towards the use of 

safer surfactants. Partners will be listed 

on the EPA SDSI Web site and may be 

granted recognition as a Champion in 

the future if appropriate. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are voluntary. Respondents 

may claim all or part of a notice 

confidential. EPA will disclose 

information that is covered by a CBI 

claim only to the extent permitted by, 

and in accordance with, the procedures 

in TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2. 

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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9 and included on the related 

collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 10 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are establishments or 

organizations engaged in formulating, 

producing, purchasing or distributing 

surfactants or products containing 

surfactants. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

14. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 140 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: $7,770. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: This 

request reflects a decrease of 3,610 

hours (from 3,750 hours to 140 hours) 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden from that currently in the OMB 

inventory. This decrease reflects 

improved estimates of the number of 

applications EPA expects to receive, 

based on actual experience in 

administering the SDSI program. The 

Supporting Statement provides details 

on the change in burden estimate. The 

change is an adjustment. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4655 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0568; FRL–9273–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Asbestos-Containing 

Materials in Schools and Asbestos 

Model Accreditation Plans 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval: Asbestos-Containing Materials 

in Schools and Asbestos Model 

Accreditation Plans; EPA ICR No. 

1365.09, OMB No. 2070–0091. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection 

activity and its estimated burden and 

costs. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 1, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2010–00568 to (1) EPA 

online using http://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method) or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Myrick, (acting) Director, 


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