Agency Information Collection Activities ; Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; EPA ICR No. 0795.14, OMB Control No. 2070-0030, Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA), Export Notification (40 CFR Part 707, Subpart 

D)

Mike Mattheisen to: newtond, Terry.L.Medley, Sylvia_palmer, 

erosenberg, dfratz, feldman, bill, nobot, ken 05/10/2012 11:44 AM

From: Mike Mattheisen/DC/USEPA/US

To: newtond@socma.com, Terry.L.Medley@USA.dupont.com, 

Sylvia_palmer@americanchemistry.com, erosenberg@cleaninginstitute.org, dfratz@cspa.org, 

feldman@api.org, bill@aafa.org, nobot@cehn.org, ken@ewg.org

On May 7, 2012, EPA published a notice in the Federal Register concerning the renewal of an existing 

information-data-request (ICR) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC 3501 et seq .) for export 

notifications under section 12(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC 2601 et seq. ). See, 77 FR 

26750; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; EPA 

ICR No. 0795.14, OMB Control No. 2070-0030. No changes were proposed to the existing ICR. The 

notice, nonetheless, provided a 60-day public comment period ending on July 6, 2012. Instructions for 

submitting comments are contained in the Federal Register notice, a copy of which is attached to this 

email.

Under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), agencies are also 

required to consult directly with potential respondents and data users about specific aspects of the ICR 

before submitting it to OMB for review and approval, regardless of whether changes are being made to 

the ICR. To fulfill this required consultation, I am contacting you, among others, at random. Please be 

advised that, if you take this opportunity to provide input, your name, affiliation, and phone number and 

any information you provide (e.g., copies of emails) will be incorporated into, and attached to, the 

supporting statement for this ICR, which will be made a public document. You may also be contacted by 

the OMB Desk Examiner for this ICR to verify the accuracy of any of your comments as reported in the 

ICR by EPA.

EPA solicits your input on the following questions:

1. Are the data that are required to be submitted under this ICR available from any other public 

source that you are aware of, or are they data already collected by another EPA office or by 

another agency? If so, where is the data publicly available?

2. Is the data submission requirement clear? If not, do you have any suggestions for how the 

data submission can be clarified?

3. Would an electronic/data submission option be useful? What type of alternative would be most 

useful – for example, Web-form or CD-ROM?

4. For electronic submission, how should signature requirements be handled – private key 

infrastructure (PKI), personal identification numbers (PINs) and passwords, or a signed paper 

coversheet?

5. How does confidential business information (CBI) affect your choice or use of an electronic 

medium? Would you be more inclined to submit CBI on CD-ROM than on paper and what 

benefits would you realize (burden reduction, greater efficiency in compiling information, etc.)?

6. Do you agree with EPA’s estimated burden and costs (ICRs address only costs associated 

with paperwork)? Are the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) labor rates accurate? If you have any 

reason to consider the BLS labor rates inaccurate or inappropriate as used by EPA, please 
explain your rationale.

Your timely response, if any, would be appreciated by July 6, 2012, so that we can consider it, as well as 

any public comments resulting from the FR notice, for final OMB approval. Thank you for your assistance.

12b ICR FRN #1 05-07-12.pdf

Mike Mattheisen

Associate Branch Chief

Chemical Information and Testing Branch

Chemical Control Division

US EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

202-564-3077