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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–1011; FRL–9500–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Pre-Manufacture Review 

Reporting and Exemption 

Requirements for New Chemical 

Substances and Significant New Use 

Reporting Requirements for Chemical 

Substances 

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: Pre-Manufacture Review 

Reporting and Exemption Requirements 

for New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Reporting 

Requirements for Chemical Substances; 

EPA ICR No. 0574.15, OMB No. 2070– 

0012. 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 January 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2010–1011 to (1) EPA online 

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

preferred method), by email to oppt.

ncic@epa.gov 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, Mail code: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

554–1404; email 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 August 3, 2011 (76 FR 46794), EPA 

sought comments on this renewal 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments during the 

comment period. Any comments related 

to this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–1011, 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: Pre-Manufacture Review 

Reporting and Exemption Requirements 

for New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Reporting 

Requirements for Chemical Substances. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on December 

31, 2011. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 

Abstract: Section 5 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

manufacturers and importers of new 

chemical substances to submit to EPA 

notice of intent to manufacture or 

import a new chemical substance 90 

days before manufacture or import 

begins. EPA reviews the information 

contained in the notice to evaluate the 

health and environmental effects of the 

new chemical substance. On the basis of 

the review, EPA may take further 

regulatory action under TSCA, if 

warranted. If EPA takes no action within 

90 days, the submitter is free to 

manufacture or import the new 

chemical substance without restriction. 

TSCA section 5 also authorizes EPA 

to issue Significant New Use Rules 

(SNURs). EPA uses this authority to take 

follow-up action on new or existing 

chemicals that may present an 

unreasonable risk to human health or 

the environment if used in a manner 

that may result in different and/or 

higher exposures of a chemical to 

humans or the environment. Once a use 

is determined to be a significant new 

use, persons must submit a notice to 

EPA 90 days before beginning 

manufacture, processing or importation 

of a chemical substance for that use. 

Such a notice allows EPA to receive and 

review information on such a use and, 

if necessary, regulate the use before it 

occurs. 

Finally, TSCA section 5 also permits 

applications for exemption from section 

5 review under certain circumstances. 

An applicant must provide information 

sufficient for EPA to make a 

determination that the circumstances in 

question qualify for an exemption. In 

granting an exemption, EPA may 

impose appropriate restrictions. This 

information collection addresses the 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements associated with TSCA 

section 5. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

parts 700, 720, 721, 723 and 725). 

Respondents may claim all or part of a 

notice as CBI. EPA will disclose 

information that is covered by a CBI 

claim only to the extent permitted by, 

and in accordance with, the procedures 

in 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 


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collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to range between 0.725 hours 

and 508 hours per response, depending 

upon the type of response. Burden is 

defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are manufacturers, processors or 

importers of chemical substances. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Number of 

Responses for Each Respondent: 4.8. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 443. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 117,162 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$34,417,821. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: This 

request reflects a decrease of 350 hours 

(from 117,512 hours to 117,162 hours) 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden from that currently in the OMB 

inventory. This decrease represents a reestimate in the number of annual 

submissions to reflect EPA’s 

experiences since the most recent ICR. 

The decrease in the number of annual 

submissions is largely associated with 

the finalization of the e-PMN rule in 

2010. The change is an adjustment. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31405 Filed 12–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0439; FRL–9500–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection 

Byproducts, Chemical and 

Radionuclides (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2011–0439, to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to OW– 

Docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Reed, Drinking Water 

Protection Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, (4606M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–4719; fax number: (202) 564–3755; 

email address: reed.matthew@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 July 5, 2011 (76 FR 39092), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments during the comment period. 

Any additional comments on this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2011–0439 Notice 2, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

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 Water Docket is (202) 

566–2426. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at 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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

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

Title: Disinfectants/Disinfection 

Byproducts, Chemical and 

Radionuclides (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1896.09, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0204. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2011. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The Disinfectants/ 

Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and 

Radionuclides ICR examines Public 

Water System, primacy agency and EPA 

burden and costs for recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements in support of the 

chemical drinking water regulations. 

These recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements are mandatory for 

compliance with 40 CFR parts 141 and 

142. The following chemical regulations 

are included: Stage 1 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 

DBPR), Stage 2 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 

DBPR), Chemical Phase Rules (Phases 

II/IIB/V), 1976 Radionuclides Rule and 

2000 Radionuclides Rule, Total 

Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Rule, 

Disinfectant Residual Monitoring and 

Associated Activities under the Surface 

Water Treatment Rule, Arsenic Rule, 

Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) and 

revisions. Future chemical-related 

rulemakings will be added to this 

consolidated ICR after the regulations 

are finalized and the initial, rulespecific, ICRs are due to expire. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average .45 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 


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