1 **SUPPORTING STATEMENT Renewal of Existing Information Collection Request for Confidentiality Rules** 

1. **Identification of the Information Collection 1(a)**  **Title of the Information Collection** Renewal of Existing Information Collection Request for Confidentiality Rules; EPA IC R No. 1665. 12 , OMB Control No 2020

- 0003. **1(b) Short Characterization (Abstract)**  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the requirements set forth in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B, “Confidentiality of Business Information” to establish rules to govern business confidentiality

claims, i.e., the handling by the Agency

of business information which is or may be entitled to confidential treatment, determining whether such information is entitled to con fidential treatment for reasons of business confidentiality and responding to Freedom of In formation Act requests pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §552 for this information. This request to renew an existing information collection request (I CR) allows the Agency to c ontinue obtaining the information it requires from submitters of confidential business information (CBI) to make final administrative determinations regarding whether or not the business information covered b y a confidentialit y claim is entitled to confide ntial treatment under Subpart B. Subpart B sets forth:

 the procedures industry must follow to assert and justify confidentialit y cl aims;  the procedures EPA must follow in reviewing business information claimed as confidential; notifying and providing affected businesses with an opportunity to comment; reviewing industry substantiations; making final confidentiality determinations; and  the requirement for signing and maintaining confidentiality agreements b y all contractor/subcontractor employees who are given access to confidential information in the course of performing work for EPA. **OMB Terms of Clearance** In the previous ICR renewal , OMB had these terms of clearance, "Prior to resubmission of this request for extension, the Agency should reassess burden taking into account recent experience of respondents and changes in EPA's reporting programs. In addition, the Agency should describe its method for estimating burden." **Agency Response** : To obtain current burden estimates, EPA contacted organizations during the summer of 201 3 that prepare responses to substantiation requests on behalf of clients. The burden estimates contained herein are predicated on the recent input from the organizations2

identified in Section 3(c) of this document and input f ro m EPA staff involved in the substantiation process. The Agency ’s method for est imating burden is discussed in Section 6, page 9.

2. **Need For and Use of the Collection** 2(a) Need **/Authority for the Collection** EPA administers several environmental protection statutes, e.g., the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and L iability Act. Environmental information and data are submitted by

the regulated industry

to EPA in accordance with the requirements of regulations issued under these statutes. Information is also submitted to the Agency voluntarily

by the regulated industry . In many instances, the information received by the Agency is designated b y the submitter as confidential business information (CBI). Substantiation of Confidentiality Claims In accordance with 40 CFR Part 2, subpart B, when EPA finds it necessary to make a final confidentiality

determination (e.g., to respond to a FOIA request or in the course of rulemaking or litigation), it must provide the affected business written notice o f that EPA is determining whether the information is entitled to confidential treatment, and is affording the business an opportunity to comment [(i.e., substantiate its confidential filing(s)]

. The notice is furnished b y certified mail (return receipt re quested), b y personal delivery , or b y other means which allows verification of the delivery and date of receipt . The business must comment on the items detailed under Section 4(b) of this supporting statement within 15 day s of receipt. Confidentiality Agreements When EPA utilizes contractor/subcontractor services for activities involving CBI, the contractor/subcontractor must ensure that all its employ ees who will be given access to CBI have signed confidentiality agreements. These agreements state th at employees shall use the confidential information only for the work in the contract/subcontract, shall refrain from disclosing the information, and shall return all copies of the information to EPA upon request or completion of the project. The contract or/subcontractor company must also maintain a file of these confidentiality agreements. The procedures laid out in 40 CFR, Part 2, subpart B, derive their authority from FOIA, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552, the Trade Secrets Act, as amended, 18 U.S.C. 1905, th e Federal housekeeping statute, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 301, the Administrative Procedure Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 551, et seq., and the confidentiality provisions of environmental statutes administered b y EPA, as follows:3

• §114, 206, 208, 301, and 307, Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7414, 7525, 7542, 7601, 7607)

• §§308, 501, and 509(a), Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1318, 1361, 1369(a))

• §13, Noise Control Act of 1972, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4912)

• §§1445 and 1450, Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300j

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- 9)

• §§2002, 3001, 3007, and 9005, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6912, 6921, 6927, 6991d)

• §§8(c), 11, 12(b), and 14, Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2607(c), 2610, 2611(b), 2 613)

• §§10, 12, and 25, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 136h, 136j, 136w)

• §408(i), Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U.S.C. 346a(i))

• §§104(f) and 108, Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1414(f), 1418) §§104 and 115, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and L iability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9604, 9615) 2(b) **Use/Users of the Data** EPA will use the information received from industry to inform its decision for determin ing whether or not the subject information is entitled to confidential treatment; whether the Agency

needs to make a formal confidentiality determination; and/or whether the information in question can be withheld pursuant to Exemption 4 of FOIA when a FOIA request has been filed for the information. 3. **Non**
**- Duplication, Consultations and Other Collection Criteria**  3(a) **Non**
**- Duplication**  This information is not elsewhere collected from businesses. 3(b) **Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB** EPA published a notice of the renewal of the existing information collection request for confidentiality

rules in the Federal Register on September 6 , 20 13 ( 78 FR 54889 ) and invited public comment. 3(c) **Consultations** To update its burden estimates, EPA consulted with the following businesses . These businesses are subject to the environmental statutes administered by EPA and prepare CBI substantiations

. Input f rom the firms below (and the named individuals) was used to determine whether the burden to businesses who must prepare preparing CBI substantiations had changed since the issuance of the last IC R. The Agency determined4

that the burden calculations requir ed updating according to the information provided when the organizations below were contacted: Briana Hagen 3M 3M Center Building 236

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- 10 St. Paul, Minnesota 55144 ( 651 ) 733

- 7766 Andria Malinowski DuPont ( 302 ) 774

- 6443 Tim Childs Shell One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 ( 713 ) 241

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3(d) **Effects of Less Frequent Collection** Not applicable. 3(e) **General Guidelines** Only one provision of this collection exceeds the Paperwork Reduction Act guidelines at 5 CFR 1320.5(d) ( 2). This collection calls for responses to be furnished to EPA within 15 working day s after the business receives the letter requesting substantiation. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(d ) ( 2 ) ( ii), EPA must justify why the response needs to be prepared within a period shorter than 30 day s after receipt of the collection. In the context of addressing the time frame for determinations under the FOIA, EPA “tentatively” determined that 15 day s is “a reasonable period for the business to furnish comments and substantiating data concerning its claim.” 40 FR 21987, 21988, 21989 (May 20, 1975) and 41 FR 36902, 36908 (September 1, 1976). EPA has found through experience in the ye ars since these regulations were promulgated (40 CFR Part 2) that 15 day s fits well with the general timetable of FOIA responses.

3(f) **Confidentiality and Sensitive Questions** 1. Confidentiality5 Under EPA’s current CBI regulations (40 CFR Part 2, subpart B), respondents may claim substantiations submitted to EPA as confidential. 2. Sensitive Questions Not applicable. This information collection does not include questions of a sensitive nature. Onl y the information returned by the respondents may be of a sensitive nature. 4. **The Respondents and the Inform ation Requested**  4(a) **Respondents/SIC Codes** Respondents can potentially include an y business submitting a document to EPA that it claims as CBI. EPA receives such information from both the manufacturing (SIC codes 20

- 39) and non

- manufacturing sectors (no SIC codes identified).
4(b) **Information Requested** A. Substantiation of confidentiality claim Whenever EPA finds it necessary to determine the confidentiality of information that has been claimed as CBI (e.g., in response to a FOIA request or in connection with rulemaking or litigation, or with regard to an advance confidentiality determination under 40 CFR 2. 204 (a), (c) and (d), 2.206), it must notify affected businesses orally and in writing and provide them with an opportunity to comment (40 CFR 2.204(e)). With this r enewal ICR, EPA is proposing to use the two attached “Request for Substantiation” letters. The letters address different situations which require EPA to determine the confidentiality of i nformation claimed CBI: Letter A addresses the situation where confidential business information in EPA possession is responsive to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Letter B requests a generic substantiation. 1. Data Items The written notice from EPA (40 CFR 2.204(e ) ( 1) and (4)) invites the business’s comments (substantiation) on the following: (i) The portions of the information which are alleged to be entitled to confidential treatment;6 (ii) The period of time for which confidential treatment is desired by the business (e.g., until a certain date, until the occurrence of a specified event, or permanentl y); (iii) The purpose for which the information was furnished to EPA and the approximate date of submission, if known; (iv) Whether a business confidentiality claim accompanied the information when it was received b y EPA; (v) Measures taken b y the business to guard against undesired disclos ure of the information to others; (vi) The extent to which the information has been disclosed to others, and the precautions taken in connection therewith; (vii) Pertinent confidentiality determinations, if any , by EPA or other Federal agencies; and a cop y of any such determination, or reference to it, if available; (viii) Whether the business asserts that disclosure of the information would be likely to result in substantial harmful effects on the business's competitive position, and if so, what those harmful effects would be, why they should be viewed as substantial, and an explanation of the causal relationship between disclosure and such harmful effects; and (ix) Whether the business asserts that the information is voluntarily submitted information as defined in 40 CFR §2.201(i), and if so, whether and wh y disclosure of the information would tend to lessen the availability to EPA of similar information in the future. 2. Respondent Activities To respond to the written notice, the respondent must:

 R ead EPA’s request for comments;

 Review the information it claimed as confidential; and

 Prepare and submit the substantiation to EPA

or
 Read EPA’s request for comments;

 Review the information it claimed as confidential; and

 Decide not to submit the substantiation to EPA B. Designation by Business of Addressee for Notices and Inquiries Pursuant to 40 CFR 2.213, a business may elect to designate an official contact for inquiries and notices concerning confidentiality claims.7

1. Data Items Name and address of the business making the designation, and the name and address of the designated person or office. 2. Respondent Activities To review subject materials and decide whether to respond to EPA’s request for comments. C. Confidentiality agreements When EPA utilizes the services of contractors/subcontractors, all contractor/subcontractor employees who may be given access to confidential information must first sign confidentiality agreements stating that they will honor the terms of the co ntract/subcontract which requires protection of CBI. See 40 CFR 2.301(h ) ( 2 ) ( ii). 1. Data Items Signed confidentiality

agreements. 2. Respondent activities The contractor must: a. Require each emplo ye e given access to CBI to read and s ign a confidentiality agreement; and b. Maintain a file of such agreements. See 40 CFR 2.301(h) ( 2 ) (IV ). In addition to the information collections discussed above, when EPA intends to disclose CBI to contractors/subcontractors, other federal agencies or Congress, EPA generall y notifies affected businesses. During a specified period of time prior to disclosure, businesses may submit comments. Industry has rarel y submitted comments to EPA under these circumstances. 5. **The Information Collected**

**– Age**  **ncy Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management**  5(a) **Agency Activities** 1. Review and make a preliminary determination of whether business information may be entitled to confidential treatment. This review would be undertaken in response to a FOIA request or when EPA desires to determine the confidentiality of information within its possession for other purpose s (e.g., rulemaking, litigation or8 an advance confidentiality determination). It would involve determining whether a busi ness confidentiality

claim exists or whether a Federal court or an EPA legal office has previousl y determined that the information in question is entitled to treatment as CBI. 2. Notify

the affected business orally and in writing that the Agency is determ ining the confidentiality

of the information and provide the business with an opportunity to comment. 3. Review the substantiation received (if an y) and make a final determination whether the business information in question is entitled to confidential tr eatment. This determination will be made by the appropriate EPA legal office as described in 40 CFR 2.205. Not all business choose to submit substantiation to the Agency

. 5(b) **Collection Methodology and Management** The ty pes of information that are requested are described under 4(b) above. EPA notifies affected businesses orall y and in writing that it is determining the confidentiality

of information they

have submitted and affords them the opportunity to comment. Affected businesses may submit comments by

the date specified in the notice (i.e., postmarked or hand delivered no later than the specified date); or if a request for an extension of the comment period is made b y the business and approved by the EPA legal office before the comments are due, the comment period may be extended (40 CFR 2.205(b ) ( 2)). Confidential information that is submitted to EPA is protected in accordance with the policies and procedures discussed in (1) Chapter 8, “Information Security ,” of EPA’s Information Resources Management (IRM) Policy Manual , Directive 2100, revised December 20, 1999; (2) the EPA Information Security Manual , Directive 2195A1, December 20, 1999; and (3) information security procedures issued by

EPA organizations with statutory authority for the inform ation [e.g., EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances has developed specific procedures for protecting the confidentiality of information obtained under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)]. 5(c) **Small Entity Flexibility** EPA does not have the flexibility to waive the need for substantiations from small entities for several reasons: (1) EPA is required to disclose information that is requested under FOIA, unless the information is specificall y exempt; (2) if EPA discloses i nformation that is entitled to confidential treatment, the Federal government could be held liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act and individual Federal employees could be subject to criminal liability under the Trade Secrets Act and other statutes, and (3)9

the submitter of the information is in the best position to explain why particular information should be entitled to confidential treatment. 5(d) **Collection Schedule** The request for substantiations occurs on a case

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- case basis, as needed. 6. **Est imating the Burden and Cost of the Collection**  Annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden: 7.6 hours per response Estimated Number of Respondents: 228 Frequency

of Response: 1 response per respondent annually Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1, 533.00 hours Estimated Total Annual Cost: $ 70,514.00 includes $0 annualized capital or O&M costs. 6(a) **Estimating Respondent Burden** The burden estimates were developed after consultations with the firms identified under Section 3(c), above. A. Substantiation of confidentiality claim EPA receives approximately 250 FOIA requests for information that is claimed as CBI each ye ar. However, many of the requests do not require EPA to contact the affected business ( es). EPA may find that a f ederal c ourt or EPA legal office has previously determined that the information in question is entitled to confidential treatment, and further examination of the information may not be required; or, after consulting with an individual who requested information under FOIA, the Agency may be able to provide the information that is of most interest to the requester without disclosing any CBI. In these cases, no request for substantiation is issued. In accordance with the procedures outlined in 40 CFR Part 2, subpart B, the Agency notifies approximately 250 businesses annuall y that it is making a final confidentiality determination on information the business has previously claimed as CBI (or which could be expected to be CBI) is being made, and provide them with an opportunity to submit comments explaining wh y previously submitted information should be treated as confidential. Each affected business has an opportunity to submit comments explaining why

the information should be protected. **6(b) Estimating Respondents Cost** Over the past ye ar , approximately 91 % or 228 of the 249 businesses submitted comments to EPA and spent approximately **6** hours on each substantiation ty pe reviewing the information, preparing the response and mailing the re sponse back to the Agency ( 3 .00 attorney

hrs. + 3 .00 manager hrs.)10

**Burden** for 228 respondents = **1, 368**  hours The 21 businesses ( 9 %) that do not submit substantiations are estimated to spend approximately

1 hour reviewing EPA’s notice, examining the inform ation in question, and making a decision not to respond (.50 attorney hrs. + .50 manager hrs). **Burden** for 21 non - respondents = **21 hours** 

. **Total burden** for 249 respondents = **1, 389**  **hours** EPA estimates the cost per substantiation ( 228 ) to be approximately $ 285

. 66 which includes reviewing the information, preparing the response and mailing the response back to the Agency

($60.00/attorney

hr. + $35.22/manager hr.).
**Burden** cost for respondents = **$ 65,130.48** 

. The 21 businesses that do not submi t substantiations are estimated to spend $ 1,999.62 in labor reviewing EPA’s letter and deciding not to respond. **Burden** costs for 21 non - respondents = $ **1,999.62 Total burden costs**  for 249 businesses to review and, if desired, respond to an EPA substantiation requests = **$ 67,130.10**  **.** B. Confidentiality agreements When EPA utilizes the services of contractors/subcontractors in implementing 40 CFR, Part 2, subpart B, all contractor/subcontractor employees who may be given access to confidential information must first sign confidentiality agreements stating that they will honor the terms of the contract which requires the protection of CBI. In addition, the contractor/subcontractor businesses must maintain a file of all such agreements. EPA esti mates that there are approximately 1 30 businesses that have contracts with the Agency that require CBI access. These businesses are estimated to employ approximately

65 0 employees who must sign confidentiality agreements each year. Signing Confidential ity

Agreements **Burden hours** : Each of the 650 employees is estimated to require 0.10 hours to review and sign the agreement. The total burden to review and sign confidentiality agreements = 65.00 **hours** annually

. **Burden costs** : EPA estimates the cost incurred to review and sign the agreement per employee to be $3. 50 in labor (0.10 time @ $3 5

. 00 /hr.). The total costs for 65 0 employees to review and sign agreements = **$2 ,275**  annually

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Performing Recordkeeping Requirements Each of the 1 30 businesses is required to maintain records of all confidentiality agreements. **Burden hours** : EPA estimates that it requires 0.50 hours annuall y for 1 30 businesses to maintain confidentiality agreement files for 65 0 employees. The total burden for the 1 30 businesses to maintain records for the 65 0 employees = **6 5**  **. 0**  **0** hours annually

. **Burden costs** : It is estimated that burden costs for the 1 30 businesses to maintain records for the 65 0 employees to be $8.53 (0.50 clerical time @ $17.05/clerical hr.) = **$1 108.90**  annually

. **Total burden** to maintain confidentiality files (signing agreements and maintaining records) = **130.30** hours at a cost of **$3, 383.90** 

. C. Overall Respondent Burden The overall burden for 249 businesses to respond or decide not to respond to EPA’s letter, for 65 0 employees to review and sign confidentiality agreements and for 1 30 businesses to perform recordkeeping requirements totals **1533** hours at a total labor cost of **$ 139,513.66**  per ye ar. EPA estimates that no capital costs or operation and maintenance costs would be incurred as a result of this information collection. 6(b) **Estimating Agency Burden and Cost** The burden on EPA to evaluate confidentiality claims, notify

affected businesses , and make final confidentiality determinations varies depending on the complexity of the claim. In some cases, the information that industry claims as confidential is specific and easil y identified; yet in other cases, entire reports may be claimed as co nfidential. In the latter case, a significant amount of time may be required to review the information in question. In other cases, EPA may be able to satisfy

a FOIA request without going through the entire substantiation process, if after conferring wit h a requestor, the Agency

is able to provide the information of interest without releasing CBI. (EPA estimates that of the 249 letters mailed to businesses, approximately 228 businesses will respond.) Initial Activities **Burden hours** : Based on past experience, EPA estimates that on average, it requires approximately **9 hours**  ( 6 attorney hrs. + 2 technical hrs. + 1 clerical hour) to conduct an initial review of a confidentiality claim and prepare and mail a substantiation to a submitt er.12

**Burden costs** : Burden costs are estimated to be **$ 376.35**  per letter ($45.99/attorney hrs. @ GS

- 14, Step 5; $38.92/technical hrs. @ GS

- 13, Step 5; and $22.57/clerical hrs. @ GS

- 9, Step 5). **Total burden** to review the subject information and prepare 249 substantiation requests annually = **2241 hours**  at a total labor cost of **$ 93,711.15** 

. Making Confidentialit y Determinations **Burden hours** : After industry comments are received, approximately **8 hours** (6 attorney hrs. and 2 technical hrs.) are required to re view the comments and determine whether the information that is claimed as confidential is indeed entitled to confidential treatment. **Burden costs** : Burden costs to review and make final confidentiality determinations on 228 responses are estimated to be **$353.78** ($45.99/attorney hr. @ GS

- 14, Step 5 + $38.92/technical hr. @ GS

- 13, Step 5 **Total burden** to review and make final confidentiality determinations on 249 substantiations = **1824 .00 hours**  at a total labor cost of **$ 80.661**  **.84**

. **The total Agency burden** to perform initial activities and make final confidentiality determinations on 228 responses = **4065 .00 hours**  at a total labor cost of **$ 174,**  **372.99** annually

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**6(c) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Costs**

**Task Activity**  **Burden Hours**  **Total Annual Burden Hours**  **Burden Costs Total Annual**  **Burden Costs** 

### AGENCY Perform Initial activities Revie w,

preliminary determination & mail 249 substantiation letters 9 hours per letter 2241 $ 376.35 per letter $ 93,711.15

Make final confidentiality determinations Revie w comments

and make final confidentiality determination on 228 letters 8 hours per letter 1824 $353.78 per letter $ 80,661.84

**Overall Agency Burden 4,065**  **$ 174,**  **372 .**  **99** 

### RESPONDENTS Respond to request from EPA 228 businesses

review substantiation request, review records, prepare response and mail response to EPA 6 hours per

substantiation 1, 382

( 6 hrs x 228 respondents) $ 285.66

per substantiation $ 65,130.48

($ 285.66 x 228 )

Do not respond to request f

ro m EPA 21 businesses

review letter, examine subject records but do not respond 1 hour 21 (1 hr. x 21 respondents) $ 95 .22

per letter $ 1,999.62

($ 95 .22 x 21 )

Sign Confidentiality Agreements 65 0 employees

review and sign confidentiality agreements .10 hour 65. 0 0 (.10 hrs x 65 0 respondents) $3. 50

per employee $2, 275.00

($3. 50 x 65 0 )

Recordkeeping 1 30 businesses

maintain records .50 hours 6 5

. 0 0 (.50 hrs x 1 30 ) $8.53 $1,10 8

. 90 (8.5 3 x 1 30 respondents) **Overall Respondent Burden 1,**  **533 .**  **0 0**  **$ 70,514.00** 14

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. Variations in the Annual Bottom Line Variations in the annual burden on EPA and respondents could potentially occur due to changes in:

• the number of FOIA requests that EPA receives for information that has been claimed as confidential;

• the number of times that EPA determines that a formal confidentiality determination is necessary and notifies affected businesses, providing them with an opportunity

to comment; and

• the number of times that affected businesses decide to submit substantiations. At this time, EPA does not foresee an y significant changes in the annual burdens outlined above. 6(d) **Reasons for Change in Burden** The estimated burden in creased b y 3.9 hours based upon consultations with the submitter community identified in Section 3(c)

. 6(e) **Burden Statement** The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information are estimated to average 1533 hours for 228 respondents or 7.6 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended b y persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; devel op; 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 way s to compl y with any pr eviously

applicable instructions and requirements; training personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; searching data sources; completing and reviewing the collection of information; and transmitting or otherwise disclose the informati on. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it display s a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CF R Chapter 15. To comment on the Agency ’s need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a pub lic docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA

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- 0565 , which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov , or in person viewing at the OEI Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA W JC , Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue,15

NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday , excluding legal holiday s. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566

- 1744, and th e telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566

- 1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available at www.regulations.gov . This site can be used 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 electronicall y. Once in the sy stem, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified above. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17 th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Office for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID No. (EPA

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- 0 565 ) and OMB control number (2020

- 0003) in any correspondence.