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Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 35 hours per year. 

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 ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Affected Entities: Anyone that 

chooses to visit Regulations.gov. 

Estimated Total Number of Potential 

Respondents: 1,000. 

Estimated Total Number of Potential 

Responses: 7,000. 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 35 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Capital and 

Operations and Maintenance Costs: 

$30,000. 

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 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17486 Filed 7–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0699; FRL–9520–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements for 

Allegations of Significant Adverse 

Reactions to Human Health or the 

Environment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 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: Recordkeeping 

and Reporting Requirements for 

Allegations of Significant Adverse 

Reactions to Human Health or the 

Environment; EPA ICR No. 1031.10, 

OMB No. 2070–0017. 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 August 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2011–0699 to (1) EPA online 

using 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: TSCAHotline@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 October 25, 2011 (76 FR 66061), 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–2011–0699, 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 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 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 


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copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

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 www.regulations.gov. For 

further information about the electronic 

docket, go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements for Allegations of 

Significant Adverse Reactions to Human 

Health or the Environment. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on August 

31, 2012. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 

Abstract: TSCA section 8(c) requires 

companies that manufacture, process, or 

distribute chemicals to maintain records 

of significant adverse reactions to health 

or the environment alleged to have been 

caused by such chemicals. Since section 

8(c) includes no automatic reporting 

provision, EPA can obtain and use the 

information contained in company files 

only by inspecting those files or 

requiring reporting of records that relate 

to specific substances of concern. 

Therefore, under certain conditions, and 

using the provisions found in 40 CFR 

part 717, EPA may require companies to 

report such allegations to the Agency. 

EPA uses such information on a casespecific basis to corroborate suspected 

adverse health or environmental effects 

of chemicals already under review by 

EPA. The information is also useful to 

identify trends of adverse effects across 

the industry that may not be apparent to 

any one chemical company. This ICR 

addresses the information reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements found in 40 

CFR part 717. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 717). 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 

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 

approximately 1 minute and 8 hours per 

response, depending upon the type(s) of 

activity that a respondent must 

complete. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are companies that manufacture, 

process, import, or distribute in 

commerce chemical substances or 

mixtures. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 

13,951. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 26,978 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$1,797,800. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: This 

request reflects an increase of 3,442 

hours (from 23,536 hours to 26,978 

hours) in the total estimated respondent 

burden from that currently in the OMB 

inventory. This increase reflects EPA’s 

estimate of a greater number of potential 

respondents affected by the reporting 

requirement. The Supporting Statement 

provides details about the change in 

burden estimate. The change is an 

adjustment. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17485 Filed 7–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0543; FRL–9355–3] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be a 4 day meeting 

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory 

Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and 

review the Pollinator Risk Assessment 

Framework. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 11–14, 2012, from 

approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Comments. The Agency encourages 

that written comments be submitted by 

August 28, 2012 and requests for oral 

comments be submitted by September 4, 

2012. However, written comments and 

requests to make oral comments may be 

submitted until the date of the meeting, 

but anyone submitting written 

comments after August 28, 2012 should 

contact the Designated Federal Official 

(DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Nominations. Nominations of 

candidates to serve as ad hoc members 

of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should 

be provided on or before August 1, 

2012. 

Webcast. This meeting may be 

webcast. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP’s 

Web site, http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/ 

sap for information on how to access the 

webcast. Please note that the webcast is 

a supplementary public process 

provided only for convenience. If 

difficulties arise resulting in webcasting 

outages, the meeting will continue as 

planned. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center, Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2012–0543 by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Nominations, requests to present oral 

comments, and requests for special 


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