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Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

Frequency of Response: Initially. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,849. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$177,191, which includes $177,191 in 

labor costs exclusively, with no capital/ 

startup costs, and no operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in labor hours for both the 

respondents and the Agency in this ICR 

compared to the previous ICR. The 

adjustment increase is due to an 

increase in the number of new or 

modified sources. This increase is not 

due to any program changes. There is 

also an increase in the total labor and 

Agency costs as currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens. The change in cost estimates 

reflects the changes in respondent 

numbers (described above) and updated 

labors rates available from the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17484 Filed 7–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0777; FRL–9520–5; 

EPA ICR No. 0575.13, OMB No. 2070–0004] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Health and Safety Data 

Reporting, Submission of Lists and 

Copies of Health and Safety Studies 

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: Health and Safety 

Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and 

Copies of Health and Safety Studies. 

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–2011–0777 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 January 25, 2012 (77 FR 3766), 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–2011–0777, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

inspection at the Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics 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 

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: Health and Safety Data 

Reporting, Submission of Lists and 

Copies of Health and Safety Studies. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on October 

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: Section 8(d) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 40 

CFR part 716 require manufacturers and 

processors of chemicals to submit lists 

and copies of health and safety studies 

relating to the health and/or 

environmental effects of certain 

chemical substances and mixtures. In 

order to comply with the reporting 

requirements of section 8(d), 

respondents must search their records to 

identify any health and safety studies in 

their possession, copy and process 

relevant studies, list studies that are 

currently in progress, and submit this 

information to EPA. 

EPA uses this information to 

construct a complete picture of the 

known effects of the chemicals in 

question, leading to determinations by 

EPA of whether additional testing of the 

chemicals is required. The information 

enables EPA to base its testing decisions 

on the most complete information 

available and to avoid demands for 

testing that may be duplicative. EPA 

uses information obtained via this 

collection to support its investigation of 

the risks posed by chemicals and, in 

particular, to support its decisions on 

whether to require industry to test 

chemicals under section 4 of TSCA. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 716). 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 


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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 about 9.7 hours per 

response. 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 average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1.2. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 119. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,364 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$88,588. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: This 

request reflects an increase of 908 hours 

(from 456 hours to 1,364 hours) in the 

total estimated respondent burden from 

that currently in the OMB inventory. 

This increase reflects EPA’s revised 

estimate for the rate of chemical 

additions (from 20 to 70 chemicals per 

year) and to the episodic nature of 

rulemakings that add chemicals to the 

TSCA section 8(d) list. The Supporting 

Statement provides details about the 

change in burden estimate. The change 

is an adjustment. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17468 Filed 7–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2012–0547, FRL–9520–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Regulations.gov 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit a request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to renew the following existing 

Information Collection Request (ICR): 

Regulations.gov Information Collection, 

OMB Control Number 2025–0008, EPA 

ICR Number 2357.04. Before submitting 

this ICR to OMB for review and 

approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2012–0547, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to 

brackett.shanita@epa.gov, by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, mail code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or by hand 

delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West 

Bldg, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shanita Brackett, OEI/OIC/CStD at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., (2822T), 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number (202) 566–1008; fax number 

(202) 566–1008: email address: 

brackett.shanita@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. In particular, EPA is 

requesting comments from very small 

businesses (those that employ less than 

25) on examples of specific additional 

efforts that EPA could make to reduce 

the paperwork burden for very small 

businesses affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments. 1. Explain your views as 

clearly as possible and provide specific 

examples. 2. Describe any assumptions 

that you used. 3. Provide copies of any 

technical information and/or data you 

used that support your views. 4. If you 

estimate potential burden or costs, 

explain how you arrived at the estimate 

that you provide. 5. Offer alternative 

ways to improve the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your comments 

by the deadline identified under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be 

sure to identify the ICR title on the first 

page of your response. You may also 

provide the Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Title: Regulations.gov Information 

Collection. OMB Control Number: 2025– 

0008. 

Abstract: In response to the 

Presidential memorandum, the 

eRulemaking Program launched the 

Regulations.gov ‘feedback exchange’ 

Web site in May 2009. This interactive 

Web site showcases new technologies 

being considered for the Regulations.gov 

‘feedback exchange’ and 

Regulations.gov, as well as other 

agency-specific initiatives and 

rulemaking activities. The ‘feedback 

exchange’ serves as a learning laboratory 

for open government, enabling the 

public to provide input on the 

Regulations.gov interface, build a 

community of practice on the Federal 

regulatory development process, and 

ensure that the eRulemaking Program 

can efficiently manage federal resources 

by testing new tools before they are 

launched. New technologies considered 

for the Regulations.gov ‘feedback 

exchange’ and Regulations.gov include: 

User Profiles; Comment Threads and 

Wikis; Ratings, Polls, and Tagging; an 

interactive Educational Tool; and 

Information Export and Sharing 

capabilities, such as application 

programming interfaces (or APIs). These 

technologies have been deployed 

iteratively, with some components 

deployed upon the site’s original release 

in May 2009, and others deployed 

during updates throughout the last three 

years. Other components are still being 

considered and will be released during 

subsequent upgrades to the 

Regulations.gov ‘feedback exchange’ 

and Regulations.gov. User profiles 

enable the public to register on the site 

and pre-load submitter information for 

later use as well as save their own 


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