Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 199 / Wednesday, October 15, 1997 / Notices 53625

Environmental Coordinator, at (503)

326–5858 extension 224.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27185 Filed 10–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5909–1]

Toxic Chemicals; Preliminary

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR);

Submission of ICR No. 586 to OMB;

Agency Information Collection

Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

entitled: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR)

[EPA ICR No. 0586.08; OMB Control No.

2070–0054] has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval

pursuant to the OMB procedures in 5

CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is

abstracted below, describes the nature of

the information collection and its

estimated cost and burden.

The Agency is requesting that OMB

renew for 3 years the existing approval

for this ICR, which is scheduled to

expire on November 30, 1997. A Federal

Register notice announcing the

Agency’s intent to seek the renewal of

this ICR and the 60-day public comment

opportunity, requesting comments on

the request and the contents of the ICR,

was issued on June 23, 1997 (62 FR

33860). EPA did not receive any

comments on this ICR during the

comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before November 14,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 0586.08 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0054, to the following

addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regulatory Information Division

(Mailcode: 2137), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460.

And to: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by

phone on (202) 260–2740 or by e-mail:

‘‘farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,’’ and

refer to EPA ICR No. 0586.08 and OMB

Control No. 2070–0054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Review Requested: This is a request to

renew a currently approved information

collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0586.08;

OMB Control No. 2070–0054.

Current Expiration Date: Current

OMB approval expires on November 30,

1997.

Title: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR).

Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA)

authorizes EPA to promulgate rules

under which manufacturers, importers

and processors of chemical substances

and mixtures must maintain records and

submit reports to EPA. One of the rules

EPA has promulgated under TSCA

section 8(a) is the Preliminary

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR).

EPA uses PAIR to collect information to

identify, assess and manage human

health and environmental risks from

chemical substances, mixtures and

categories. PAIR requires chemical

manufacturers and importers to

complete a standardized reporting form

to help evaluate the potential for

adverse human health and

environmental effects caused by the

manufacture or importation of identified

chemical substances, mixtures or

categories. Chemicals identified by EPA

or any other federal agency, for which

a justifiable information need for

production, use or exposure-related data

can be satisfied by the use of the PAIR

are proper subjects for TSCA section

8(a) PAIR rulemaking. In most instances

the information that EPA receives from

a PAIR report is sufficient to satisfy the

information need in question.

Responses to the collection of

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR

part 712). Respondents may claim all or

part of a notice confidential. EPA will

disclose information that is covered by

a claim of confidentiality only to the

extent permitted by, and in accordance

with, the procedures in TSCA section 14

and 40 CFR part 2.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to be

approximately 30 hours per response for

an estimated 48 respondents making

one or more submissions of information

annually. These estimates include 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; 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. No person is

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for these

regulations are displayed in 40 CFR

part 9.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this

action are those persons who

manufacture or import chemical

substances, mixtures or categories.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 48.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 3,489 hours.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Changes in Burden Estimates: There

is an increase of 1,543 hours in the total

estimated respondent burden as

compared with that identified in the

information collection request most

recently approved by OMB, from 1,946

hours currently to an estimated 3,489

hours. This increase is due to both an

increase in the number of respondents

and an increase in the number of forms

submitted to EPA in recent years.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this notice,

as described above.

Dated: October 8, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5909–2]

OMB Review of Pesticide Information

Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

entitled Data Acquisition for Pesticide