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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0105; FRL–9158–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Voluntary Cover Sheet for 

TSCA Submissions; EPA ICR No. 

1780.05, OMB Control No. 2070–0156 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval: Voluntary Cover 

Sheet for TSCA Submissions; ICR No. 

1780.05, OMB No. 2070–0156. 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 July 6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2009–0105 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: 

Barbara Cunningham, Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554– 

1404; e-mail 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 October 7, 2009 (74 FR 51580), EPA 

sought comments on this renewal ICR 

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– 

HQ–OPPT–2009–0105, 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/ 

DC 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 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 public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public 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 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: Voluntary Cover Sheet for TSCA 

Submissions. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1780.05, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0156. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 

2010. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 

Abstract: The Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) requires industry to 

submit information and studies for 

existing chemical substances under 

sections 4, 6, and 8, and requests 

voluntary submission of such 

information under the Voluntary 

Children’s Chemical Evaluation 

Program (VCCEP). EPA typically 

receives thousands of such submissions 

each year; each submission represents 

on average three studies. In addition, 

EPA can impose specific data call-ins on 

industry. 

As a follow-up to industry experience 

with a 1994 TSCA data call-in, the 

Chemical Manufacturers Association 

(CMA, now known as the American 

Chemistry Council [ACC]), the Specialty 

Organics Chemical Manufacturers 

Association (SOCMA), and the 

Chemical Industry Data Exchange 

(CIDX), in cooperation with EPA, took 

an interest in pursuing electronic 

transfer of TSCA summary data and of 

full submissions to EPA. In particular, 

ACC developed a standardized cover 

sheet for voluntary use by industry as a 

first step to an electronic future and to 

begin familiarizing companies with 

standard requirements and concepts of 

electronic transfer. This form is 

designed for voluntary use as a cover 

sheet for submissions of information 

under TSCA sections 4, 8(d), 8(e) and 

VCCEP. The cover sheet facilitates 

submission of information by displaying 

certain basic data elements, permitting 

EPA more easily to identify, log, track, 

distribute, review and index 

submissions, and to make information 

publicly available more rapidly and at 

reduced cost, to the mutual benefit of 

both the respondents and EPA. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are voluntary. 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 and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.5 hours per 

response. 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; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 


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information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are companies that manufacture, 

process, use, import or distribute in 

commerce chemical substances that are 

subject to reporting requirements under 

sections 4, 8(d) or 8(e) of TSCA, or are 

subject to voluntary reporting under the 

Voluntary Children’s Chemical 

Evaluation Program (VCCEP). 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1.46. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 831. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 607 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$35,716. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: There 

is a decrease of 454.5 hours (from 1,061 

hours to 607 hours) in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the information 

collection most recently approved by 

OMB. This reflects a decrease in the 

estimated number of submissions, 

continuing the trend that was reported 

in the prior ICR renewal. 

Dated: May 27, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13385 Filed 6–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9158–8] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

SAB Lead Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public meeting of the SAB Lead Review 

Panel to provide a consultation on 

EPA’s draft technical analyses that will 

be used to support the development of 

lead-based paint dust hazard standards. 

DATES: There will be a public meeting 

held on July 6, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and July 7, 2010 

from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The face-to-face meeting on 

July 6–7, 2010 will be held at the St. 

Regis Washington, 923 16th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006; telephone 

(202) 638–2626. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

meeting may contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office 

(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 343–9878 

or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB, as well as 

any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is 

hereby given that the SAB Lead Review 

Panel will hold a public face-to-face 

meeting to provide a consultation on 

EPA’s draft technical analyses that will 

be used to support the development of 

lead-based paint dust hazard standards. 

The SAB was established pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent 

scientific and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Background: Human exposure to lead 

may cause a variety of adverse health 

effects, particularly in children. EPA’s 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT) regulates toxic 

substances, such as lead, through the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 

In 2001, EPA established standards for 

lead-based paint hazards, which include 

lead in residential dust. OPPT is 

developing draft technical analyses that 

will be used to support possible revision 

of existing residential lead-based paint 

dust hazard standards and the 

development of lead-based paint dust 

hazard standards for public and 

commercial buildings. In the future, 

EPA will also develop draft technical 

analyses to support the development of 

lead-safe work practice standards for 

renovations of public and commercial 

buildings. OPPT has requested that the 

SAB conduct a review of these draft 

technical analyses. 

In response to OPPT’s request, the 

SAB Staff Office solicited nominations 

of experts [Federal Register Notice 

dated February 5, 2010 (75 FR 6030– 

6031)] and formed a review panel for 

Lead. The panel will provide an initial 

consultation on EPA’s draft technical 

analyses which will be used to support 

the development of lead-based paint 

dust hazard standards, followed by a 

peer review of these technical analyses 

later in the year. In the future, the panel 

will also review other EPA draft 

technical analyses that will be used to 

support the development of lead-safe 

work practice standards for renovations 

of public and commercial buildings. For 

this initial consultation, the panel is 

being asked to provide 

recommendations on the draft approach 

for developing the hazard standards for 

floors and window sills in residences 

and public and commercial buildings 

including: Selection of health 

endpoint(s), estimation of lead 

concentrations in environmental media, 

lead exposure assessment, conversion of 

dust loading to dust concentration, and 

blood lead modeling. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Agendas and materials in support of this 

meeting will be placed on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab in 

advance of the meeting. For technical 

questions and information concerning 

EPA’s draft document, please contact 

Dr. Jennifer Seed at (202) 564–7634, or 

seed.jennifer@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. They should 

send their comments directly to the 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

relevant advisory committee. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at a public face-to-face meeting will be 

limited to five minutes, with no more 

than a total of one hour for all speakers. 

Each person making an oral statement 

should consider providing written 

comments as well as their oral statement 

so that the points presented orally can 

be expanded upon in writing. Interested 

parties should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, 

DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail) 

at the contact information noted above 

by June 29, 2010 for the face-to-face 

meeting, to be placed on the list of 

public speakers. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO via email at the contact 

information noted above by June 29, 

2010 for the face-to-face meeting so that 


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