[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5531-5532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01672]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0105; FRL-11712-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals 
Under TSCA Section 6(h) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Regulation of Persistent, 
Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals under TSCA Section 6(h), (EPA ICR 
Number 2599.03, OMB Control Number 2070-0213) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 10, 2023, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2023-0105, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,

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Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all comments received will 
be included in the public docket without change including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, 
information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Sleasman, Office of Program 
Support (7602M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; 
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#483b242d293b2529266623293c202d3a21262d082d3829662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aad9c6cfcbd9c7cbc484c1cbdec2cfd8c3c4cfeacfdacb84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on March 10, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 15019). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be 
collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket 
can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the information collection activities 
associated with the prohibitions and restrictions on the following five 
chemical substances: decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) (Chemical 
Abstract Services Number (CASRN) 1163-19-5), phenol, isopropylated 
phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)) (CASRN 68937-41-7), 2,4,6-tris(tert-
butyl)phenol (2,4,6-TTBP) (CASRN 732-26-3), pentachlorothiophenol 
(PCTP) (CASRN 133-49-3), and hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) (CASRN 87-68-
3).
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected are 
those that manufacture, process, distribute in commerce or use decaBDE, 
PIP (3:1), 2,4,6-TTBP, PCTP, HCBD, or products or articles containing 
these chemicals.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 751).
    Estimated number of respondents: 73 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 54 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated costs: $4,287 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 34 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to EPA's updating of burden 
estimates for these chemicals under the rule. This change is an 
adjustment. It results from the fact that some firms are no longer 
expected to incur recordkeeping and downstream notification costs since 
they are prohibited from using the chemical(s) during the period this 
ICR covers.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-01672 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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