EPA ICR No. 1446.10; OMB Control No. 2070-0112

APPENDIX F-1

Copy of Consultations Message Sent by EPA to Potential Respondents
Subject: Request for Assistance; Renewal of "PCBs, Consolidated Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements" ICR

From: Sara Kemme 

To: Addressees

Date: 01/11/2011 

Dear [addressee], 

On December 29, 2010, EPA published a Notice in the Federal Register (75 FR 82007) titled 

“Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; PCBs, 

Consolidated Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements; EPA ICR No. 1446.10, OMB 

Control No. 2070-0112.” (See 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0910-0001). This 

Notice refers to EPA's intention to request renewed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 

clearance of an information collection related to reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements for 

individuals, establishments or organizations that currently possess PCB items, PCBcontaminated equipment, or other PCB waste. 

In addition to public notice and comment requirement that the above Notice initiates, OMB 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)) require agencies to consult with potential respondents and 

data users about specific aspects of an information collection request (ICR) before submitting it 

to OMB for review and approval, regardless, in the case of ICR renewals, of whether changes 

have or have not been made to the collection activity.

As part of this required consultation, I am contacting you to solicit your input. Please note that if 

you take this opportunity to provide input, your name, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number 

and any information you provide (e.g., copies of e-mails) will be incorporated and attached to the 

ICR supporting statement, which will be a public document. In addition, the OMB Desk 

Examiner for the ICR in question may contact you to verify the accuracy of any comments EPA 

identifies in the ICR.

EPA solicits your input on the following questions:

Are the data that EPA seeks under this ICR available from any public source, or already 

collected by another EPA office or by another agency? If so, where can the data be found?

Is it clear what is required for data submission? If not, are there any suggestions for clarifying 

instructions? 

Would you be interested in an electronic/data submission option? What type of alternative 

would you be most likely to utilize – web form, diskette, CD-ROM? 
For electronic submission, how should signature requirements be handled – Private Key

Infrastructure, PINS and passwords, signed paper cover sheet? 

How does TSCA CBI affect your choice or use of an electronic medium? Would you be more 

inclined to submit TSCA CBI on diskette than on paper and what benefits would you realize 

(e.g., burden reduction, greater efficiency in compiling information, etc).

Do you agree with EPA's estimated burden and costs (the ICR addresses only the costs 

associated with paperwork)? Are the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labor rates accurate? If 

you have any reason to consider the BLS labor rates as used by EPA inaccurate or inappropriate, 

explain your rationale.

To access the Federal Register Notice, the ICR supporting document, and any public comments 

received to date, go to: 

o www.regulations.gov/ 

o enter EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0910 in the Enter Keyword or ID field

o click on "Search"

o then click on any of the documents listed within the docket to read the document; you will be 

most interested in the Supporting Statement, identified by its title beginning "Information 

Collection Request..."

Your response will be greatly appreciated. If you have any comments in response to the above 

questions, or with respect to any other part of the information collection, please respond by 

return e-mail by February 12, 2011. EPA will consider those responses, as well as any public 

comments received in response to the Federal Register Notice identified above, in preparing a 

final document for OMB review.

Thank you for your assistance. 

Sincerely yours,

Sara Kemme

National Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Environmental 

Protection Agency

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 566-0511