26750 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 88 / Monday, May 7, 2012 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC on April 30, 

2012. 

Jean S. Stucky, 

Assistant General Counsel for Labor and 

Pension Law, Office of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10936 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0258; FRL–9344–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

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 renew 

an existing approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Notification of Chemical 

Exports—TSCA Section 12(b)’’ and 

identified by EPA ICR No. 0795.14 and 

OMB Control No. 2070–0030, is 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013. 

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 

review and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collection renewal. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0258, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East, Rm. 

6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0258. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2012–0258. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or 

email. The regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Mike 

Mattheisen, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–3077; fax number: 

(202) 564–4755; email address: 

mattheisen.mike@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA–Hotline, ABVI–Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA– 

Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. 

II. 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. 


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5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

III. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR are companies that 

export from the United States to foreign 

countries, or that engage in wholesale 

sales of, chemical substances or 

mixtures. 

Title: Notification of Chemical 

Exports—TSCA Section 12(b). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0795.14. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0030. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013. 

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. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 12(b)(2) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

that any person who exports or intends 

to export to a foreign country a chemical 

substance or mixture that is regulated 

under TSCA sections 4, 5, 6, and/or 7 

submit to EPA notification of such 

export or intent to export. Upon receipt 

of notification, EPA will advise the 

government of the importing country of 

the U.S. regulatory action with respect 

to that chemical substance or mixture. 

EPA uses the information obtained from 

the submitter via this collection to 

advise the government of the importing 

country. This information collection 

addresses the burden associated with 

industry reporting of export 

notifications. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 707). 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 1.3 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 240. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 12.9. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

4,025 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$245,246. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $245,246 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

IV. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 825 hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects the net effect of a 

decrease in the estimated number of 

TSCA section 12(b) notices sent to EPA 

and a decrease in the number of firms 

sending notices, based on EPA’s recent 

experience with those submissions. This 

change is an adjustment. 

V. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10940 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9670–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2007–0664] 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS); Announcement of 2012 Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Announcement of 2012 

Program; request for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the IRIS 2012 agenda and requesting 

scientific information on health effects 

that may result from exposure to the 

chemical substances on the agenda, 

including assessments that EPA is 

starting this year. 

DATES: While EPA is not expressly 

soliciting comments on this notice, the 

Agency will accept information related 

to the substances included herein. 

Please submit any information in 

accordance with the instructions 

provided below. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant 

scientific information identified by 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0664, online at www.regulations.gov 

(EPA’s preferred method); by email to 

ord.docket@epa.gov; by mail to Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; or by hand delivery or courier to 

EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the EPA Docket Center is 

202–566–1744. Detailed instructions are 


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