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ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2249.03, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0176. 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on October 

31, 2012. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 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 CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9 and included on the related 

collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. 

Abstract: This is a renewal of an 

existing ICR covering the information 

collection activities associated with Tier 

1 screening of chemicals under EPA’s 

EDSP. The EDSP is established under 

section 408(p) of the Federal Food, Drug 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 

346a(p)), which requires EPA to develop 

a chemical screening program using 

appropriate validated test systems and 

other scientifically relevant information 

to determine whether certain substances 

may have hormonal effects. The EDSP 

consists of a two-tiered approach to 

screen chemicals for potential endocrine 

disrupting effects. The purpose of Tier 

1 screening is to identify substances that 

have the potential to interact with the 

estrogen, androgen, or thyroid hormone 

systems using a battery of assays. 

Substances that have the potential to 

interact with estrogen, androgen or 

thyroid systems may proceed to Tier 2, 

which is designed to identify any 

adverse endocrine-related effects caused 

by the substance, and establish a 

quantitative relationship between the 

dose and that endocrine effect. 

Additional information about the EDSP 

is available at http://www.epa.gov/endo. 

This ICR addresses the information 

collection activities for the initial list of 

chemicals screened under Tier 1 of the 

EDSP, and covers the full range of 

information collection activities 

associated with the issuance of and 

response to Tier 1 EDSP orders issued 

by EPA. The initial list was established 

in 2009, and consists of 67 pesticide 

active ingredients (PAIs) and pesticide 

inerts. As the renewal of an ongoing 

information collection activity approved 

under the PRA, this ICR addresses the 

paperwork burden associated with the 

continuation of the activities over the 

next three years. As such, the 

paperwork burdens are adjusted to 

reflect the planned progression 

associated with the information 

collection activities covered by the ICR. 

In addition, EPA has restructured the 

ICR to incorporate a presentation of the 

activities and related burden in a way 

that would match what is used in the 

ICR submission system. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to range between 204 and 

4,919 hours per response. Burden is 

defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are those that receive an EDSP test order 

issued by the Agency. Under FFDCA 

section 408(p)(5)(A), EPA ‘‘shall issue’’ 

EDSP test orders ‘‘to a registrant of a 

substance for which testing is required 

* * * or to a person who manufactures 

or imports a substance for which testing 

is required.’’ 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 385. 

Estimated Total Annualized Burden: 

98,414 hours. 

Estimated Total Annualized Cost: 

$6,301,807. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: There 

is a decrease of 63,011 hours in the total 

estimated annualized burden compared 

with that currently approved by OMB 

(i.e., from 161,415 hours to 98,404 

hours). This is an adjustment that 

reflects the planned progression of the 

collection activities associated with the 

initial chemicals to be screened under 

Tier 1 of the EDSP. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26611 Filed 10–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0858; FRL] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; EPA’s Design for the 

Environment (DfE) Partner of the Year 

Awards Program 

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 the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval: EPA’s Design for the 

Environment (DfE) Partner of the Year 

Awards Program; EPA ICR No. 2450.01, 

OMB No. 2070–NEW. 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 November 29, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2011–0858 to (1) EPA online 

using 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: 

Pamela Myrick, Deputy Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail code: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554– 

1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.10. 

On January 13, 2012 (77 FR 2058), EPA 

sought comments on this proposed 

information collection pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

supportive comment 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 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2011–0858, which is 

available for online viewing at 

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 

Docket Center 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 www.regulations.gov to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 


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documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing in 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 

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 www.regulations.gov. For 

further information about the electronic 

docket, go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: EPA’s Design for the 

Environment (DfE) Partner of the Year 

Awards Program. 

ICR Status: This is a request to 

establish a new information collection 

activity. 

Abstract: EPA has developed the 

Partner of the Year Awards to recognize 

DfE stakeholders who have furthered 

the goals of DfE through active and 

exemplary participation in and 

promotion of the DfE program. Making 

DfE’s mission known to the widest 

possible audience, through its safer 

product label and in other forms of 

communication, is critical to fully 

realizing the program’s goals of 

protecting human health and the 

environment, promoting a sustainable 

economy, and creating green jobs, 

especially in the small business sector. 

The Partner of the Year Awards will 

be an annual event, with recognition for 

DfE stakeholder organizations from five 

broad categories: (1) Formulators/ 

product manufacturers (of both 

consumer and institutional/industrial (I/ 

I) products), (2) purchasers and 

distributors, (3) retailers, (4) influencers 

(e.g., non-governmental organizations, 

including environmental and health 

advocates, trade associations, academia, 

sports teams, and others), and (5) 

innovators (e.g., chemical 

manufacturers, technology developers, 

and others). Within these categories and 

based on the criteria, DfE may elect to 

give additional awards in the 

subcategories of ‘‘small business’’ and 

‘‘sustained excellence.’’ This 

information collection activity 

addresses the reporting burden 

associated with making application to 

EPA for recognition in the Partner of the 

Year Awards program. 

Responses to this information 

collection are voluntary. Respondents 

may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. 

EPA will disclose information that is 

covered by a CBI claim only to the 

extent permitted by, and in accordance 

with, the procedures in 40 CFR part 2. 

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 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 in 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average about 15 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are establishments engaged in the 

production, use, and/or advancement of 

safer chemicals, that have furthered the 

goals of DfE through active and 

exemplary participation in and 

promotion of the program, and that wish 

to receive recognition for their 

achievements. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 110. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,650 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$69,790. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: Since 

this is a new ICR, change in respondent 

burden is not applicable. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26612 Filed 10–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9747–8] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree, to address a 

lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. 

Jackson, No. 1: 12–cv–00705 (CKK). On 

May 2, 2012, the Plaintiff filed a First 

Amended Complaint alleging that EPA 

failed to perform nondiscretionary 

duties under the Clean Air Act. 

Specifically, the Plaintiff alleged that 

EPA failed to take timely action to 

approve, disapprove, or approve in part 

and disapprove in part, pursuant to 

CAA, the state implementation plan 

(‘‘SIP’’) submission made by Oklahoma 

on July 16, 2010, that is captioned 

‘‘Excess Emissions Reporting 

Requirements’’ (referred to herein as 

‘‘OK SIP’’). The proposed consent 

decree establishes deadlines for EPA to 

take proposed and final action on the 

OK SIP. The proposed consent decree 

also provides that once EPA has 

completed the actions specified in the 

decree the case will be dismissed with 

prejudice. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by November 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2012–0824, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kaytrue Ting, Air and Radiation Law 

Office (2344A), Office of General 


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