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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OA–2007–0706, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Hoag, Office of Small Business 

Programs, (1230A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–2496; fax 

number 202–566–0266; email address: 

hoag.paula@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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: As part of the Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990, the U.S. Congress 

required that each state establish a 

Small Business Stationary Source 

Technical and Environmental 

Compliance Assistance Program to 

assist small business in compliance 

with the Act. These programs are 

generally known as Small Business 

Environmental Assistance Programs 

(SBEAPs). EPA’s Small Business 

Ombudsman must oversee the overall 

507 program and be able to provide the 

Congress with periodical reports on the 

effectiveness, difficulties encountered 

and other relevant information about the 

program. Each state will submit 

requested information to EPA for 

compilation and summarization. This 

collection of information will assist the 

EPA Ombudsman with its requirement 

to monitor the effectiveness of small 

businesses as authorized under section 

507(a), (d) and (e) of the Clean Air Act 

as amended in 1990, Public Law 101– 

549, November 15, 1990. Information 

that is collected is aggregated and is not 

of a confidential nature. None of the 

information collected by this action 

results in/or requests sensitive 

information of any nature from the 

states. 

Form Numbers: 6500–03. 

Respondents/affected entities: State 

and/or state appointed entities of the 

507 program. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (section 507, parts (a), (d) 

and (e)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 53 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 2,120 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $112,106 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change of hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0735; FRL–9924–76] 

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 an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Pre-Manufacture Review 

Reporting and Exemption Requirements 

for New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Reporting 

Requirements for Chemical Substances’’ 

and identified by EPA ICR No. 0574.17 

and OMB Control No. 2070–0012, 

represents the renewal of an existing 

ICR that is scheduled to expire on 

December 31, 2015. Before submitting 

the ICR to OMB for review and 

approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0735, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• 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: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

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

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Greg 

Schweer, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8469; email address: 

schweer.greg@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. 


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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 information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Pre-Manufacture Review 

Reporting and Exemption Requirements 

for New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Reporting 

Requirements for Chemical Substances. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0574.17. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0012. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on December 31, 

2015. 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 5 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

manufacturers (defined by TSCA to 

include importers) of new chemical 

substances to submit to EPA notice of 

intent to manufacture a new chemical 

substance 90 days before manufacture 

begins. EPA reviews the information 

contained in the notice to evaluate the 

health and environmental effects of the 

new chemical substance. On the basis of 

the review, EPA may take further 

regulatory action under TSCA, if 

warranted. If EPA takes no action within 

90 days, the submitter is free to 

manufacture the new chemical 

substance without restriction. 

TSCA section 5 also authorizes EPA 

to issue Significant New Use Rules 

(SNURs). EPA uses this authority to take 

follow-up action on new or existing 

chemicals that may present an 

unreasonable risk to human health or 

the environment if used in a manner 

that may result in different and/or 

higher exposures of a chemical to 

humans or the environment. Once a use 

is determined to be a significant new 

use, persons must submit a notice to 

EPA 90 days before beginning 

manufacture or processing of a chemical 

substance for that use. Such a notice 

allows EPA to receive and review 

information on such a use and, if 

necessary, regulate the use before it 

occurs. Finally, TSCA section 5 also 

permits applications for exemption from 

section 5 review under certain 

circumstances. An applicant must 

provide information sufficient for EPA 

to make a determination that the 

circumstances in question qualify for an 

exemption. In granting an exemption, 

EPA may impose appropriate 

restrictions. This information collection 

addresses the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements associated 

with TSCA section 5. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

parts 700, 720, 721, 723 and 725). 

Respondents may claim all or part of a 

document 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 range between 0.725 hours 

and 508 hours per response, depending 

upon the type of response. Burden is 

defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are companies that manufacture or 

process chemical substances. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 372. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 11.3. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

102,846 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$35,722,737. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $35,722,737 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 14,316 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects EPA’s revision of the 

expected number of annual 

submissions, from 2,126 to 1,907, with 

a corresponding decrease in the 

associated burden. This change is an 

adjustment. 

IV. 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 document 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. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: April 19, 2015. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2011–0748; FRL–9924– 

62–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Monthly 

Progress Reports (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Monthly 

Progress Reports (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1039.14, OMB Control No. 2030– 

0005) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

May 31, 2015. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (80 FR 6703) on February 6, 

2015 during a 60-day comment period. 


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