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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4741-4742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01039]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611; FRL-12562-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Existing Chemical Risk 
Evaluation and Management: Generic Information Collection Request for 
Surveys (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), TSCA Existing Chemical Risk 
Evaluation and Management; Generic ICR for Surveys, (EPA ICR Number 
2585.02 and OMB Control Number 2070-0218) 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 February 28, 2025. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 15, 2024. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0612, 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, 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), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is approved through February 28, 2025. 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 
May 15, 2024, establishing a 60-day comment period (89 FR 42467). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information collection 
activities and related estimated burden and costs that are summarized 
in this document, are available in the docket. The docket can be viewed 
online at https://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. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket is available at 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: EPA will use this generic ICR to survey chemical users, 
processors, distributors, manufacturers

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(including importers), and recyclers, chemical waste handlers, 
consumers of chemical-containing products, employees exposed to the 
chemical evaluated (including unions), state and local regulators, non-
governmental organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members 
of the public (including potentially exposed or susceptible 
subpopulations) who may have relevant information and are not covered 
by current information collection requests. The Agency will use the 
information collected to inform the development of any future 
regulatory efforts and to integrate consistent, meaningful, and 
transparent information into risk evaluation and risk management 
actions. This information is critical for adequately identifying 
conditions of use, conducting hazard and exposure assessments, 
characterizing risks, ascertaining benefits of and substitutes for each 
substance, estimating the economic consequences of regulation, and 
developing appropriate regulatory actions. Surveys are important 
information-gathering tools that will allow EPA to collect information 
that is necessary to inform the risk evaluation and management efforts 
and support unreasonable risk determinations from existing chemicals 
under TSCA.
    Form number(s): None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this include chemical manufacturers (including importers), chemical 
users (including government agencies), processors, distributors, 
product manufacturers, recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers, 
employees, and others with important information about the chemical 
being evaluated or considered for risk evaluation and management under 
TSCA. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 
identified in question 12 of the ICR.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of potential respondents: 2,400.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 22,080 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 
1320.3(b).
    Total estimated costs: $1,960,086, includes $0 annualized capital 
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There are adjustments to the burden hours 
and responses currently approved by OMB. There is an increase in 20,880 
burden hours and an increase in 1,800 responses. There changes are 
corrections to reflect three-year totals.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01039 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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