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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5877-5878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01109]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611; FRL-12564-01-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 
Interview and Focus Groups

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 Interview and Focus Groups, 
(EPA ICR Number 2584.03 and OMB Control Number 2070-0219) 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-2018-0611, 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

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and visiting the docket is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Under this generic ICR, EPA may conduct interviews and 
focus groups of chemical users, processors, distributors, manufacturers 
(including importers), and recyclers, chemical waste handlers, 
consumers of chemical-containing products, employees who may be exposed 
to the chemical evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental 
organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the 
public (including potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations) 
related to information collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and 
risk management. These information collection efforts are intended to 
supplement other reasonably available information on chemicals in 
commerce and will provide support for the Agency's activities regarding 
existing chemicals under TSCA section 6.
    Data collected under this generic clearance may be used in several 
ways during the risk evaluation and risk management processes, 
including establishing generic scenarios, developing models of various 
conditions of use of chemicals evaluated under TSCA or their 
alternatives, pretesting survey questions, and providing important 
context for publicly available information already available to EPA. By 
learning more about the conditions of use, hazards, exposures, 
potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, health and 
environmental effects, benefits, reasonably ascertainable economic 
consequences, alternatives, and other information for chemicals being 
evaluated or regulated, EPA would be able to more precisely and 
effectively carry out its risk evaluation and risk management 
obligations under TSCA.
    Form number(s): None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR 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 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: 85.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 950 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 
1320.3(b).
    Total estimated costs: $ 83,229, includes $0 annualized capital 
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There are no changes to the burden hours 
currently approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01109 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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