24488 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 15, 1996 / Notices

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 96–12189 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPPTS–00184; FRL–5366–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB). Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

information collection as described

below. The ICR is a continuing ICR

entitled Alternate Threshold for Low

Annual Reportable Amounts, EPA ICR

No. 1704, OMB No. 2070-0143. 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 are listed in 40 CFR

part 9.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit three copies of all

written comments to: TSCA Document

Receipts (7407), Room NE-G99, Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: 202-260-7099. All comments

should reference administrative record

number AR-156. This ICR is available

for public review at, and copies may be

requested from, the docket address and

phone number listed above. Comments

and data may also be submitted

electronically by sending electronic

mail (e-mail) to: ncic@epamail.epa.gov.

Electronic comments must be submitted

as an ASCII file avoiding the use of

special characters and any form of

encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII

file format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the administrative record number AR156’’ and ICR number 1704. No CBI

should be submitted through e-mail.

Electronic comments on this document

may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found in Unit III. of this

document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Susan B.

Hazen, Director, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: 202-554-1404, TDD: 202-

554-0551, e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov. For technical

information contact: Brian Symmes,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460, Telephone: 202-260-9121;

Fax: 202-401-8142; e-mail:

symmes.brian@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Entities potentially affected by this

action are those chemical facilities that

manufacture, process, or otherwise use

certain toxic chemicals and which are

required, under section 313 of the

Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), to

report annually to EPA their

environmental releases of such

chemicals. For the collection of

information addressed in this notice,

EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i) 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.

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used.

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

(iv) 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.

II. Information Collection

EPA is seeking comments on the

following Information Collection

Request.

Title: Alternate Threshold for Low

Amounts in Waste, EPA ICR No. 1704,

OMB No. 2070-0143, expires September

30, 1996.

Abstract: EPCRA section 313 requires

certain facilities manufacturing,

processing, or otherwise using certain

toxic chemicals in excess of specified

threshold quantities to report their

environmental releases of such

chemicals annually. Each such facility

must file a separate report for each such

chemical. EPA has authority to revise

the threshold amounts.

EPA has established an alternate

threshold for those facilities with low

amounts of a listed toxic chemical in

wastes. A facility that otherwise meets

the current reporting thresholds but

estimates that the total amount of the

chemical in total waste does not exceed

500 pounds per year, and that the

chemical was manufactured, processed,

or otherwise used in an amount not

exceeding 1 million pounds during the

reporting year, can take advantage of

reporting under the alternate threshold

option for that chemical for that

reporting year.

Each qualifying facility that chooses

to apply the revised threshold must file

an annual certification statement in lieu

of a complete report form. The annual

certification certifies that the sum of the

amount of the EPCRA section 313

chemical in wastes did not exceed 500

pounds for the reporting year, and that

the chemical was manufactured,

processed, or otherwise used in an

amount not exceeding 1 million pounds

during the reporting year. Use of the

certification, rather than submitting a

complete reporting form, represents a

substantial savings to respondents, both

in burden hours and in labor costs.

The primary function served by the

certification statement is to satisfy the

statutory requirement to maintain

reporting on a substantial majority of

releases for all listed chemicals. Without

the certification statement, users of TRI

data would not have access to any

information on these chemicals. The

certification statement is also a de facto

range report, which is useful to any

party interested in amounts being

handled at a particular facility or for

broader statistical purposes.

Additionally, the certification statement

provides compliance monitoring and

enforcement programs and other

interested parties a means to track

chemical management activities and

verify overall compliance with the rule.

Responses to the collection of

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR

part 372). 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.
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It should be noted that at the time of

its last approval of this collection, OMB

placed conditions on the subsequent

clearance of the collection. OMB

directed EPA to analyze TRI reports

submitted for reporting year 1995,

recalculate the number of respondents

and the respondent burden resulting

from this collection, and determine if

the alternative threshold should be

changed. Additionally, if EPA

determined that changes in the

regulation were warranted, OMB

directed EPA to initiate rulemaking to

make the necessary changes. However,

time constraints specified by OMB in its

conditions leave insufficient time for

EPA to comply with the above

requirements. Accordingly, EPA

proposes to request renewed OMB

approval for this collection without, at

this time, attempting to meet the

conditions outlined by OMB. EPA will,

however, proceed in a timely fashion

with the analysis and related actions

and decisions to satisfy OMBs

conditions, in expectation of being able

to respond to those conditions upon the

next following request for OMB

approval of this collection.

Burden Statement: The burden to

respondents for complying with this ICR

is estimated to total 803,669 hours per

year, with an annual cost of $43.7

million. These totals are based on an

average burden of approximately 34.5

hours per response for an estimated

11,678 respondents, submitting an

average of two reports of information

annually. There are recordkeeping

requirements associated with this

collection. This estimate 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; 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.

III. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action under docket number ‘‘OPPTS–

00184’’ (including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from noon to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

ADDRESSES at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection and

Information collection requests.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 96–12193 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–34096; FRL 5366–7]

Notice of Receipt of Requests for

Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain

Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),

as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of

receipt of request for amendment by

registrants to delete uses in certain

pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn,

the Agency will approve these use

deletions and the deletions will become

effective on August 13, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: James A. Hollins, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7502C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location for commercial courier

delivery and telephone number: Room

216, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)

305–5761; e-mail:

hollins.james@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that

a registrant of a pesticide product may

at any time request that any of its

pesticide registrations be amended to

delete one or more uses. The Act further

provides that, before acting on the

request, EPA must publish a notice of

receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register. Thereafter, the

Administrator may approve such a

request.

II. Intent to Delete Uses

This notice announces receipt by the

Agency of applications from registrants

to delete uses in the five pesticide

registrations listed in the following

Table 1. These registrations are listed by

registration number, product names,

active ingredients and the specific uses

deleted. Users of these products who

desire continued use on crops or sites

being deleted should contact the

applicable registrant before August 13,

1996 to discuss withdrawal of the

applications for amendment. This 90-

day period will also permit interested

members of the public to intercede with

registrants prior to the Agency approval

of the deletion.

TABLE 1. — REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS

EPA Reg No. Product Name Active Ingredient Delete From Label

000239–02483 Ortho Methoxychlor 70 Methoxychlor Ornamental & vegetable uses

000707–00203 Kelthane Technical Agricultural

Miticide

Dicofol Residential home lawns

007501–00054 Terraclor Super-X 20–5 Dust

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Pentachloronitro-benzene Sugar beets