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minimizing industrial and nonindustrial 

toxic pollutant and pesticide discharges 

into the treatment works. EPA needs 

information from the state to: (1) Allow 

the state’s views to be taken into 

account when EPA reviews the section 

301(h) application and develops permit 

conditions; and (2) ensure that all state 

laws are met and that the state accepts 

all permit conditions. This information 

is the means by which the state can nonconcur with a section 301(h) approval 

decision made by the EPA Regional 

office. Regulations implementing CWA 

section 301(h) are found at 40 CFR part 

125, subpart G. The information covered 

by this information collection request 

involves treatment plant operating data, 

effects of POTWs’ discharges on marine 

environments, and states’ viewpoints on 

issues concerning effects of POTWs’ 

discharges on marine environments. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 686 hours per 

response for POTWs and 88 hours per 

response for States. Burden means the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This 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 which have 

subsequently changed; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are those municipalities that 

currently have section 301(h) waivers 

from secondary treatment, have applied 

for a renewal of a section 301(h) waiver, 

and the states within which these 

municipalities are located. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

45. 

Frequency of Response: Varies from 

one time to once every five years, to 

case-by-case, depending on the category 

of information. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

59,370 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,503,270, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 2,007 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to a 

reduction in the number of POTWs in 

the 301(h) program and by extension the 

number of states within which these 

POTWs are located. 

Dated: May 6, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2008–0504; FRL–8903–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Partial Update of the TSCA 

Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, 

Production and Site Reports; EPA ICR 

No. 1884.04, OMB Control No. 2070– 

0162 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection Supporting Statement, Partial 

Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) 

Inventory Data Base, Production and 

Site Reports. 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 June 11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2008–0504 to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail 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: 

Barbara Cunningham, Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554– 

1404; e-mail 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 1320.12. 

On September 5, 2008 (73 FR 51805), 

EPA sought comments on this renewal 

ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received two comments during the 

comment period, which are addressed 

in the Supporting Statement. 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– 

HQ–OPPT–2008–0504, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

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/ 

DC 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 EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once in the system, 

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

docket ID number identified above. 

Please note that 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 

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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: Partial Update of the TSCA 

Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, 

Production and Site Reports. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1884.04, 

OMB Control No. 2070–0162. 

ICR Status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2009. 

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. Abstract: The Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to 

compile and keep current a complete 

list of chemical substances 

manufactured or processed in the 

United States. EPA updates this 

inventory of chemicals every five years 

by requiring manufacturers, processors 

and importers to provide production 

volume, plant site information and sitelimited status information. This 

information allows EPA to identify what 

chemicals are or are not currently in 

commerce and to take appropriate 

regulatory action as necessary. EPA also 

uses the information for screening 

chemicals for risks to human health or 

the environment, for priority-setting 

efforts, and for exposure estimates. This 

ICR addresses the collection of 

inventory-related information. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 710). 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. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average about 31.5 hours 

per response. Burden means the total 

time, effort or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are companies that manufacture, 

process or import chemical substances, 

mixtures or categories. 

Frequency of Collection: Once every 

five years. 

Estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 15.56. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 4,190. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 410,485 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$22,628,227. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: There 

is a decrease of 3,090 hours (from 

413,575 hours to 410,485 hours) in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that currently in the 

OMB inventory. This decrease reflects a 

regulatory change such that respondents 

(including importers) of inorganic 

chemicals must complete full reports, 

rather than partial reports as was the 

case in the past, when the site-specific 

production volume is 300,000 pounds 

or more. This increase is offset by a 

change in reporting requirements such 

that respondents must provide 

information once every five years versus 

once every four years previously. These 

changes are program changes. The 

burden decrease also reflects an increase 

of EPA’s current estimate of the number 

of sites that will respond to this 

collection of information, offset by a 

decrease in the estimated burden for 

rule familiarization. These changes are 

adjustments. The Supporting Statement 

provides additional detail concerning 

the changes in burden estimates. 

Dated: May 6, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0266; FRL–8903–8] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

Executive Committee Meeting—June 

2009 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) Executive 

Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, June 4, 2009, from 8:15 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., and will continue on Friday, 

June 5, 2009, from 8:15 a.m. until 12 

noon. All times noted are Central 

Standard Time. The meeting may 

adjourn early if all business is finished. 

Requests for the draft agenda or for 

making oral presentations at the meeting 

will be accepted up to one business day 

before the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA Office of Research and 

Development, National Health and 

Environmental Effects Laboratory, 6201 

Congdon Boulevard, Duluth, Minnesota 

55804. Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2009–0266, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0266. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2009–0266. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

Executive Committee Meeting—June 

2009 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0266. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0266. Note: 

this is not a mailing address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 


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