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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0868; FRL-8916-1]

# 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, Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies. 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 July 10, 2009.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0868 to (1) EPA online using                         *http://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:                         *TSCA-Hotline@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 December 24, 2008 (73 FR 79081), EPA sought comments on this renewal                           ( print page 27531)                        ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the comment period. 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-2008-0868, 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                     *http://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                     *http://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                     *http://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 whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in                     *http://www.regulations.gov.*                     For further information about the electronic docket, go to                     *http://www.regulations.gov.*

*Title:*                     Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies.                

*ICR Numbers:*                     EPA ICR No. 0575.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0004.                

*ICR Status:*                     This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 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:*                     Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 40 CFR part 716 require manufacturers and processors of chemicals to submit lists and copies of health and safety studies relating to the health and/or environmental effects of certain chemical substances and mixtures. In order to comply with the reporting requirements of section 8(d), respondents must search their records to identify any health and safety studies in their possession, copy and process relevant studies, list studies that are currently in progress, and submit this information to EPA.                

EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the known effects of the chemicals in question, leading to determinations by EPA of whether additional testing of the chemicals is required. The information enables EPA to base its testing decisions on the most complete information available and to avoid demands for testing that may be duplicative. EPA uses information obtained via this collection to support its investigation of the risks posed by chemicals and, in particular, to support its decisions on whether to require industry to test chemicals under section 4 of TSCA.

Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 CFR part 716). 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 11 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, import or distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.                

*Frequency of Collection:*                     On occasion.                

*Estimated Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent:*                     1.2.                

*Estimated No. of Respondents:*                     34.                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents:*                     456 hours.                

*Estimated Total Annual Costs:*                     $28,030.                

*Changes in Burden Estimates:*                     There is a decrease of 13,891 hours (from 14,347 hours to 456 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that currently in the OMB inventory. This decrease reflects the episodic nature of rulemakings that add chemicals to the TSCA section 8(d) list. EPA has added chemicals to the section 8(d) list in only three of the last 13 years, adding an average of 20 chemicals per year over that time period. The most recent ICR anticipated adding an unusually large number of chemicals to the 8(d) list, associated with the high production volume (HPV) chemical program. Because EPA does not anticipate adding such a large number of chemicals during the next three years, EPA has reduced the burden estimate for this ICR. It is now more consistent with the number of chemicals that EPA has historically added to the TSCA section 8(d) list. This change is an adjustment. The Supporting Statement provides additional detail concerning the changes in burden estimates.                

Dated: June 4, 2009.

John Moses,

Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. E9-13589 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]

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