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regulatory function by distinguishing

between existing chemicals and new

chemicals, which TSCA regulates in

different ways, it is imperative that the

Inventory be accurate.

However, from time to time, EPA or

respondents discover that substances

have been incorrectly described by

reporting companies. Reported

substances have been unintentionally

misidentified as a result of simple

typographical errors, the

misidentification of substances, or the

lack of sufficient technical or analytical

capabilities to characterize fully the

exact chemical substances. EPA has

developed guidelines (45 FR 50544, July

29, 1980) under which incorrectly

described substances listed in the

Inventory can be corrected.

This information collection request

pertains to the use of the TSCA

Chemical Substance Inventory

Reporting Form C (EPA Form 7710–3C),

which is used by the chemical industry

in submitting requests to EPA to correct

misreported chemical identities of

substances listed on the Inventory. The

correction mechanism ensures the

accuracy of the Inventory without

imposing an unreasonable burden on

the chemical industry. Without the

Inventory correction mechanism, a

company that submitted incorrect

information would have to file a

premanufacture notification (PMN)

under TSCA section 5 to place the

correct chemical substance on the

Inventory whenever the previously

reported substance is found to be

misidentified. This would impose a

much greater burden on both EPA and

the submitter than the existing

correction mechanism.

Responses to this collection of

information are voluntary. 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.

V. What are EPA’s Burden and Cost

Estimates for this ICR?

Under the PRA,‘‘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.

For this collection it 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.

The ICR provides a detailed

explanation of this estimate, which is

only briefly summarized in this notice.

The annual public burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 1.0 hour per response. The

following is a summary of the estimates

taken from the ICR:

Respondents/affected entities:

Manufacturers and importers of

chemical substances, mixtures, or

categories.

Estimated total number of potential

respondents: 100.

Frequency of response: On occasion.

Estimated average number of

responses for each respondent: 1.

Estimated total annual burden hours:

100 hours.

Estimated total annual burden costs:

$8,075.

VI. Are There Changes in the Estimates

from the Last Approval?

There is a decrease of 100 hours (from

200 hours to 100 hours) in the total

estimated respondent burden compared

with that identified in the information

collection request most recently

approved by OMB. This decrease

reflects EPA’s experience over the last 3

years in which the Agency received

fewer Inventory corrections annually

than was anticipated in the current

information collection.

VII. What is the Next Step in the

Process for this ICR?

EPA will consider the comments

received and amend the ICR as

appropriate. The final ICR package will

then be submitted to OMB for review

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the

submission of the ICR to OMB and the

opportunity to submit additional

comments to OMB. If you have any

questions about this ICR or the approval

process, please contact the technical

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: February 2, 2001.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities OMB Responses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notices.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance

requests, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.). 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

and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at 260–2740, or email at

Farmer.sandy@epa.gov, and please refer

to the appropriate EPA Information

Collection Request (ICR) Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance

Requests

OMB Approvals

EPA ICR No. 1962.01; Business

Ownership Representation; was

approved 11/20/2000; OMB No. 2030–

0041; expires 11/30/2002.

EPA ICR No. 1972.01; National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations:

Radionuclides; was approved 11/21/

2000; OMB No. 2040–0228; expires 11/

30/2003.

EPA ICR No. 0976.10; The 2001

Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial

Report); in 40 CFR part 262.41, 264.75,

and 265.75; was approved 12/01/2000;

OMB No. 2050–0024; expires 06/30/

2003.

EPA ICR No. 2005.01; The RCRA

Subtitle C. Site Identification Form; in

40 CFR part 262.41, 264.75, and 265.75;

was approved 12/01/2000; OMB No.

2050–0175; expires 12/31/2003.

EPA ICR No. 1882.02; Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulations for

Public Water Systems; Analytical

Methods for List 2 Contaminants

(Proposed Rule); was approved 12/08/

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2000; OMB No. 2040–0208; expires 12/

31/2003.

Short Term Extensions

EPA ICR No. 1826.01; Information

Collection for Equipment Manufacturer

Flexibility; in 40 CFR part 89, subpart

K; OMB No. 2060–0369; on 11/29/2000

OMB extended the expiration date

through 04/30/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1132.05; NSPS for

Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels;

in 40 CFR part 60, subpart Kb; OMB No.

2060–0074; on 11/28/2000 OMB

extended the expiration date through

02/28/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1414.03; Hazardous

Organic NESHAP (HON); in 40 CFR part

60, subparts K, Kb, S, T, U, V, W, X,

AAA, and 40 CFR part 63, subparts F,

G, H, and I; OMB No. 2060–0282; on 11/

28/2000 OMB extended the expiration

date through 02/28/2001.

EPA ICR No. 0857.07; Polychlorinated

biphenyls (PCBs): Manufacturing,

Processing, and Distribution in

Commerce Exemption; in 40 CFR part

750; OMB No. 2070–0021; on 11/22/

2000 OMB extended the expiration date

through 02/28/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1001.06; Polychlorinated

Biphenyls (PCBs): Exclusions,

Exemptions, and Use Authorizations; in

40 CFR part 761; in 40 CFR part 60,

subpart S; OMB No. 2070–0008; on 11/

22/2000 OMB extended the expiration

date through 02/28/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1683.02; NSPS for

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants,

Recordkeeping and Reporting; in 40

CFR part 60, subpart S; OMB No. 2060–

0031; on 11/22/2000 OMB extended the

expiration date through 02/28/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1684.04; Compression

Ignition Non-Road Engine Certification

Application; in 40 CFR part 86 and 89;

OMB No. 2060–0287; on 11/28/2000

OMB extended the expiration date

through 02/28/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1695.06; Non-Road

Spark-Ignition Engine at or Below 19

Kilowatts for Emission Certification and

the Averaging, Banking, and Trading

Program; in 40 CFR part 63, subpart R;

OMB No. 2060–0338; on 11/28/2000

OMB extended the expiration date

through 02/28/2001.

Dated: February 1, 2001.

Oscar Morales, Director,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities; EPA ICR No. 1503.04;

Submission to OMB; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document

announces that the following

Information Collection Request (ICR)

has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval: Data Acquisition

for Registration (EPA ICR No. 1503.04;

OMB No. 2070–0122). The ICR, which

is abstracted below, describes the nature

of the information collection activity

and its expected burden and costs. The

Federal Register document, required

under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on August 2,

2000 (65 FR 47491). EPA received no

comments on this ICR during the 60-day

comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before March 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments,

referencing the proper ICR numbers to:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information, Collection

Strategies Division (2822), 1200

Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington,

DC 20460; And send a copy of your

comments to: 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:

Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on 202–

260–2740, by e-mail:

farmer.sandy@epa.gov or access the ICR

at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and

refer to EPA ICR No. 1503.04; OMB

Control No. 2070–0122.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

ICR Title: Data Acquisition for

Registration (EPA ICR 1503.04, OMB

Control No. 2070–0122).

ICR Status: This is a request for

extension of an existing approved

collection that is currently scheduled to

expire on March 31, 2001. EPA is asking

OMB to approve this ICR for three years.

Under 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the Agency

may continue to conduct or sponsor the

collection of information while the

submission is pending at OMB.

Abstract: The Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

(7 U.S.C. 136) requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,

the Agency) to register pesticides prior

to distribution and sale within the

United States. FIFRA also requires

applicants for pesticide registration to

provide EPA with the data needed to

assess whether the registration of a

pesticide would cause unreasonable

adverse effects on human health or the

environment, and grants EPA the

authority to require registrants to

provide additional data to maintain an

existing registration.

Burden Statement: The annual

‘‘respondent’’ burden for this ICR is

estimated to range from 6,267 hours to

54,288 hours per response, depending

on the type of DCI.

According to the PRA, ‘‘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. The Agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to a

collection of information that is subject

to approval under the PRA, unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The OMB control numbers for

EPA’s information collections appear on

the collection instruments or

instructions, in the Federal Register

notices for related rulemakings and ICR

notices, and, if the collection is

contained in a regulation, in a table of

OMB approval numbers in 40 CFR part

9.

The following is a summary of the

burden estimates taken from the ICR:

Respondents/affected entities: 20.

Estimated total number of potential

respondents: 9.

Frequency of response: As needed.

Estimated total/average number of

responses for each respondent: 1–2.

Estimated total annual burden hours:

91,196.