Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Toxic Substances Control Act Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management - Generic ICR for Interviews and Focus Groups
Posted Date: 2020-06-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 108 (Thursday, June 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34434-34435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12042]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611; FRL-10006-89-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and 
Management--Generic ICR for Interviews 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 Interviews and Focus Groups 
(EPA ICR Number 2584.01 and OMB Control Number 2070-NEW) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a request for approval 
of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on August 5, 2019 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2018-0612 to EPA online using www.regulations.gov. The EPA Docket 
Center and Reading Room was closed to public visitors on March 31, 2020 
to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. There is a temporary 
suspension of mail delivery to EPA, and no hand deliveries are 
currently accepted. For further information on EPA Docket Center 
services and the current status, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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: For technical information contact: 
Albert Monroe, Economic and Policy Analysis Branch, Chemistry, 
Economics, and Sustainable Strategies Division (MC7406M), Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-7116; email address: monroe.albert@epa.gov. For general 
information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton 
Ave. Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; email 
address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the 
public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room was closed 
to public visitors on March 31, 2020, to reduce the risk of 
transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide 
remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For further 
information on EPA Docket Center services and the current status, 
please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to help provide data for EPA's 
risk evaluations and risk management of existing chemicals under TSCA 
section 6 more efficiently and effectively. Under TSCA, EPA must gather 
information with sufficient detail about chemicals, including hazards, 
conditions of use, exposures, potentially exposed and susceptible 
subpopulations, health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably 
ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other 
information in a timely fashion to meet TSCA's statutory timeframes. 
Therefore, EPA is requesting approval for a generic ICR to conduct 
interviews and focus groups of respondents described below related to 
information collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and 
management. This research would consist of open-ended structured 
discussions or interviews with individuals or small groups of 
individuals, and therefore can provide in-depth information. 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. EPA would not 
collect information of a sensitive or private nature. However, 
respondents may claim information submitted as part of an interview or 
focus group as confidential. EPA generally treats this information as 
obtained under TSCA, such that confidentiality claims are subject to 
the provisions of TSCA section 14.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR include chemical manufacturers (as long as the information 
requested does not duplicate information already in possession of the 
federal government), chemical users (including government agencies), 
processors, recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers of chemical-
containing products, employees who may be exposed to the chemical 
evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental

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organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the 
public (including potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations). 
As such, there are no typical respondent NAICS codes and the 
respondents will vary depending on the conditions of use of each 
chemical under consideration.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 714.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 237 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $18,296 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: This is a request for a new approval from 
OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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