Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0612-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management - Generic ICR for Surveys
Posted Date: 2020-06-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 108 (Thursday, June 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34435-34436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12043]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0612; FRL-10010-19-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and 
Management--Generic ICR for Surveys

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 Surveys (EPA ICR Number 
2585.01, OMB Control Number 2070-NEW) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
July 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 
surveys of respondents described below related to information 
collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and management. Surveys 
are defined as the collection of information from a common group 
through interviews or the application of questionnaires to a 
representative sample of that group.
    EPA would not collect information of a sensitive or private nature. 
However, respondents may claim information submitted as part of a 
survey 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 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: 600.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 400 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $31,008 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.

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    Changes in the estimates: This is a request for a new approval from 
OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-12043 Filed 6-3-20; 8:45 am]
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