Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0654-0112
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Procedures for Requesting a Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substance Control Act
Posted Date: 2020-09-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 60995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21528]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0654; FRL-10014-49-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Procedures for Requesting a Chemical Risk 
Evaluation Under TSCA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Procedures for Requesting a 
Chemical Risk Evaluation under TSCA (EPA ICR Number 2559.03, OMB 
Control Number 2070-0202) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through September 30, 2020. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on January 28, 2020 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 29, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2016-0654, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20460. 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: Susanna Blair, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-4371; email address: blair.susanna@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 or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The information collection activities covered by this ICR 
renewal are those carried out by a chemical manufacturer in requesting 
a specific chemical risk evaluation under the Toxic Substance Control 
Act (TSCA) be conducted by EPA. EPA established the process for 
conducting risk evaluations under TSCA. Chemicals that will undergo 
this evaluation include chemicals the Agency has prioritized, as well 
as chemicals for which EPA has granted requests made by manufacturers 
to have the chemicals evaluated under EPA's risk evaluation process. 
EPA has established criteria and information chemical manufacturers 
must provide for EPA to consider a chemical substance for risk 
evaluation. This information is necessary in order for EPA to review 
information covered by chemical manufacturers and determine if the 
chemical substance is suitable for risk evaluation.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Persons that manufacture chemical 
substances and request a chemical be considered for risk evaluation by 
EPA.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary (15 U.S.C. 
2605(b)(4)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 5.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 419 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $283,570 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in hour or cost burden 
as compared with what is currently approved by OMB. There is an 
increase of $709 in the total estimated labor costs, which reflects the 
increase in wage rates since the initial ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-21528 Filed 9-28-20; 8:45 am]
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