Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0014-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 0575.09 (OMB No. 2070?0004) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2002-12-24T05:00Z

78447
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
67,
No.
247
/
Tuesday,
December
24,
2002
/
Notices
(
2)
Mail
your
comments
to
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.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
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
EDOCKET.
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
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
Information
Collection
Request
for
Clean
Water
Act
Section
404
State­
Assumed
Programs
(
OMB
Control
No.
2040
 
0168,
EPA
ICR
Number
0220.09).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
January
31,
2003.
Under
the
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
Section
404(
g)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
authorizes
States
(
and
Tribes)
to
assume
the
section
404
permit
program.
States/
Tribes
must
demonstrate
that
they
meet
the
statutory
and
regulatory
requirements
(
40
CFR
part
233)
for
an
approvable
program.
Specified
information
and
documents
must
be
submitted
by
the
State/
Tribe
to
EPA
to
request
assumption.
Once
the
required
information
and
documents
are
submitted
and
EPA
has
a
complete
assumption
request
package,
the
statutory
time
clock
for
EPA's
decision
to
either
approve
or
deny
the
State/
Tribe's
assumption
request
starts.
The
information
contained
in
the
assumption
request
is
made
available
to
the
other
involved
Federal
agencies
(
Corps
of
Engineers,
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service,
and
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service)
and
to
the
general
public
for
review
and
comment.
States/
Tribes
must
be
able
to
issue
permits
that
comply
with
the
404(
b)(
1)
Guidelines,
the
environmental
review
criteria.
States/
Tribes
and
the
reviewing
Federal
agencies
must
be
able
to
review
proposed
projects
to
evaluate,
avoid,
minimize
and
compensate
for
anticipated
impacts.
EPA's
assumption
regulations
establish
recommended
elements
that
should
be
included
in
the
State/
Tribe's
permit
application,
so
that
sufficient
information
is
available
to
make
a
thorough
analysis
of
anticipated
impacts.
These
minimum
information
requirements
are
based
on
the
information
that
must
be
submitted
when
applying
for
a
section
404
permit
from
the
Corps
of
Engineers.
EPA
is
responsible
for
oversight
of
assumed
programs
to
ensure
that
State/
Tribal
programs
are
in
compliance
with
applicable
requirements
and
that
State/
Tribal
permit
decisions
adequately
consider,
avoid,
minimize
and
compensate
for
anticipated
impacts.
States/
Tribes
must
evaluate
their
programs
annually
and
submit
the
results
in
a
report
to
EPA.
EPA's
assumption
regulations
establish
minimum
requirements
for
the
annual
report.
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,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
This
collection
of
information
is
separated
into
three
pieces.
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
520
hours
to
request
program
assumption,
5
hours
to
complete
a
permit
application,
and
80
hours
to
prepare
the
annual
report.
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:
States/
Tribes,
permit
applicants.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
20,006.
Frequency
of
Response:
one
time
to
request
assumption;
one
time
when
requesting
a
permit;
annually
for
the
annual
permit.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
101,360.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
37,200
includes
$
0
annualized
capital
or
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
a
change
of
an
additional
693
hours
from
the
currently
approved
hours
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens;
this
is
a
math
correction/
adjustment.

Dated:
December
17,
2002.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
0575.09
(
OMB
No.
2070
 
0004)
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
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
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
Health
and
Safety
Data
Reporting,
Submission
of
Lists
and
Copies
of
Health
and
Safety
Studies
[
EPA
ICR
No.
0575.09;
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0004].
The
ICR,
which
is
abstracted
below,
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
cost
and
burden.
On
May
21,
2002
(
67
FR
35806),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.

DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
January
23,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Barbara
Cunningham,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
67,
No.
247
/
Tuesday,
December
24,
2002
/
Notices
Agency,
Mailcode:
7408,
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.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OPPT
 
2002
 
0014,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
OPPT
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
EPA
West
Building
Basement
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
Center
is
open
from
8
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
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
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
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,
Mailcode:
7407M,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OPPT
 
2002
 
0014,
and
(
2)
Mail
a
copy
of
your
comments
to
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.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
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
EDOCKET.
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
EDOCKET.
Title:
Health
and
Safety
Data
Reporting,
Submission
of
Lists
and
Copies
of
Health
and
Safety
Studies
(
EPA
ICR
No.
0575.09;
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0004).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
January
31,
2003.
Under
the
PRA
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
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
will
use
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.
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,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
be
about
4
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:
Manufacturers,
processors,
importers,
or
distributers
in
commerce
of
chemical
substances
or
mixtures.
Frequency
of
Collection:
On
occasion.
Estimated
No.
of
Respondents:
569.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
on
Respondents:
2,344
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Costs:
$
203,512.
Changes
in
Burden
Estimates:
There
is
a
decrease
of
2,198
hours
(
from
4,542
hours
to
2,344
hours)
in
the
total
estimated
respondent
burden
compared
with
that
identified
in
the
information
collection
request
most
recently
approved
by
OMB.
This
adjustment
results
from
an
updated
analysis
of
the
historical
reporting
patterns
and
the
number
of
chemicals
listed
on
the
section
8(
d)
reporting
rule.
Specifically,
because
no
new
chemicals
were
added
to
the
rule
during
the
previous
ICR
reporting
period,
the
number
of
chemicals
added
during
the
1993
through
1996
period
were
averaged
over
eight­
years
(
1993
through
2000)
to
provide
an
estimate
of
expected
reporting
over
the
coming
three­
year
period
of
this
ICR
renewal.
Unit
burden
estimates
have
not
changed.

Dated:
December
17,
2002.

Oscar
Morales,

Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
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Filed
12
 
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