Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0303-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Methylene Chloride; Regulation of Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer Use under TSCA Section 6(a)
Posted Date: 2022-05-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32016-32017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11353]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0303; 9890-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Methylene Chloride; Regulation of Paint and 
Coating Removal for Consumer Use Under TSCA Section 6(a) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Methylene Chloride; Regulation 
of Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer Use under Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA) Section 6(a),'' (EPA ICR Number 2556.03, OMB Control 
Number 2070-0204) 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 May 31, 2022. Public comment were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on August 31, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comment. 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 June 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No.: EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2021-0303, 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: Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support 
Branch (7101M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address: 
[email protected].

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 manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce 
of methylene chloride for consumer paint and coating removal is 
prohibited under EPA regulations in 40 CFR part 751, as promulgated 
under the TSCA, 15. U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Manufacturers, processors, or 
distributers in commerce for non-prohibited uses are required to notify 
companies to whom methylene chloride is shipped of the prohibitions 
under 40 CFR 751 through the Safety Data Sheet

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(SDS). It also requires manufacturers, processors, or distributers in 
commerce (except for retailers) to retain methylene chloride in one 
location at the headquarters of the company, or the facility for which 
the records were generated, documentation showing: (i) The name, 
address, contact, and telephone number of companies to whom methylene 
chloride was shipped; (ii) a copy of the notification provided to 
companies to whom the methylene chloride was shipped; and (iii) the 
amount of methylene chloride shipped. This information must be retained 
for three years from the date of shipment. EPA established these 
requirements under TSCA Section 6(a) in response to a final 
determination that the consumer use of paint and coating removal 
presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health. This ICR consists of 
the downstream notification of the prohibitions and the recordkeeping 
requirement.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected Entities: Respondents affected by this 
activity may include those that engage in the manufacture, processing 
and distribution in commerce of methylene chloride for consumer paint 
and coating removal. The ICR provides a list of the North American 
Industrial Classification System codes that might apply to entities 
that may be affected by the activities described in this ICR.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 751 and 
TSCA section 6(a).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated number of potential respondents: 14 (total).
    Total Estimated burden: 7 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $298 (per year), which includes no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease in the estimated 
total annual burden and costs compared with that identified in the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. Burden decreased from 69 hours to 7 hours. 
This decrease is due a decrease in the number of respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division, Office of Mission Support.
[FR Doc. 2022-11353 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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