Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2003-0003-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR No. 1428.06 (OMB No. 2050-0078) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request, Notice
Posted Date: 2003-07-31T04:00Z

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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
147
/
Thursday,
July
31,
2003
/
Notices
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
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
255
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:
Owners/
operators
of
shipbuilding
and
ship
repair
facilities.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
56.
Frequency
of
Response:
Initial,
semiannual.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
28,594
(
rounded)
hours.
Estimated
Total
Capital
and
Operations
&
Maintenance
(
O
&
M)
Annual
Costs:
$
0.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
6,445
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
The
adjustment
increase
in
burden
is
due
to
more
accurate
estimates
of
existing
and
anticipated
new
sources,
and
an
improved
calculation
of
burden
for
the
reporting
requirements.

Dated:
July
23,
2003.

Doreen
Sterling,

Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
1428.06
(
OMB
No.
2050
 
0078)
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:
Trade
Secret
Claims
for
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
(
EPCRA
Section
322).
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
September
2,
2003.

ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Sicy
Jacob,
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office
(
CEPPO),
OSWER,
Mailcode
5104A,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
8019;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
8233;
e­
mail
address:
jacob.
sicy@
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.
On
March
6,
2003
(
68
FR
10721),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
did
not
receive
any
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
SFUND
 
2003
 
0003,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Superfund
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Superfund
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
0276.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
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
superfund.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Superfund
Docket,
Mailcode
5202T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
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
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
Trade
Secret
Claims
for
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
and
Emergency
Planning
(
EPCRA
Section
322),
(
OMB
Control
Number
2050
 
0078,
EPA
ICR
Number
1428.06).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
September
30,
2003.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
This
information
collection
request
pertains
to
trade
secrecy
claims
submitted
under
section
322
of
the
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No.
147
/
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July
31,
2003
/
Notices
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
of
1986
(
EPCRA),
also
known
as
Title
III
of
SARA,
the
Superfund
Amendments
and
Reauthorization
Act.
Title
III
contains
provisions
requiring
facilities
to
report
to
State
and
local
authorities,
and
EPA,
the
presence,
use
and
release
of
extremely
hazardous
substances
(
described
in
sections
302
and
304)
and
hazardous
and
toxic
chemicals
(
described
in
sections
311,
312
and
313
respectively).
Section
322
of
Title
III
allows
a
facility
to
withhold
the
specific
chemical
identity
from
these
Title
III
reports
if
the
facility
asserts
a
claim
of
trade
secrecy
for
that
chemical
identity.
The
provision
establishes
the
requirements
and
procedures
that
facilities
must
follow
to
request
trade
secrecy
treatment
of
chemical
identities,
as
well
as
the
procedures
for
submitting
public
petitions
to
the
Agency
for
review
of
the
``
sufficiency''
of
trade
secrecy
claims.
EPA
published
the
trade
secrecy
regulations
on
July
29,
1988
(
58
FR
28772),
codified
in
40
CFR
Part
350.
Trade
secrecy
protection
is
provided
for
specific
chemical
identities
contained
in
reports
submitted
under
each
of
the
following
Title
III
sections:
(
1)
303
(
d)(
2)
 
Facility
notification
of
changes
that
have
or
are
about
to
occur;
(
2)
303
(
d)(
3)
 
Local
Emergency
Planning
Committee
(
LEPC)
requests
for
facility
information
to
develop
or
implement
emergency
plans;
(
3)
311
 
Material
Safety
Data
Sheets
(
MSDSs)
submitted
by
facilities,
or
lists
of
those
chemicals
submitted
in
place
of
the
MSDSs;
(
4)
312
 
Tier
II
emergency
and
hazardous
chemical
inventory
forms;
and,
(
5)
313
 
Toxic
chemical
release
inventory
forms.
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
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
10
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:
Facilities
that
may
want
to
claim
trade
secret
for
specific
chemical
identity
contained
in
reports
submitted
under
EPCRA
sections
303(
d)(
2)
and
(
d)(
3),
311,
312,
and
313;
members
of
the
general
public
submitting
petitions
for
trade
secrets
claimed
by
facilities;
and
State
governors
or
State
Emergency
Response
Commissions
and
Health
Professionals
requesting
facilities
for
information
on
the
health
effects
of
trade
secret
chemicals
in
nonemergency
and
preventative
measure
situations.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
357.
Frequency
of
Response:
Annually.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
3,483
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
147,543.
No
capital
or
operation
and
maintenance
costs
are
associated
with
any
requirements
in
this
ICR.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
362
hours
in
the
total
annual
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
is
due
to
an
increase
in
the
number
of
claims
submitted
under
sections
303(
d)(
2),
(
d)(
3),
311
and
312
of
EPCRA.
Trade
secret
claims
under
section
313
have
decreased
from
previous
ICR.

Dated:
July
23,
2003.
Doreen
Sterling,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
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Doc.
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03;
8:
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OAR
 
2003
 
0018,
FRL
 
7538
 
2]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
1626.08
(
OMB
No.
2060
 
0256)
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:
National
Refrigerant
Recycling
and
Emissions
Reduction
Program.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
expected
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
September
2,
2003.

ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Julius
Banks,
Global
Programs
Division,
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation,
Office
of
Atmospheric
Programs;
Mail
Code
6205J;
Environmental
Protection
Agency;
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW;
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
9870;
fax
number:
(
202)
565
 
2096;
e­
mail
address:
banks.
julius@
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.
On
March
10,
2003
(
68
FR
11389),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR
 
2003
 
0018,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566
 
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
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
OMB
and
EPA
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),

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