Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0516-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18026-18027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08512]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0516; FRL-9989-95-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment 
Information Rule (PAIR) (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment 
Information Rule (PAIR), EPA ICR Number 0586.14 and OMB Control Number 
2070-0054. This is a request to renew the approval of an existing ICR. 
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related 
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities 
and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized in this 
document. EPA provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal 
Register on August 29, 2018. With this submission, EPA is providing an 
additional 30 days for public review and comment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0516, and OMB Control No. 2070-0054, to 
(1) EPA online using http://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; (2) OMB 
via email to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk 
Officer for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
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. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virginia Lee, Chemical Control 
Division, 7405M, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-4142; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates, are available in the docket for this ICR. The docket 
can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the 
EPA Docket Center, West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on April 30, 
2019. EPA did not receive any comments in response to a 60-day public 
comment opportunity announced in the Federal Register on August 29, 
2018 (83 FR 44045). Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to 
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission 
is pending at OMB. Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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.
    Abstract: EPA promulgated the generic Preliminary Assessment 
Information Rule (PAIR) (40 CFR part 712) under section 8(a) of the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical 
Safety for the 21st Century Act amending TSCA was enacted on June 22, 
2016; however, the authority for a TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule was not 
modified. EPA uses PAIR, using the Manufacturer's Report Preliminary 
Assessment Information Form, to collect information to help identify, 
assess, and manage human health and environmental risks from chemical 
substances, mixtures and categories. PAIR requires chemical 
manufacturers and importers to complete and submit standardized 
information about production, use, or exposure-related data to help 
evaluate the potential for human health and environmental risks caused 
by the manufacture or importation of identified chemical substances, 
mixtures or categories. EPA or other federal agencies can identify 
chemicals for a TSCA section 8(a) PAIR expediated rulemaking that have 
a justifiable need for production, use, or exposure-related data. This 
ICR also covers certain specific chemical testing and reporting 
requirements under Subpart B of 40 CFR part 766 that are very similar 
to the PAIR requirements. The Agency rarely receives submissions of the 
information required by 40 CFR 766. The dibenzo-para-dioxin/
dibenzofuran regulations at 40 CFR part 766 require that any person who 
manufactures, imports, or processes a chemical substance listed at 40 
CFR 766.25 test that chemical substance and submit appropriate 
information to EPA. Persons who commence manufacture, import, or 
processing of a chemical substance listed at 40 CFR 766.25, must submit 
a letter of intent to test or an exemption application within 60-days 
of starting any of those activities. Each person who is manufacturing 
or processing a chemical listed in 40 CFR 766.25, must submit a 
protocol for testing. Persons who manufacture or import a chemical 
substance listed under 40 CFR 766.25 must report positive test results, 
using

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the Dioxin/Furan Report Form, of all existing test data that show that 
chemical substance has been tested for the presence of halogenated 
dibenzodioxins/halogenated dibenzofurans (HDDs/HDFs), as well as any 
health and safety studies for the chemical substance, as defined in the 
regulation, no later than 90 days after the date of submission of the 
positive test result. Additionally, any manufacturer or importer of a 
chemical substance listed in 40 CFR 766.25 in possession of unpublished 
health and safety studies on HDDs/HDFs is required to submit copies of 
such studies to EPA, in accordance with provisions of 40 CFR 716, no 
later than 90 days after the person first manufactures or imports the 
chemical substance.
    Form Numbers: EPA Form 7710-35, and EPA Form 7710-51.
    Respondents/affected entities: Companies that manufacture, process 
or import chemical substances, mixtures or categories. Respondents are 
primarily in the following North American Industrial Classification 
System (NAICS) codes: 3251 Basic Chemical Manufacturing; 3252 Resin, 
Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 
Manufacturing; 3255 Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing; 3253 
Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 
3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing; and 32411 
Petroleum Refineries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (TSCA section 8(a) 
and 40 CFR 712).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 33 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,533 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a slight increase of 1 hour in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase reflects the revised CBI substantiation 
requirements in the 2016 amendments to TSCA.

    Dated: April 22, 2019.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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