Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEI-2009-0678-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Confidentiality Rules (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2010-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 36)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2009-0678; FRL-9117-5; EPA ICR No. 1665.09, OMB Control No. 
2020-0003]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidentiality Rules (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 26, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2009-0678 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 and (2) OMB by mail to: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry F. Gottesman, National FOIA 
Officer, Collection Strategies Division, Office of Information 
Collection, Mail Code 2822T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
566-2162; fax number: 202-566-2147; e-mail address: 
gottesman.larry@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 September 1, 2009, (74 FR 45199), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID. 
No. EPA-HQ-OEI-2009-0678, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of 
Environmental Information Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the 
Reading Room is 202-566-1744.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Confidentiality Rules (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1665.09, OMB Control No. 2020-0003.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 02/28/2010. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. An 
Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

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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 in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate 
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if 
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: In the course of administering environmental protection 
statutes, EPA collects data from thousands of facilities in many 
sectors of the U.S. economy. In many cases, industry marks the data it 
submits to EPA as CBI. In addition, businesses submit information to 
EPA without the Agency requesting the information. EPA established the 
procedures described in 40 CFR part 2, subparts A and B, to protect the 
confidentiality of information as well as the rights of the public to 
obtain access to information under the Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA). In accordance with these regulations, when EPA finds it 
necessary to make a final confidentiality determination (e.g., in 
response to a FOIA request or in the course of rulemaking or 
litigation), or in advance confidentiality determination, it shall 
notify the affected business and provides an opportunity to comment 
(i.e., to submit a substantiation of confidentiality claim). This ICR 
relates to the collection of information that will assist EPA in 
determining whether previously submitted information is entitled to 
confidential treatment.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4.0 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Businesses and other for-profit 
companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,330.
    Frequency of Response: One annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2002 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $91,071.85, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs and $91,071.85 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is reduction of 4,519 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: February 18, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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