Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0929-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Request for Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business Information
Posted Date: 2010-11-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69656-69657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28656]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0929; FRL-9226-6]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Request for Contractor Access to 
TSCA Confidential Business Information; EPA ICR No. 1250.09, OMB 
Control No. 2070-0075

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection activity and its 
expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 15, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2009-0929, (1) to EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: Document Control Office (DCO), Office 
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Myrick, Acting Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408-M, 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. On March 24, 2010 (75 FR 14150), EPA sought comments on this 
renewal ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments 
during the comment period. Any additional comments related to 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-OPPT-2009-0929, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket 
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA[sol]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, and the telephone number for the Pollution

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Prevention and Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280.
    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 public docket, and to access those 
documents in the public 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 in 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. 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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 www.regulations.gov. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Request for Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business 
Information (CBI).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1250.09, OMB Control No. 2070-0075.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2010. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Submitters of information to EPA under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) may claim all or part of the information 
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. One such 
circumstance is covered by this ICR. Specifically, certain employees of 
companies working under contract to EPA require access to CBI collected 
under the authority of TSCA in order to perform their official duties. 
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), which is 
responsible for maintaining the security of TSCA CBI, requires that all 
individuals desiring access to TSCA CBI obtain and annually renew 
official clearance to TSCA CBI. As part of the process for obtaining 
TSCA CBI clearance, OPPT requires certain information about the 
contracting company and about each contractor employee requesting TSCA 
CBI clearance, primarily the name, EPA badge number or other 
identification of the employee, the type of TSCA CBI clearance 
requested and the justification for such clearance, and the signature 
of the employee to an agreement with respect to access to and use of 
TSCA CBI.
    Responses to the collection of information are voluntary, but 
failure to provide the requested information will prevent a contractor 
employee from obtaining clearance to TSCA CBI.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 1.6 hours per 
response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are companies under contract to the Environmental 
Protection Agency to provide certain services, whose employees must 
have access to TSCA confidential business information to perform their 
duties.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 13 
(rounded up from 12.5).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 601 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $30,253.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is an increase of 155 hours 
(from 446 hours to 601 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden 
compared with that identified in the information collection most 
recently approved by OMB. This reflects an increase in the estimated 
number of contractor employees subject to this information collection. 
The increase is an adjustment.

    Dated: November 8, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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