Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEI-2003-0025-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Toxic Chemical Release Reporting;  Request for Comment on Renewal Information and Proposed Changes to Part II of the Form R Collection
Posted Date: 2003-07-01T04:00Z

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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
126
/
Tuesday,
July
1,
2003
/
Notices
the
reporting
year,
and
that
the
chemical
was
manufactured,
processed,
or
otherwise
used
in
an
amount
not
exceeding
1
million
pounds
during
the
reporting
year.
Use
of
the
Form
A
Certification
Statement
represents
a
substantial
savings
to
respondents,
both
in
burden
hours
and
in
labor
costs.
The
Form
A
Certification
Statement
provides
communities
with
information
that
the
chemical
is
being
manufactured,
processed
or
otherwise
used
at
facilities.
Additionally,
the
Form
A
Certification
Statement
provides
compliance
monitoring
and
enforcement
programs
and
other
interested
parties
with
a
means
to
track
chemical
management
activities
and
verify
overall
compliance
with
the
rule.
Responses
to
this
collection
of
information
are
mandatory
(
see
40
CFR
part
372)
and
facilities
subject
to
reporting
must
submit
either
a
Form
A
Certification
Statement
or
a
Form
R.

VII.
What
Are
EPA's
Burden
and
Cost
Estimates
for
This
ICR?
Under
the
PRA,
``
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.
For
this
collection,
it
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.
The
annual
public
burden
for
this
collection
of
information,
which
is
approved
under
OMB
Control
No.
2070
 
0143,
is
estimated
to
average
13.7
hours
for
facilities
submitting
a
Form
A
Certification
Statement
for
a
single
listed
chemical.
By
comparison,
the
average
time
required
for
calculations,
form
completion
and
record
keeping/
mailing
for
Form
R
is
estimated
to
average
19.5
hours
per
form.
Thus,
for
a
facility
filing
a
Form
A
certification
for
a
single
chemical,
the
alternate
threshold
yields
an
average
savings
of
5.8
hours.
The
ICR
supporting
statement
provides
a
detailed
explanation
of
the
burden
estimates
that
are
summarized
in
this
notice.
The
following
is
a
summary
of
the
estimates
taken
from
the
ICR
supporting
statement:
Estimated
No.
of
Respondents:
5,200.
Frequency
of
Responses:
Annual.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
Hours:
169,106.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
Costs:
$
7.56
million.

VIII.
Are
There
Changes
in
the
Estimates
From
the
Last
Approval?
The
estimated
burden
described
above
differs
from
what
is
currently
in
OMB's
inventory
for
alternate
threshold
reporting:
5,121
responses
(
Form
A
Certification
Statements)
and
463,670
burden
hours.
The
burden
estimated
in
this
supporting
statement
differs
from
OMB's
inventory
as
a
result
of
adjustments
to
estimates
of
number
of
responses
(
from
5,121
responses
to
5,000
responses),
changes
to
subsequent
year
unit
reporting
burden
estimates
(
from
30.2
to
9.2
burden
hours
per
chemical
certified
on
a
Form
A
Certification
Statement),
and
an
adjustment
for
use
of
TRI
 
ME
for
those
forms
completed
using
TRI
 
ME.
These
changes
are
described
in
greater
detail
in
the
supporting
statement
for
this
ICR,
available
in
the
public
version
of
the
official
record.

IX.
What
Is
the
Next
Step
in
the
Process
for
This
ICR?
EPA
will
consider
the
comments
received
and
amend
the
ICR
as
appropriate.
The
final
ICR
package
will
then
be
submitted
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.12.
EPA
will
issue
another
Federal
Register
notice
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.5(
a)(
1)(
iv)
to
announce
the
submission
of
the
ICR
to
OMB
and
the
opportunity
to
submit
additional
comments
to
OMB.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
this
ICR
or
the
approval
process,
please
contact
the
person(
s)
listed
in
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.

Dated:
June
25,
2003.
Kimberly
T.
Nelson,
Assistant
Administrator,
Office
of
Environmental
Information.
[
FR
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BILLING
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
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[
OEI
 
2003
 
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Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting;
Request
for
Comment
on
Renewal
Information
and
Proposed
Changes
to
Part
II
of
the
Form
R
Collection
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
PRA)
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
notice
announces
that
EPA
is
planning
to
submit
the
following
continuing
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
pursuant
to
procedures
described
in
5
CFR
1320.12:
Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting
(
EPA
ICR
No.
1363.13,
OMB
No.
2070
 
0093).
This
ICR
involves
a
collection
activity
that
is
currently
approved
and
scheduled
to
expire
on
October
31,
2003.
EPA
ICR
No.
1363.12
was
approved
by
OMB
on
March
10,
2003,
with
a
shorter
than
usual
clearance
in
order
to
provide
the
EPA
an
opportunity
to
examine
in
more
detail
the
TRI
burden
estimates
and
opportunities
for
reducing
burden
and
enhancing
the
practical
utility
of
the
data.
A
revised
draft
Form
R
is
included
in
this
ICR.
The
redesigned
draft
Form
R
collects
all
the
same
information
as
the
prior
form;
however,
it
collects
that
information
in
a
different
format.
EPA
is
proposing
this
draft
Form
R
based
on
feedback
received
from
stakeholders
in
an
effort
to
collect
information
in
a
more
logical,
simplistic
manner.
Section
V
below
and
sections
1
(
b)
and
3
(
b)
of
the
ICR
Supporting
Statement
discuss
the
proposed
Form
R
changes
in
greater
detail.
Also,
a
copy
of
the
proposed
new
Form
R
and
a
crosswalk
between
the
proposed
Form
R
and
the
previous
version
of
the
Form
R
are
included
as
Attachment
G
of
the
ICR
Supporting
Statement.
Before
submitting
this
ICR
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval
under
the
PRA,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
collection
as
described
below.
DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
the
docket
control
number
OEI
 
2003
 
0025
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
September
2,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
by
mail,
electronically,
or
in
person.
Please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
for
each
method
as
provided
in
Unit
III.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section
of
this
notice.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
general
information
contact:
The
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Hotline
at
(
800)
424
 
9346
or
(
703)
412
 
9810,
TDD
(
800)
553
 
7672,
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
epaoswer/
hotline/.
For
technical
information
about
this
ICR
renewal
contact:
Judith
Kendall,
Toxics
Release
Inventory
Program
Division,
OEI,
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2844T),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
Telephone:
202
 
566
 
0750;

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Fax:
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e­
mail:
kendall.
judith@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
Does
This
Notice
Apply
to
Me?

Affected
Entities:
Entities
that
will
be
affected
by
this
action
are
those
facilities
that
manufacture,
process,
or
otherwise
use
certain
toxic
chemicals
listed
on
the
Toxics
Release
Inventory
(
TRI)
and
which
are
required
under
section
313
of
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
of
1986
(
EPCRA)
to
report
annually
to
EPA
their
environmental
releases
and
other
waste
management
activities
involving
such
chemicals.
Currently,
those
industries
with
the
following
SIC
code
designations
(
that
meet
all
other
threshold
criteria
for
TRI
reporting)
must
report
toxic
chemical
releases
and
other
waste
management
activities:
 
20
 
39,
manufacturing.
 
10,
metal
mining
(
except
for
SIC
codes
1011,
1081,
and
1094).
 
12,
coal
mining
(
except
for
SIC
code
1241
and
extraction
activities).
 
4911,
4931
and
4939,
electrical
utilities
that
combust
coal
and/
or
oil
for
the
purpose
of
generating
power
for
distribution
in
commerce.
 
4953,
RCRA
subtitle
C
hazardous
waste
treatment
and
disposal
facilities.
 
5169,
chemicals
and
allied
products
wholesale
distributors.
 
5171,
petroleum
bulk
plants
and
terminals.
 
7389,
solvent
recovery
services,
and
 
Federal
facilities
in
any
SIC
code.
To
determine
whether
you
or
your
business
is
affected
by
this
action,
you
should
carefully
examine
the
applicability
provisions
at
40
CFR
part
372
and
section
3(
a)
of
the
Supporting
Statement
of
the
information
collection.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person(
s)
listed
in
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.

II.
How
Can
I
Get
Additional
Information
or
Copies
of
This
Document
and
Other
Support
Documents?

A.
In
Person
The
Agency
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
Docket
ID
no.
OEI
 
2003
 
0025.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
this
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
OEI
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
Public
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OEI
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
1752.

B.
Electronic
Availability
Electronic
copies
of
the
ICR
are
available
from
the
EPA
home
page
at
the
Federal
Register
 
Environmental
Documents
entry
for
this
document
under
``
Laws
and
Regulations''
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/).
An
electronic
copy
of
the
collection
instrument
referenced
in
this
ICR
and
instructions
for
its
completion
are
available
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
triinter/#
forms.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
dockets,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number
(
i.
e.,
OEI
 
2003
 
0025).
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
To
the
extent
feasible,
publicly
available
docket
materials
will
be
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
When
a
document
is
selected
from
the
index
list
in
EPA
Dockets,
the
system
will
identify
whether
the
document
is
available
for
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
EPA
intends
to
work
towards
providing
electronic
access
to
all
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
For
public
commenters,
it
is
important
to
note
that
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
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
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Public
comments
submitted
on
computer
disks
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
transferred
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Public
comments
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
Docket
will
be
scanned
and
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Where
practical,
physical
objects
will
be
photographed,
and
the
photograph
will
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
along
with
a
brief
description
written
by
the
docket
staff.
For
additional
information
about
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
visit
EPA
Dockets
online
or
see
67
FR
38102,
May
31,
2002.

III.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?
You
may
submit
comments
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
identify
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number
(
i.
e.,
``
OEI
 
2003
 
0025'')
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
comment.
Please
ensure
that
your
comments
are
submitted
within
the
specified
comment
period.
Comments
received
after
the
close
of
the
comment
period
will
be
marked
``
late.''
EPA
is
not
required
to
consider
these
late
comments.
If
you
wish
to
submit
CBI
or
information
that
is
otherwise
protected
by
statute,
please
follow
the
instructions
in
Unit
IV.
Do
not
use
EPA
Dockets
or
e­
mail
to
submit
CBI
or
information
protected
by
statute.
1.
Electronically.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment
as
prescribed
below,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name,
mailing
address,
and
an
e­
mail
address
or
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
Also
include
this
contact
information
on
the
outside
of
any
disk
or
CD
ROM
you
submit,
and
in
any
cover
letter
accompanying
the
disk
or
CD
ROM.
This
ensures
that
you
can
be
identified
as
the
submitter
of
the
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comment
and
allows
EPA
to
contact
you
in
case
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
or
needs
further
information
on
the
substance
of
your
comment.
EPA's
policy
is
that
EPA
will
not
edit
your
comment,
and
any
identifying
or
contact
information
provided
in
the
body
of
a
comment
will
be
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
i.
EPA
Dockets.
Your
use
of
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
to
submit
comments
to
EPA
electronically
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Go
directly
to
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
and
follow
the
online
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
To
access
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
from
the
EPA
Internet
home
page,
select
``
Information
Sources,''
``
Dockets,''
and
``
EPA
Dockets.''
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
and
then
key
in
Docket
ID
No.
OEI
 
2003
 
0025.
The
system
is
an
``
anonymous
access''
system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity,
e­
mail
address,
or
other
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
ii.
E­
mail.
Comments
may
be
sent
by
electronic
mail
(
e­
mail)
to
oei.
docket@
epa.
gov.
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
OEI
 
2003
 
0025.
In
contrast
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
is
not
an
``
anonymous
access''
system.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
the
Docket
without
going
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
automatically
captures
your
e­
mail
address.
E­
mail
addresses
that
are
automatically
captured
by
EPA's
e­
mail
system
are
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
iii.
Disk
or
CD
ROM.
You
may
submit
comments
on
a
disk
or
CD
ROM
that
you
mail
to
the
mailing
address
identified
in
Unit
III.
2.
These
electronic
submissions
will
be
accepted
in
WordPerfect
or
ASCII
file
format.
Avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
All
comments
and
data
in
electronic
form
must
be
identified
by
the
docket
control
number
OEI
 
2003
 
0025.
Electronic
comments
on
this
document
may
also
be
filed
online
at
many
Federal
Depository
Libraries.
2.
By
Mail.
Send
three
copies
of
your
comments
to:
Document
Control
Office,
Office
of
Environmental
Information
(
OEI),
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
3.
By
Hand
Delivery
or
Courier.
Comments
may
be
delivered
in
person
or
by
courier
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
(
EPA/
DC)
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
attention
Docket
ID
No.
OEI
 
2003
 
0025.

IV.
How
Should
I
Handle
CBI
Information
That
I
Want
to
Submit
to
the
Agency?

All
comments
which
contain
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
clearly
marked
as
such.
Three
sanitized
copies
of
any
comments
containing
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
also
be
submitted
and
will
be
placed
in
the
public
record
for
this
document.
Persons
submitting
information
any
portion
of
which
they
believe
is
entitled
to
treatment
as
CBI
by
EPA
must
assert
a
business
confidentiality
claim
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.203(
b)
for
each
such
portion.
This
claim
must
be
made
at
the
time
that
the
information
is
submitted
to
EPA.
Information
covered
by
such
a
claim
will
be
disclosed
by
EPA
only
to
the
extent,
and
by
means
of
the
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2,
subpart
B.
If
a
confidentiality
claim
does
not
accompany
the
information
when
it
is
received
by
EPA,
the
information
may
be
made
available
to
the
public
by
EPA
without
further
notice
to
the
submitter.

V.
What
Information
is
EPA
Particularly
Interested
in?

A.
Pursuant
to
section
3506(
c)(
2)(
a)
of
the
PRA,
EPA
specifically
solicits
comments
and
information
to
enable
it
to:
(
i)
Evaluate
whether
the
proposed
collection
of
information
is
necessary
for
the
proper
performance
of
the
functions
of
the
Agency,
including
whether
the
information
will
have
practical
utility;
(
ii)
Evaluate
the
accuracy
of
the
Agency's
estimate
of
the
burden
of
the
proposed
collection
of
information,
including
the
validity
of
the
methodology
and
assumptions
used;
(
iii)
Enhance
the
quality,
utility,
and
clarity
of
the
information
to
be
collected;
and
(
iv)
Minimize
the
burden
of
the
collection
of
information
on
those
who
are
to
respond,
including
through
the
use
of
appropriate
automated
electronic,
mechanical,
or
other
technological
collection
techniques
or
other
forms
of
information
technology,
e.
g.,
permitting
electronic
submission
of
responses.
B.
Proposed
changes
to
the
Form
R:
A
revised
draft
Form
R
is
included
in
this
ICR.
The
draft
Form
R
collects
all
the
same
information
as
the
prior
form;
however,
it
collects
that
information
in
a
different
format.
There
are
no
changes
to
part
I
of
the
Form
R.
EPA
is
proposing
changes
to
part
II
of
the
Form
R
based
on
feedback
received
from
stakeholders
through
various
venues
(
e.
g.,
Stakeholder
Phase
I
process,
ICR
renewal
process
in
2002,
letters,
meetings,
etc.).
Specifically,
stakeholders
have
been
requesting
that
EPA
provide
more
clarity
in
the
organization
of
data
that
are
collected.
These
changes
do
not
collect
any
new
or
different
information
than
has
been
previously
collected.
Instead
part
II
now
clearly
identifies
on
the
Form
itself
the
categories
for
reporting
releases
and
other
waste
management
activities
of
toxic
chemicals.
The
previous
version
of
this
form
collected
information
using
codes
to
specify
categories
of
releases
and
other
waste
management
activities
(
e.
g.,
M73
for
Land
Treatment).
One
code,
U09
 
Other
Energy
Recovery
Methods,
has
been
dropped
from
the
revised
Form
because
this
element
is
not
applicable
since
the
only
energy
recovery
methods
are
combustion
in
a
kiln,
boiler
or
industrial
furnace.
Combustion
units
other
than
kilns,
boilers
and
industrial
furnaces
are
used
for
treatment
of
the
toxic
chemical
(
except
for
metal
and
metal
compounds).
This
proposed
revision
incorporates
these
codes
into
the
form
so
it
is
easier
to
identify
the
appropriate
release
or
other
waste
management
activity
for
the
toxic
chemical
reported,
and
thus
provides
greater
clarity
to
the
information
collected.
Also,
in
light
of
feedback
received
from
stakeholders,
EPA
has
broken
the
information
collected
on
releases
in
section
8.1
of
part
II
into
four
subcategories
which
are;
total
onsite
uncontained
releases;
total
onsite
contained
disposal;
total
offsite
uncontained
releases;
and
total
offsite
contained
disposal.
The
category
of
contained
disposal
would
include
the
quantities
sent
to
on­
site
or
off­
site
landfills
and
Class
I
Underground
Injection
Control
wells.
This
would
provide
a
more
complete
characterization
of
TRI
chemicals
in
waste
streams
by
distinguishing
between
releases
to
ambient
media
and
releases
to
managed
facilities
consistent
with
environmental
reporting
requirements
under
other
laws.
The
presence
of
only
one
of
these
factors
is
not
considered
enough
to
consider
the
release
``
contained'';
for
example,
regulated
air
stack
emissions
are
clearly
not
contained
releases.
Therefore,
all
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release
quantities
other
than
quantities
sent
to
on­
site
or
off­
site
landfills
and
Class
I
Underground
Inject
Control
wells
would
be
included
in
the
category
of
uncontained
releases.
This
change
and
others
are
described
in
more
detail
in
section
3(
b)
of
the
ICR
Supporting
Statement.
Also,
a
draft
of
the
proposed
Form
R
and
crosswalk
table
can
be
found
in
Appendix
G
of
the
ICR
Supporting
Statement.
EPA
is
interested
in
receiving
comments
on
the
proposed
changes
to
the
Form
R
and
is
particularly
interested
in
receiving
comment
on
whether
the
individual
waste
streams
in
section
5
are
appropriately
classified
as
either
contained
or
uncontained
for
section
8.
In
addition,
the
Agency
is
soliciting
input
on
whether
the
headings
used
in
section
8
are
appropriate
to
describe
the
intended
categories.

VI.
To
What
Information
Collection
Activity
or
ICR
Does
This
Notice
Apply?
EPA
is
seeking
comments
on
the
following
ICR,
as
well
as
the
Agency's
intention
to
renew
the
corresponding
OMB
approval,
which
is
currently
scheduled
to
expire
on
October
31,
2003.
Title:
Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting.
ICR
numbers:
EPA
ICR
No.
1363.13,
OMB
No.
2070
 
0093.
Abstract:
EPCRA
section
313
requires
owners
and
operators
of
certain
facilities
that
manufacture,
process,
or
otherwise
use
any
of
over
650
listed
toxic
chemicals
and
chemical
categories
in
excess
of
applicable
threshold
quantities
to
report
annually
to
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
and
to
the
states
in
which
such
facilities
are
located
on
their
environmental
releases
and
transfers
of
and
other
waste
management
activities
for
such
chemicals.
In
addition,
section
6607
of
the
Pollution
Prevention
Act
(
PPA)
requires
that
facilities
provide
information
on
the
quantities
of
the
toxic
chemicals
in
waste
streams
and
the
efforts
made
to
reduce
or
eliminate
those
quantities.
Annual
reporting
under
EPCRA
section
313
of
toxic
chemical
releases
and
other
waste
management
information
provides
citizens
with
a
more
complete
picture
of
the
total
disposition
of
chemicals
in
their
communities
and
helps
focus
industries'
attention
on
pollution
prevention
and
source
reduction
opportunities.
EPA
believes
that
the
public
has
a
right
to
know
about
the
disposition
of
chemicals
within
communities
and
the
management
of
such
chemicals
by
facilities
in
industries
subject
to
EPCRA
section
313
reporting.
This
reporting
has
been
successful
in
providing
communities
with
important
information
regarding
the
disposition
of
toxic
chemicals
and
other
waste
management
information
of
toxic
chemicals
from
manufacturing
facilities
in
their
areas.
EPA
collects,
processes,
and
makes
available
to
the
public
all
of
the
information
collected.
The
information
gathered
under
these
authorities
is
stored
in
a
database
maintained
at
EPA
and
is
available
through
the
Internet.
This
information,
commonly
known
as
the
Toxics
Release
Inventory
(
TRI),
is
used
extensively
by
both
EPA
and
the
public
sector.
Program
offices
within
EPA
use
TRI
data,
along
with
other
sources
of
data,
to
establish
priorities,
evaluate
potential
exposure
scenarios,
and
undertake
enforcement
activities.
Environmental
and
public
interest
groups
use
the
data
in
studies
and
reports,
making
the
public
more
aware
of
releases
of
chemicals
in
their
communities.
Comprehensive
publicly­
available
data
about
releases,
transfers,
and
other
waste
management
activities
of
toxic
chemicals
at
the
community
level
are
generally
not
available,
other
than
under
the
reporting
requirements
of
EPCRA
section
313.
Permit
data
are
often
difficult
to
obtain,
are
not
cross­
media
and
present
only
a
limited
perspective
on
a
facility's
overall
performance.
With
TRI,
and
the
real
gains
in
understanding
it
has
produced,
communities
and
governments
know
what
toxic
chemicals
industrial
facilities
in
their
area
release,
transfer,
or
otherwise
manage
as
waste.
In
addition,
industries
have
an
additional
tool
for
evaluating
efficiency
and
progress
on
their
pollution
prevention
goals.
Responses
to
the
collection
of
information
are
mandatory
(
see
40
CFR
part
372).
Respondents
may
claim
all
or
part
of
a
notice
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.
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.

VII.
What
Are
EPA's
Burden
and
Cost
Estimates
for
This
ICR?
Under
the
PRA,
``
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.
For
this
collection,
it
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.
The
ICR
supporting
statement
provides
a
detailed
explanation
of
this
estimate,
which
is
only
briefly
summarized
in
this
notice.
The
annual
public
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
19.5
hours
per
response.
The
following
is
a
summary
of
the
estimates
taken
from
the
ICR:
Respondents/
affected
entities:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
owners
or
operators
of
certain
facilities
that
manufacture,
process,
or
otherwise
use
certain
specified
toxic
chemicals
and
chemical
categories
and
are
required
to
report
annually
on
the
environmental
releases
and
transfers
of
waste
management
activities
for
such
chemicals.
Estimated
total
number
of
potential
responses:
84,000.
Frequency
of
response:
Annual.
Estimated
total
annual
burden
hours:
2,403,867.
Estimated
total
annual
burden
costs:
$
106.2
million.

VIII.
Are
There
Changes
in
the
Estimates
From
the
Last
Approval?
As
a
result
of
OMB's
03/
10/
2003
approval
of
the
last
ICR
renewal,
OMB's
inventory
reflects
88,117
responses
and
5,566,564
hours
for
this
information
collection.
This
ICR
supporting
statement
is
for
84,000
responses
and
2,403,867
hours.
The
reduction
in
burden
of
approximately
3.16
million
hours
is
the
result
of
three
adjustments.
The
first
adjustment
is
to
the
number
of
responses.
The
estimate
of
88,117
responses
in
the
existing
OMB
approval
incorporated
a
predicted
reporting
increase
from
the
economic
analysis
of
the
final
rule
to
lower
reporting
thresholds
for
lead
and
lead
compounds.
This
prediction
overestimated
actual
reporting
levels;
EPA
received
about
70
percent
of
the
additional
lead
and
lead
compound
reports
that
were
forecast.
The
number
of
responses
in
this
ICR
supporting
statement
have
been
adjusted
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accurately
reflect
actual
reporting
levels
(
rounded
to
the
next
highest
thousand
responses).
This
adjustment
accounts
for
a
decrease
of
about
218,000
hours.
The
second
adjustment
is
to
the
unit
burden
hours.
EPA
has
adjusted
the
estimate
of
unit
burden
hours
for
Form
R
completion
in
subsequent
years
from
47.1
hours
to
14.5
hours
based
on
responses
from
actual
TRI
reporting
facilities.
This
adjustment
accounts
for
a
decrease
of
about
2.68
million
hours.
The
third
adjustment
relates
to
the
adoption
of
TRI
 
ME,
an
automated
reporting
software
package.
EPA
has
reduced
the
burden
estimates
related
to
Form
R
Completion
and
Recordkeeping/
Submission
by
25
percent
for
the
reports
filed
using
TRI
 
ME.
On
an
annualized
basis,
an
estimated
60
percent
of
reports
are
expected
to
be
filed
using
TRI
 
ME
over
the
three
years
of
the
ICR.
This
adjustment
accounts
for
a
decrease
of
about
261,000
hours.
The
sum
of
these
adjustments
is
a
decrease
of
4,117
responses
and
3,162,697
burden
hours
from
the
current
approved
total.
These
adjustments
are
described
in
further
detail
in
the
supporting
statement
for
this
ICR,
available
in
the
public
version
of
the
official
record.

IX.
What
Is
the
Next
Step
in
the
Process
for
This
ICR?

EPA
will
consider
the
comments
received
and
amend
the
ICR
as
appropriate.
The
final
ICR
package
will
then
be
submitted
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.12.
EPA
will
issue
another
Federal
Register
notice
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.5(
a)(
1)(
iv)
to
announce
the
submission
of
the
ICR
to
OMB
and
the
opportunity
to
submit
additional
comments
to
OMB.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
this
ICR
or
the
approval
process,
please
contact
the
person(
s)
listed
in
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.

Dated:
June
25,
2003.

Kimberly
T.
Nelson,

Assistant
Administrator,
Office
of
Environmental
Information.
[
FR
Doc.
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Filed
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7521
 
3]

Solicitation
Notice;
Children's
Environmental
Health
Protection
State
Level
Collaboration
to
Address
Childhood
Asthma
Initiative,
Fiscal
Year
2003
 
USEPA
 
AO
 
OCHP
 
03
 
001
Fiscal
Year
2003,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
deadline
for
letter
of
intent,
August
11,
2003;
http://
yosemite.
epa.
gov/
ochp/
ochpweb.
nsf/
content/
grants.
htm.

Contents
Section
I
 
Overview
Section
II
 
Dates
and
Deadlines
Section
III
 
Addresses
for
Delivering
Letters
of
Intent
and
Proposals
Section
IV
 
Eligible
Applicants
and
Activities
Section
V
 
Funding
Priorities
Section
VI
 
Application
Process
Section
VII
 
Requirements
for
Letters
of
Intent
and
Full
Proposals
Section
VIII
 
Review
and
Selection
Process
Section
IX
 
Grantee
Responsibilities
Section
X
 
Other
Information
and
Shipping
Attachment:
Sample
Letter
of
Intent
Summary
Sheet
Section
I.
Overview
A.
Summary
This
action
known
as
the
Solicitation
Notice
for
the
Children's
Environmental
Health
Protection
State
Level
Collaboration
to
Address
Childhood
Asthma
Initiative,
Fiscal
Year
2003
announces
the
availability
of
funds
from
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
(
EPA)
Office
of
Children's
Health
Protection
(
OCHP),
to
support
the
efforts
of
state
environment
and
health
agencies
together
to
minimize
the
environmental
factors
that
exacerbate
asthma
symptoms
in
children.

B.
Authorities
Section
103
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA)
authorizes
EPA's
Administrator
to
conduct
and
promote
the
coordination
and
acceleration
of
research,
investigations,
experiments,
demonstrations,
surveys
and
studies
relating
to
the
causes,
effects
(
including
health
and
welfare
effects),
extent,
prevention,
and
control
of
air
pollution
by
making
grants
to
air
pollution
control
agencies,
to
other
public
or
nonprofit
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations
for
purposes
stated
in
section
103(
a)(
1)
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
oar/
caa/
caa103.
txt.
The
goal
of
the
Children's
Environmental
Health
Protection
program
(
hereinafter
``
the
Initiative'')
is
to
minimize
and/
or
eliminate
children's
exposure
to
environmental
health
threats
 
recognizing
children's
special
vulnerability
to
these
threats
and
recognizing
the
possibility
of
preventable
childhood
exposures
leading
to
lifelong,
irreversible
consequences.
This
program
is
included
within
the
Catalogue
for
Domestic
Assistance
(
CFDA)
listing
number:
66.609
found
at
http://
www.
cfda.
gov.
This
funding
initiative
will
support
planning
and/
or
demonstration
projects
related
specifically
to
the
environmental
triggers
of
childhood
asthma.

C.
Background
In
recent
years,
EPA's
Office
of
Children's
Health
Protection
has
encouraged
and
supported
collaboration
between
state
level
health
and
environment
agencies
toward
the
end
of
building
state
capacity
to
combat
childhood
asthma.
Since
the
summer
of
2001,
the
Environmental
Council
of
the
States
(
ECOS)
has
collaborated
with
the
Association
of
State
and
Territorial
Health
Officials
(
ASTHO)
and
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
to
design
a
flexible
template
for
state
level
strategies
and
actions
to
minimize
environmental
factors
that
contribute
to
asthma
in
children.
This
focus
on
environmental
factors
complements
the
on­
going
Centers
for
Disease
Control
(
CDC)
state
asthma
program
which
recognizes
the
need
to
address
environmental
factors
but
does
not
explicitly
provide
guidance
or
support
for
this
aspect
of
disease
prevention
and
control.
This
action
may
also
complement
Housing
and
Urban
Development's
(
HUD)
Healthy
Homes
Initiative,
which
supports
effective
home
assessment
and
intervention
programs
as
well
as
public
education.
Throughout
2002,
ECOS,
ASTHO,
and
EPA
hosted
a
series
of
four
workshops
to
refine
the
details
of
a
cooperative
approach
in
four
specific
areas:
Data,
environmental
factors
in
homes,
environmental
factors
in
schools
and
child
care
facilities,
and
outdoor
environmental
factors.
The
eligible
funding
categories
and
guiding
principles
of
this
Request
for
Applications
are
a
reflection
of
the
draft
action
agenda,
Catching
Your
Breath,
http://
www.
astho.
org/
pubs/
CatchingYourBreathReport.
pdf
that
resulted
from
this
intensive
collaborative
visioning
process.

D.
Proposal
Categories
The
Initiative
plans
to
award
assistance
agreements
(
grants
and
cooperative
agreements)
to
state
health
and
environment
agencies
and/
or
regional
air
authorities
with
formal
delegated
authorities
with
a
project
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