Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEI-2010-0746-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Confidentiality Rules
Posted Date: 2010-12-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78239-78240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31481]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2010-0746; FRL-9239-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidentiality Rules (Renewal); 
EPA ICR No. 1665.10, OMB Control No. 2020-0003

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 January 18, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2010-0746 to (1) EPA online using 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 Freedom 
of Information Act 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 28, 2010, (75 FR 59708), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
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-2010-0746, 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, and the telephone number for the Office 
of Environmental Information Docket is 202-566-0219.
    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. 1665.10, OMB Control No. 2020-0003.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 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 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

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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 1.5 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are businesses and other for-profit companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,320.
    Frequency of Response: 1 per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,992.30 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $88,825.25 includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There has been a decrease of 10 hours in 
the estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: December 9, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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