Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEI-2002-0003-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: TRI ICR Notice for Form R
Posted Date: 2002-07-01T04:00Z

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July
1,
2002
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Notices
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.
The
Agency
today
begins
an
effort
to
examine
the
notification
forms
and
consider
options
for
reducing
their
burden
and
increasing
the
usefulness
of
the
information
these
forms
collect.
The
Agency
would
appreciate
any
information
on
the
users
of
this
information,
how
they
use
this
information,
how
the
information
could
be
improved,
and
how
the
burden
for
these
forms
can
be
reduced.
Therefore,
the
EPA
would
like
to
solicit
comments
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.
Burden
Statement:
The
estimated
average
burden
for
renewing
the
existing
notification
ICR
is
4.25
hours
per
respondent
for
initial
notifications
and
1.84
hours
per
respondent
for
subsequent
notifications.
This
estimates
for
the
notification
ICR
includes
all
aspects
of
the
information
collection
including
time
for
reviewing
instructions,
searching
existing
data
sources,
gathering
data,
and
completing
and
reviewing
the
form.
EPA
estimates
that
the
number
of
respondents
per
year
for
notifications
is
31,125
(
16,174
initial
notifications
and
14,951
subsequent
notifications).
For
this
ICR,
collection
occurs
one
time
per
respondent,
unless
regulations
are
revised
and
promulgated.
Timing
of
the
submission
of
the
notification
is
variable
depending
on
the
status
of
the
respondent
and
the
timing
of
the
promulgation
of
the
regulations.
The
estimated
total
annual
burden
on
respondents
for
initial
and
subsequent
notifications
is
96,250
hours.
These
estimates
of
total
annual
burden
reflect
a
decrease
in
burden
of
3.9%
for
all
notifications
when
compared
with
the
previously
approved
ICR
(
1999).
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;
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.

Dated:
June
7,
2002.
Elizabeth
A.
Cotsworth,
Director,
Office
of
Solid
Waste.
[
FR
Doc.
02
 
16464
Filed
6
 
28
 
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OEI
 
10016;
FRL
 
6723
 
9]

Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting;
Alternate
Threshold
for
Low
Annual
Reportable
Amounts;
Request
for
Comment
on
Renewal
Information
Collection
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
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
the
procedures
described
in
5
CFR
1320.12:
Alternate
Threshold
for
Low
Annual
Reportable
Amounts,
Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting
(
EPA
ICR
No.
1704.06,
OMB
No.
2070
 
0143).
This
ICR
covers
the
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
associated
with
reporting
under
the
alternate
threshold
for
reporting
to
the
Toxics
Release
Inventory
(
TRI),
which
appear
in
40
CFR
part
372.
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.
Before
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
proposed
information
collection
as
described
below.
DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
the
docket
control
number
OEI
 
10016,
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
August
30,
2002.

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:
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
(
2844T),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
Telephone:
202
 
566
 
0750;
Fax:
202
 
566
 
0727;
email:
kendall.
judith@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
Does
This
Notice
Apply
to
Me?

A.
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
of
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
sector
 
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
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applicability
provisions
at
40
CFR
part
372
and
section
4(
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.
Electronic
Availability
Internet
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.

In
Person
The
Agency
has
established
an
official
record
for
this
action
under
docket
control
number
OEI
 
10016.
The
official
record
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received
during
an
applicable
comment
period,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action,
including
any
information
claimed
as
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI).
This
official
record
includes
the
documents
that
are
physically
located
in
the
docket,
as
well
as
the
documents
that
are
referenced
in
those
documents.
The
public
version
of
the
official
record
does
not
include
any
information
claimed
as
CBI.
The
public
version
of
the
official
record,
which
includes
printed,
paper
versions
of
any
electronic
comments
submitted
during
an
applicable
comment
period,
is
available
for
inspection
in
the
TSCA
Nonconfidential
Information
Center,
North
East
Mall
Rm.
B
 
607,
Waterside
Mall,
401
M
St.,
SW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
Center
is
open
from
noon
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
of
the
Center
is
(
202)
260
 
7099.

III.
How
Can
I
Respond
to
This
Notice?

A.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?

You
may
submit
comments
through
the
mail,
in
person,
or
electronically.
Be
sure
to
identify
the
appropriate
docket
control
number
(
i.
e.,
``
OEI
 
10016'')
in
your
correspondence.
1.
By
mail.
All
comments
should
be
sent
in
triplicate
to:
Document
Control
Office
(
7407),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Ariel
Rios
Building,
Washington,
DC
20460.
2.
In
person
or
by
courier.
Comments
may
be
delivered
in
person
or
by
courier
to:
OPPT
Document
Control
Office
(
DCO)
in
East
Tower
Rm.
G
 
099,
Waterside
Mall,
401
M
St.,
SW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
DCO
is
open
from
8
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
DCO
is
(
202)
260
 
7093.
3.
Electronically.
Submit
your
comments
electronically
by
e­
mail
to:
``
oppt.
ncic@
epa.
gov.''
Please
note
that
you
should
not
submit
any
information
electronically
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI.
Electronic
comments
must
be
submitted
as
an
ASCII
file
avoiding
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
Comments
and
data
will
also
be
accepted
on
standard
computer
disks
in
WordPerfect
6.1/
8.0
or
ASCII
file
format.
All
comments
and
data
in
electronic
form
must
be
identified
by
the
docket
control
number
OEI
 
10016.
Electronic
comments
on
this
document
may
also
be
filed
online
at
many
Federal
Depository
Libraries.

B.
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
on
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.
If
a
submitter
does
not
assert
a
confidentiality
claim
at
the
time
of
submission,
EPA
will
consider
this
as
a
waiver
of
any
confidentiality
claim
and
the
information
may
be
made
available
to
the
public
by
EPA
without
further
notice
to
the
submitter.

C.
What
Information
Is
EPA
Particularly
Interested
In?
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.

In
addition,
EPA
is
requesting
comment
on
a
minor
change
to
Certification
Form
A
in
this
ICR.
Facilities
will
be
required
to
supply
an
e­
mail
address
on
the
Form
A
that
will
help
to
facilitate
better
lines
of
communication
between
EPA
and
facilities
reporting
to
TRI.

IV.
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
January
31,
2003.
Title:
Alternate
Threshold
for
Low
Annual
Reportable
Amounts.
ICR
numbers:
EPA
ICR
No.
1704.06,
OMB
No.
2070
 
0143.
Abstract:
EPCRA
section
313
requires
certain
facilities
manufacturing,
processing,
or
otherwise
using
certain
toxic
chemicals
in
excess
of
specified
threshold
quantities
to
report
their
environmental
releases
of
such
chemicals
annually.
Each
such
facility
must
file
a
separate
report
for
each
such
chemical.
In
accordance
with
the
authority
in
EPCRA,
EPA
has
established
an
alternate
threshold
for
those
facilities
with
low
amounts
of
a
listed
toxic
chemical
in
wastes.
A
facility
that
otherwise
meets
the
current
reporting
thresholds,
but
estimates
that
the
total
amount
of
the
chemical
in
waste
does
not
exceed
500
pounds
per
year,
and
that
the
chemical
was
manufactured,
processed,
or
otherwise
used
in
an
amount
not
exceeding
1
million
pounds
during
the
reporting
year,
can
take
advantage
of
reporting
under
the
alternate
threshold
option
for
that
chemical
for
that
reporting
year.
Each
qualifying
facility
that
chooses
to
apply
the
revised
threshold
must
file
the
Form
A
Certification
Statement
(
EPA
Form
9350
 
2)
in
lieu
of
a
complete
TRI
reporting
Form
R
(
EPA
Form
9350
 
1).
In
submitting
the
Form
A
certification
statement,
the
facility
certifies
that
the
sum
of
the
amount
of
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section
313
chemical
in
wastes
did
not
exceed
500
pounds
for
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
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
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
or
a
Form
R.

V.
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:
5,451
respondents.
Frequency
of
Responses:
Annual.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
Hours:
145,534
burden
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
Costs:
$
6.35
million.

VI.
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:
14,793
responses
(
chemicals)
and
644,761
burden
hours.
The
burden
estimated
in
this
supporting
statement
differs
from
OMB's
inventory
as
a
result
of
adjustments
to
estimates
of
the
number
of
responses
(
from
14,793
responses
(
chemicals)
to
5,121
responses
(
Form
As)),
changes
to
unit
reporting
burden
estimates
(
from
30.2
to
9.2
burden
hours
per
chemical
certified
on
a
Form
A),
and
an
adjustment
for
use
of
TRI
 
ME,
EPA's
intelligent
report
software
(
an
additional
burden
reduction
of
3.1
hours
per
chemical
certified
on
a
Form
A)
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.

VII.
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.

List
of
Subjects
in
40
CFR
Part
372
Environmental
protection,
Information
collection
requests,
Reporting
and
record
keeping
requirements.

Dated:
June
24,
2002.

Ramona
Trovato,

Acting
Assistant
Administrator
and
Chief
Information
Officer,
Office
of
Environmental
Information.
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National
Advisory
Council
for
Environmental
Policy
and
Technology
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice
of
meeting.

SUMMARY:
Under
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act,
P.
L.
92463,
EPA
gives
notice
of
a
meeting
of
the
National
Advisory
Council
for
Environmental
Policy
and
Technology
(
NACEPT).
NACEPT
provides
advice
and
recommendations
to
the
Administrator
of
EPA
on
a
broad
range
of
environmental
policy
and
management
issues.
NACEPT
consists
of
a
representative
cross­
section
of
EPA's
partners
and
principle
constituents
who
provide
advice
and
recommendations
on
policy
issues
and
serve
as
a
sounding
board
for
new
strategies
that
the
Agency
is
developing.
NACEPT
will
discuss
a
number
of
issues,
including
emerging
trends
facing
the
agency,
environmental
technology,
and
other
program
office
initiatives.
In
addition,
NACEPT
will
report
on
the
work
and
status
of
subcommittees
and
workgroups.

DATES:
NACEPT
will
hold
a
two­
day
public
meeting
on
Thursday,
July
18,
2002,
from
8:
30
a.
m
to
5
p.
m.,
and
Friday,
July
19,
2002,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.

ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Hotel
Washington
at
515
15th
Street
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
meeting
is
open
to
the
public,
with
limited
seating
on
a
first­
come,
first­
served
basis.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Mark
Joyce,
Designated
Federal
Officer,
U.
S.
EPA,
Office
of
Cooperative
Environmental
Management,
at
(
202)
564
 
9802.
Meeting
Access:
Individuals
requiring
special
accommodation
at
this
meeting,
including
wheelchair
access,
should
contact
Mark
Joyce
at
least
five
business
days
prior
to
the
meeting
so
that
appropriate
arrangements
can
be
made.

Dated:
June
21,
2002.

Mark
Joyce,

Designated
Federal
Officer.
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