Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0236-0012
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Preliminary Assessment Information Rule
Posted Date: 2016-03-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15100-15101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06209]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0236; FRL-9943-53-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment 
Information Rule (PAIR)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the following information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``TSCA 
Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR)'' and 
identified by EPA ICR No. 0586.13 and OMB Control No. 2070-0054. The 
ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related 
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities 
and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized in this 
document. EPA did not receive any comments in response to the 
previously provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal 
Register on June 19, 2015 (80 FR 35349). With this submission, EPA is 
providing an additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0236, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
     To EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     To OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
docket without change, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to 
be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; email 
address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is (202) 
566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 
2016. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.

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    Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
authorizes EPA to promulgate rules under which manufacturers, importers 
and processors of chemical substances and mixtures must maintain 
records and submit reports to EPA. EPA has promulgated the Preliminary 
Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) under TSCA section 8(a). EPA uses 
PAIR to collect information to identify, assess and manage human health 
and environmental risks from chemical substances, mixtures and 
categories. PAIR requires chemical manufacturers and importers to 
complete a standardized reporting form to help evaluate the potential 
for adverse human health and environmental effects caused by the 
manufacture or importation of identified chemical substances, mixtures 
or categories. Chemicals identified by EPA or any other federal agency, 
for which a justifiable information need for production, use or 
exposure-related data can be satisfied by the use of the PAIR are 
proper subjects for TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rulemaking. In most 
instances the information that EPA receives from a PAIR report is 
sufficient to satisfy the information need in question. This 
information collection addresses the reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements associated with TSCA section 8(a).
    Respondents/Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are companies that manufacture, process or import chemical 
substances, mixtures or categories.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (see 40 CFR parts 
712, 766, and 792).
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 1.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 31.5 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $ 2,388 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 916 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's reduced 
estimate of the assumed number of PAIR reports submitted annually, and 
also reflects burden changes resulting from mandatory electronic 
submissions of PAIR reports. This change is both an adjustment and the 
result of a program change.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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