Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEI-2004-0006-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-05-12T04:00Z

ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OEI­
2004­
0006,
FRL­]

Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting;
Request
for
Comment
on
Renewal
of
Proposed,
EPA
ICR
Number
1363­
14,
OMB
Control
Number
2070­
0093
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
EPA
is
planning
to
submit
a
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
14,
OMB
No.
2070­

0093.)
This
ICR
involves
a
collection
activity
that
is
currently
approved
and
scheduled
to
expire
on
January
31,
2006.

DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
Docket
ID
No.
OEI­
2004­
0006
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
[
INSERT
DATE
60
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER].

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
Docket
ID
No.
OEI­
2004­
0006,
by
one
of
the
following
methods:

1.
Agency
Web
site:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
EDOCKET,
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.

2.
Federal
eRulemaking
Portal:
http://
www.
regulations.
gov.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.

3.
E­
mail:
oei.
docket@
epa.
gov
4.
Fax
number:
202­
566­
0741.
2
5.
Mail:
Office
of
Environmental
Information
(
OEI)
Docket,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mail
Code:
28221T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
D.
C.
20460.

Attention
Docket
ID
No.
TRI­
2004­
0001.

6.
Hand
Delivery:
EPA
Docket
Center,
(
EPA/
DC)
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20004,
telephone:
202­
566­
1744,
Attention
Docket
ID
No.
TRI­
2004­
0001.
Such
deliveries
are
only
accepted
during
the
Docket's
normal
hours
of
operation
(
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays).
Special
arrangements
should
be
made
for
deliveries
of
boxed
information.

Instructions:
Direct
your
comments
to
Docket
ID
No.
OEI­
2004­
0006.
EPA's
policy
is
that
all
comments
received
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
without
change
and
may
be
made
available
online
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
including
any
personal
information
provided,

unless
the
comment
includes
information
claimed
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)

or
other
information
for
which
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
or
otherwise
protected
through
EDOCKET,
regulations.
gov,
or
e­
mail.

The
EPA
EDOCKET
and
the
federal
regulations.
gov
Web
sites
are
"
anonymous
access"
systems,

which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity
or
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
EPA
without
going
through
EDOCKET
or
regulations.
gov,
your
e­
mail
address
will
be
automatically
captured
and
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
public
docket
and
made
available
on
the
Internet.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name
and
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment
and
with
any
disk
or
CD­
ROM
you
submit.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
3
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
Electronic
files
should
avoid
the
use
of
special
characters,
any
form
of
encryption,
and
be
free
of
any
defects
or
viruses.

Docket:
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
Docket
ID
No.
OEI­

2004­
0006.
The
public
docket
contains
information
considered
by
EPA
in
developing
this
ICR.

In
addition,
interested
parties
should
consult
documents
that
are
referenced
in
the
documents
that
EPA
has
placed
in
the
docket,
regardless
of
whether
these
referenced
documents
are
electronically
or
physically
located
in
the
docket.
For
assistance
in
locating
documents
that
are
referenced
in
documents
that
EPA
has
placed
in
the
docket,
but
that
are
not
electronically
or
physically
located
in
the
docket,
please
consult
the
person
listed
in
the
following
"
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT"
section.
All
documents
in
the
docket
are
listed
in
the
EDOCKET
index
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Although
listed
in
the
index,
some
information
is
not
publicly
available,
i.
e.,
CBI
or
other
information
for
which
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Certain
other
material,
such
as
copyrighted
material,
is
not
placed
on
the
Internet
and
will
be
publicly
available
only
in
hard
copy
form.
Publicly
available
docket
materials
are
available
either
electronically
in
EDOCKET,
or
in
hard
copy
at
the
OEI
Docket,
EPA/
DC,

EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
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.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Cassandra
Vail,
Toxics
Release
Inventory
Program
Division,
Office
of
Information
Analysis
and
Access
(
2844T),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
202­
566­
4
0753;
fax
number:
202­
566­
0741;
e­
mail:
vail.
cassandra@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

General
Information
A.
Does
This
Notice
Apply
to
Me?

This
document
applies
to
facilities
that
submit
annual
reports
under
section
313
of
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
(
EPCRA).
It
specifically
applies
to
those
who
submit
the
TRI
Form
R
or
Form
A
Certification
Statement.
(
See
http://
epa.
gov/
tri/
report/
index.
htm#
forms
for
detailed
information
about
EPA's
TRI
reporting
forms.)
To
determine
whether
your
facility
would
be
affected
by
this
action,
you
should
carefully
examine
the
applicability
criteria
in
part
372
subpart
B
of
Title
40
of
the
Code
of
Federal
Regulations.
If
you
have
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,

consult
the
person
listed
in
the
preceding
"
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT"

section.

This
document
also
is
relevant
to
those
who
utilize
EPA's
TRI
information,
including
State
agencies,
local
governments,
communities,
environmental
groups
and
other
nongovernmental
organizations,
as
well
as
members
of
the
general
public.

B.
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
2004­
0006.
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
5
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
"
Current
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/
tri/
report/
index.
htm#
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
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
either
"
quick
search
or
advanced
search,"
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
identification
number
(
i.
e.,
OEI­
2004­
0006).

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
6
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
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
or
see
67
FR
38102,
May
31,
2002.

C.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
submit
Comments?

1.
Tips
for
Preparing
Your
Comments.
When
submitting
comments,
remember
to:

Identify
the
notices/
rulemaking
by
docket
number
and
other
identifying
information
(
subject
heading,
Federal
Register
date
and
page
number).

a.
Follow
directions
­
The
agency
may
ask
you
to
respond
to
specific
questions
or
organize
comments
by
referencing
a
Code
of
Federal
Regulations
(
CFR)
part
or
section
number.

b.
Explain
why
you
agree
or
disagree;
suggest
alternatives
and
substitute
language
for
your
requested
changes.

c.
Describe
any
assumptions
and
provide
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
that
you
used.

d.
If
you
estimate
potential
costs
or
burdens,
explain
how
you
arrived
at
your
estimate
in
sufficient
detail
to
allow
for
it
to
be
reproduced.

e.
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns,
and
suggest
alternatives.

f.
Explain
your
views
as
clearly
as
possible.

g.
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
comment
period
deadline
identified.

2.
Submitting
CBI.
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
electronically
7
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
or
by
e­
mail.
Commenters
wishing
to
submit
proprietary
information
for
consideration
must
clearly
distinguish
such
information
from
other
comments
and
clearly
label
it
as
CBI.
Send
submissions
containing
such
proprietary
information
directly
to
the
following
address
only,
and
not
to
the
public
docket,
to
ensure
that
proprietary
information
is
not
inadvertently
placed
in
the
docket:
Attention:
OEI
Document
Control
Officer,
Mail
Code:
2822T,

U.
S.
EPA,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.
NW,
Washington,
DC,
20460.
You
may
claim
information
that
you
submit
to
EPA
as
CBI
by
marking
any
part
or
all
of
that
information
as
CBI
(
if
you
submit
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
as
CBI
and
then
identify
electronically
within
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
the
specific
information
that
is
CBI).
EPA
will
disclose
information
claimed
as
CBI
only
to
the
extent
allowed
by
the
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2.

In
addition
to
one
complete
version
of
the
comment
that
includes
any
information
claimed
as
CBI,
a
copy
of
the
comment
that
does
not
contain
the
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
submitted
for
inclusion
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
you
submit
the
copy
that
does
not
contain
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
clearly
that
it
does
not
contain
CBI.
Information
not
marked
as
CBI
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
without
prior
notice.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
CBI
or
the
procedures
for
claiming
CBI,
please
consult
the
person
identified
in
the
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
section.

D.
What
Information
is
EPA
Particularly
Interested
in?

Pursuant
to
section
3506(
c)(
2)(
a)
of
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
PRA),
EPA
specifically
solicits
comments
and
8
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.

E.
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,

2006.

Title:
Toxic
Chemical
Release
Reporting;
Request
for
Comments
of
Renewal
and
Proposed
Changes
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,
9
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
industry's
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
10
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.

F.
What
are
EPA's
Burden
and
Cost
Estimates
for
This
ICR?

VII.
What
are
EPA's
Burden
and
Cost
Estimates
for
This
ICR?

Burden
Statement:
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
11
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
 
0093,
is
estimated
to
average
47.1
hours
for
facilities
submitting
a
Form
R
certification
statement
for
a
single
listed
PBT
chemical
and
25.2
hours
for
a
Form
R
certification
statment
for
a
single
listed
non­
PBT
chemical.
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:
22,000
respondents.
Frequency
of
Responses:
Annual.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
Hours:

3,796,414
burden
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden
Costs:
$
1.75
million.

G.
What
are
the
Proposed
Changes
this
ICR?

No
changes
are
proposed.
EPA
is
seeking
a
two­
year
renewal
of
the
current
TRI
ICR
No.

1363.13.

H.
Are
There
Changes
in
the
Estimates
from
the
Last
Approval?

No
changes
are
proposed
in
estimates
used
and
approved
in
the
current
TRI
ICR.

I.
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
above.
12
Dated:
________________

Mike
Flynn,
Office
Director
Office
of
Information
Analysis
and
Access