Notice2023-13948
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical Data Reporting Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (Renewal)
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Published
June 30, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Chemical Data Reporting under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA ICR Number 1884.15; OMB Control Number 2070-0162), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 21, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42362-42363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13948]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0721; FRL-11118-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Chemical Data Reporting Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Chemical Data Reporting under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA ICR Number 1884.15; OMB
Control Number 2070-0162), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through June 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via
the Federal Register on September 21, 2021, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2013-0721 to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support
Branch (7602M), Office of Chemical
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Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
566-1204; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d2e31383c2e303c3373363c2935382f3433381d382d3c733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e7f8f1f5e7f9f5fabafff5e0fcf1e6fdfaf1d4f1e4f5baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR
which is currently approved through June 30, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on September 21, 2021 during a 60-day comment period (86 FR 52547).
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the
EPA will be collecting are available in the docket for this ICR. The
docket can be viewed online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 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
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: This information collection request addresses the
paperwork requirements contained in the TSCA Chemical Data Reporting
(CDR) rule. Under TSCA section 8(a), EPA is authorized to collect
certain information on chemical substances manufactured (including
imported) or processed in the United States. The CDR collection
provides chemical manufacture, processing, and use information that
helps EPA identify what chemicals the public may be exposed to as
consumers or in commercial and industrial settings. The data also help
EPA assess routes of potential exposure to those chemicals. Beginning
in 1986, EPA has used the CDR rule eight times to collect basic
manufacturing information for selected chemical substances on the TSCA
Inventory. More recent collections, beginning in 2006, included
additional information relating to the manufacture, processing, and use
of those chemical substances. The reporting requirements have been
modified through rulemaking, with the most recent major changes
occurring in 2020. The 2020 revisions included a phase-in approach for
some of its provisions. All provisions will be fully implemented for
the 2024 CDR reporting cycle. The changes are described on EPA's CDR
web page, at: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting/summary-reportingrequirement-changes-due-cdr-revisionsand-small">https://www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting/summary-reportingrequirement-changes-due-cdr-revisionsand-small</a>.
The CDR collection is on a four-year reporting cycle and contains
detailed manufacturing, processing, and use information drawn from the
principal reporting year; the rule also contains basic information on
production volume, by year, for the three years prior to the principal
reporting. Individual sites manufacturing (including importing)
chemical substances will submit the required information. The
information will be stored electronically for reference by EPA staff
and others. Within the constraints of confidentiality claims, the
information will be made public through the Agency's website: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting">https://www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting</a>. Further discussion on how the
information is used, stored, and collected is included in this
document.
Form Numbers: Form U (Form #: 9600-010), Form U Primary
Manufacturer Import (Form #: 9600-011), Form U Primary Co-Manufacturer
Contracting (Form #: 9600-012), Form U Primary Co-Manufacturer
Producing (Form #: 9600-013), Form U Secondary or Tertiary (Form #:
9600-014), and Form U Secondary Notifying Tertiary (Form #9600-015).
Respondents/affected Entities: Potentially affected entities may
include but are not limited to the following: 325 Chemical
Manufacturing and 324 Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, TSCA section 8(a)
and 40 CFR part 711.
Estimated number of respondents: 5,460 (total).
Frequency of response: Every four years.
Total estimated burden: 729,465 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $78,616,166 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 10,194 hours in
the total estimated burden compared with that currently approved by
OMB. This increase reflects a combination of reporting requirement
changes including changes to the information reported (+35,611 hours)
and changes to the number of reporters (-25,417 hours) due to
byproducts exemptions and a new small manufacturer definition, which
were included in two ICR addendums approved by OMB in 2020 (one
associated with the 2020 CDR Revisions Rule and the other with the 2020
8(a) SMD Update Rule).
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-13948 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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