Notice2023-13958
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (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), Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (EPA ICR Number 1596.11, OMB Control Number 2060- 0226) 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 August 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 24, 2023, 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 42359-42360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13958]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0077; FRL-11115-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (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), Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) Program (EPA ICR Number 1596.11, OMB Control Number 2060-
0226) 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
August 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on January 24, 2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0077, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08692569666c257a256c676b636d7c486d7869266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abca86cac5cf86d986cfc4c8c0cedfebcedbca85ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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: Christina Thompson, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Protection, (Mail Code
6205A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-0983; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a6e7275776a6975743479726873696e73747b5a7f6a7b347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6928e898b96958988c8858e948f95928f8887a6839687c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through August 31, 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 January 24, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88
FR 4177). 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 public 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="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: This information collection is necessary to implement the
requirements of the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program
for evaluating and regulating substitutes for ozone-depleting
substances (ODS) being phased out under the stratospheric ozone
protection provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and globally under the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Under CAA
section 612, EPA is authorized to identify and restrict the use of
substitutes for class I and class II ODS (listed in 40 CFR part 82,
subpart A, appendices A and B) where EPA determines other alternatives
are available or potentially available that reduce overall risk to
human health and the environment. Any producer of a new substitute must
submit a notice of intent to introduce a substitute into interstate
commerce 90 days prior to such introduction. The producer must also
provide EPA with information covering a wide range of health and
environmental factors. The EPA SNAP program then reviews proposed
substitutes based on established risk-assessment criteria and
procedures set forth in associated regulations. Results are published
in updated lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes sorted by
end-use categories.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory under
section 612 for anyone who sells or, in certain cases, uses substitutes
for an
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ODS after April 18, 1994. Measures to protect confidentiality of
information collected under the SNAP program are based on EPA's
confidentiality regulations (40 CFR 2.201 et seq., or subpart B).
Submitters may designate all or portions of their forms or petitions as
confidential. EPA requires the submitters to substantiate their claim
of confidentiality. Under CAA section 114(c), emissions information may
not be claimed as confidential.
Any substitute which is a new chemical must also be submitted to
the Agency under the New Chemicals (Premanufacture Notice) program
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Furthermore,
alternatives that will be used as sterilants must be filed jointly with
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs and with SNAP.
Form Numbers: 1264-14; 1265-14.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers, importers,
formulators, and processors of substitutes for ODS.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 82.176).
Estimated number of respondents: 154 (per year).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 4,855 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $444,249, which includes $22,912 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The number of SNAP submissions each year
is expected to remain the same from the previous ICR, at an average of
15 per year during the next 3 years. In 2020 the Agency received 20 new
SNAP submissions, and in 2021 the Agency received 13 submissions. In
the first 10 months of 2022, the Agency received 6 submissions,
although multiple submissions applied for more than 5 end-uses. Many of
the recent SNAP submissions, and those anticipated over the next three
years, are for chemicals previously found acceptable for other SNAP
applications or for blends of alternatives already found acceptable.
The burden of developing supporting information for the majority of
these submissions is expected to decrease because it is easier to find
and review information for substitutes that have been reviewed
previously.
There is an estimated 20% reduction in the number of respondents
responsible for recordkeeping for substitutes acceptable subject to use
conditions and narrowed use limits. This reduction is expected because
the increased availability of alternatives decreases the need for
industry to use alternatives previously listed as acceptable subject to
narrowed use limits.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-13958 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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