Notice2023-17572
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidentiality Rules (Renewal)
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Published
August 16, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Confidentiality Rules (EPA ICR Number 1665.15, OMB Control Number 2020-0003) 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 September 20, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 25, 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 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55690-55691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17572]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OGC-2020-0020; FRL11341-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Confidentiality Rules (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), Confidentiality Rules (EPA ICR
Number 1665.15, OMB Control Number 2020-0003) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval
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in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 20,
2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on January 25, 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 September 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2020-0020, 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#432b326d252c2a22032633226d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf3eab5fdf4f2fadbfeebfab5fcf4ed">[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: Brandon A. Levine, Office of General
Counsel, (2310A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-6625; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90fcf5e6f9fef5bef2e2f1fef4fffed0f5e0f1bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2ded7c4dbdcd79cd0c0d3dcd6dddcf2d7c2d39cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through September 20, 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 25, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 4822). 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: EPA established the requirements set forth in 40 CFR part
2, subpart B, ``Confidentiality of Business Information.'' The
requirements govern CBI claims. The requirements include the handling
by the Agency of business information, which is or may be entitled to
confidential treatment; requiring business submitters to substantiate
CBI claims; and determining whether such information is entitled to
confidential treatment for reasons of business confidentiality. This
request to renew an existing ICR allows the Agency to continue
collecting information the Agency requires to make final determinations
regarding whether information claimed as confidential is entitled to
confidential treatment under EPA's CBI regulations.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Any entity submitting information
claimed as CBI to EPA.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain
benefits.
Estimated number of respondents: 225 (per year) (total).
Frequency of response: One-time submission for information claimed
as CBI.
Total estimated burden: 3,217.5 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,287,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 2,465.1 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is due to a combination of factors.
Since the last ICR renewal, the Agency has experienced a modest
increase in the number of respondents. Additionally, after consulting
with a sample of respondent businesses (or respective outside
counsels), EPA determined the average estimated burden for each
response has increased compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.
Calculating the burden for responding to a substantiation request
letter is fact-specific, and the burden can vary based on the following
factors: a respondent's familiarity with recent changes in the
applicable law, the volume and complexity of the CBI claims asserted,
and/or familiarity with the CBI substantiation request letters and
substantiation process. As part of consulting with respondent
businesses, EPA received burden estimates ranging from as few as 5
hours to as many as nearly 40 hours to substantiate varying amounts of
CBI claims. The average estimated burden across the responses that the
Agency received is approximately 14.3 hours per response. The median
estimated burden is approximately 10 hours per response. For purposes
of this ICR renewal, the Agency calculated the estimated burden using
the average.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-17572 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
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