Notice2024-27396
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Mercury Inventory Reporting (Renewal)
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Published
November 22, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted an information collection request (ICR), TSCA Mercury Inventory Reporting, (EPA ICR Number 2567.05, OMB Control Number 2070-0207) 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 February 28, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 2, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92680-92681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27396]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0617; FRL-12434-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Mercury Inventory
Reporting (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted an
information collection request (ICR), TSCA Mercury Inventory Reporting,
(EPA ICR Number 2567.05, OMB Control Number 2070-0207) 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 February 28, 2025. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 2, 2024
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 December 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2020-0617, 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, Office of Program
Support (7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1206; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccbfa0a9adbfa1ada2e2a7adb8a4a9bea5a2a98ca9bcade2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5869990948698949bdb9e94819d90879c9b90b5908594db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. 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 May 2, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 35821). 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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: As directed under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA
is required to assist in the preparation and publication in the Federal
Register of an ``inventory of mercury supply, use, and trade in the
United States'' (15 U.S.C. 2607(b)(10)(B) and (D)). Based on the
inventory of information collected through this ICR, the Agency is
directed to ``identify any manufacturing processes or products that
intentionally add mercury'' and ``recommend actions, including proposed
revisions of Federal law or regulations, to achieve further reductions
in mercury use'' (15 U.S.C. 2607(b)(10)(C)).
The primary purpose of this ICR is to support the development of
that inventory. In turn, the inventory will help the Agency identify
uses of mercury and recommend means to achieve further reductions of
such uses in commerce. In addition, the Agency seeks to obtain the
information necessary to achieve its goal to further reduce the use of
mercury in products and certain manufacturing processes in order to
prevent future releases to the environment, as well as assist the
United States in reporting implementation under the Minamata
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Convention. EPA seeks to enhance its current information on how much
mercury is used, in which products and manufacturing processes, and
whether certain products are manufactured domestically, imported, or
exported.
Reporting is required from any person who manufactures (including
imports) mercury or mercury-added products, as well as any person who
otherwise intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process under
TSCA section 8(b). The Agency promulgated reporting requirements at 40
CFR part 713. To avoid duplication, EPA coordinated the reporting with
the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC).
Form number: 9600-024.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected are
those that manufacture (including import) mercury, manufacture
(including import) mercury containing products, and those who
intentionally use mercury in a manufacturing process.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, per TSCA section
8(b) and 40 CFR 713.
Estimated number of respondents: 105 (total).
Frequency of response: Triennial.
Total estimated burden: 2,573 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $223,592 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 14,775 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease reflects a change in EPA's method of
estimating the number of expected reports. In 2021, EPA amended the
original final rule to effectuate the vacatur ordered by the Second
Circuit Court. In this ICR, with data available from the Mercury
Inventory and with no new changes to the rule itself, this ICR utilizes
data from the Reporting Year 2021 of the Mercury Inventory. In the RY
2021, there were 105 submissions (the previous ICR used an estimate of
252). This ICR assumes each respondent completes the entire form. Wages
were also updated to 2022 dollars. This change is an adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-27396 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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