Notice2025-01109
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management; Generic Information Collection Request for Interview and Focus Groups
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Published
January 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management; Generic ICR for Interview and Focus Groups, (EPA ICR Number 2584.03 and OMB Control Number 2070-0219) 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 15, 2024. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5877-5878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01109]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611; FRL-12564-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Existing Chemical Risk
Evaluation and Management; Generic Information Collection Request for
Interview and Focus Groups
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), TSCA Existing Chemical Risk
Evaluation and Management; Generic ICR for Interview and Focus Groups,
(EPA ICR Number 2584.03 and OMB Control Number 2070-0219) 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 15,
2024. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, identified by docket
identification (ID) number Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611, 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 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: Katherine Sleasman, Office of Program
Support (7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1204; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#493a252c283a2428276722283d212c3b20272c092c3928672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5968980849688848bcb8e84918d80978c8b80a5809584cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is 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 15, 2024, establishing a 60-day comment period (89 FR 42467). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting
documents, which explain in detail the information collection
activities and related estimated burden and costs that are summarized
in this document, are available in the docket. The docket can be viewed
online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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. Additional
instructions on commenting
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and visiting the docket is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Under this generic ICR, EPA may conduct interviews and
focus groups of chemical users, processors, distributors, manufacturers
(including importers), and recyclers, chemical waste handlers,
consumers of chemical-containing products, employees who may be exposed
to the chemical evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental
organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the
public (including potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations)
related to information collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and
risk management. These information collection efforts are intended to
supplement other reasonably available information on chemicals in
commerce and will provide support for the Agency's activities regarding
existing chemicals under TSCA section 6.
Data collected under this generic clearance may be used in several
ways during the risk evaluation and risk management processes,
including establishing generic scenarios, developing models of various
conditions of use of chemicals evaluated under TSCA or their
alternatives, pretesting survey questions, and providing important
context for publicly available information already available to EPA. By
learning more about the conditions of use, hazards, exposures,
potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, health and
environmental effects, benefits, reasonably ascertainable economic
consequences, alternatives, and other information for chemicals being
evaluated or regulated, EPA would be able to more precisely and
effectively carry out its risk evaluation and risk management
obligations under TSCA.
Form number(s): None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include chemical manufacturers (including importers), chemical
users (including government agencies), processors, distributors,
product manufacturers, recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers,
employees, and others with important information about the chemical
being evaluated or considered for risk management under TSCA. North
American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes identified in
question 12 of the ICR.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of potential respondents: 85.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 950 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $ 83,229, includes $0 annualized capital
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: There are no changes to the burden hours
currently approved by OMB.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01109 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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