Notice2025-11672
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal Collection and Request for Comment; Request for Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business Information (CBI)
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Published
June 25, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces the availability of and solicits public comment on the following Information Collection Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Request for Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business Information (CBI) (EPA ICR No. 1250.13 and OMB Control No. 2070-0075). This ICR represents a renewal of an existing ICR that is currently approved through April 30, 2026. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval under the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information collection that is summarized in this document. The ICR and accompanying material are available in the docket for public review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27016-27017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11672]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0318; FRL-12684-01-OCSPP]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal
Collection and Request for Comment; Request for Contractor Access to
TSCA Confidential Business Information (CBI)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
document announces the availability of and solicits public comment on
the following Information Collection Request (ICR) that EPA is planning
to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Request for
Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business Information (CBI) (EPA
ICR No. 1250.13 and OMB Control No. 2070-0075). This ICR represents a
renewal of an existing ICR that is currently approved through April 30,
2026. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval under
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the
information collection that is summarized in this document. The ICR and
accompanying material are available in the docket for public review and
comment.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number Docket ID No, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0318 online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Sleasman, Office of Program
Support (Mail Code 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#23704f4642504e424d0d6842574b46514a4d46634653420d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fead929b9f8d939f90d0b59f8a969b8c97909bbe9b8e9fd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?
Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
EPA specifically solicits comments and information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
II. What information collection activity or ICR does this action apply
to?
Title: Request for Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential Business
Information (CBI).
EPA ICR No.: 1250.13.
OMB Control No.: 2070-0075.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently approved through April 30,2026.
Under the PRA, 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. The OMB control numbers
for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are
displayed either by publication in the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers for certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA procures contract support to facilitate the
performance of certain duties. EPA may require contractors to handle
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Confidential Business Information
(CBI). Each contractor employee who will use TSCA CBI in the
performance of his or her duties must be authorized for access to TSCA
CBI through a multi-step process. The TSCA CBI Protection Manual (EPA
Publication 7700 A2, revised October 2003) provides Federal and
contractor employees with guidelines and operating procedures for
handling TSCA CBI while performing their official duties, as well as
the procedures to obtain authorization for access to TSCA CBI.
Specifically, for purposes of this information collection,
contractor personnel must submit to EPA the EPA form titled ``TSCA CBI
Access Request, Agreement, and Approval'' (EPA Form 7740-6). The Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), uses EPA Form 7740-6 to
collect information about contractor personnel so that the Agency can
evaluate their suitability for access to TSCA CBI. EPA stores the
information on the OPPT Chemical Information System (CIS).
The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related
materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities
and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized here:
Form number(s): 7740-6.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes 514 Information Services and 561 Administrative and
Support Services.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, per TSCA section 14
(15 U.S.C. 2613).
Estimated number of potential respondents: 288.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Total estimated burden: 461 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
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Total estimated costs: $25,220 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
III. Are there changes in the estimates from the last approval?
There is an increase of 120 hours in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase reflects the increase in the number of contractors
requesting CBI access from 214 to 288. This change is an adjustment.
IV. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue another
Federal Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or
the approval process, please contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: June 19, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-11672 Filed 6-24-25; 8:45 am]
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