Notice2025-20413
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidation of Certain Reporting and Recordkeeping Under Section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (Renewal)
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Published
November 20, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The EPA has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Consolidation of Certain Reporting and Recordkeeping Under Section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA ICR Number 2703.02, OMB Control Number. 2070-0224) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 9, 2025 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 222 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52381-52382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20413]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0728; FRL-13089-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Consolidation of Certain Reporting and Recordkeeping Under
Section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA has submitted an information collection request (ICR),
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Consolidation of Certain Reporting and Recordkeeping Under Section 8 of
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA ICR Number 2703.02, OMB
Control Number. 2070-0224) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through November 30, 2025. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 9, 2025
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 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2021-0728, 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 2822T, 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 (Mail Code 7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-1204; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1c2ddd4d0c2dcd0df9fdad0c5d9d4c3d8dfd4f1d4c1d09fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86f5eae3e7f5ebe7e8a8ede7f2eee3f4efe8e3c6e3f6e7a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through November 30, 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 9, 2025, during a 60-day comment period (90 FR 19715). 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 ICR covers reporting and recordkeeping requirements
in TSCA section 8, for persons who manufacture, import, or process
chemical substances, mixtures, or categories, or distribute them in
commerce. Data collected helps EPA evaluate the potential for human
health and environmental risks caused by the manufacture, processing,
and distribution in commerce of chemical substances, mixtures, or
categories. TSCA section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule
(PAIR) requires manufacturers and importers of certain chemical
substances to submit information about production, use, and/or
exposure-related data. EPA is also consolidating two TSCA section 8(a)
chemical specific rules into this ICR: ``Chemical-Specific Rules under
the Toxics Substances Control Act Section 8(a); Certain Nanoscale
Materials'' (OMB Control No. 2070-0194), and ``TSCA Section 8(a)
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Asbestos'' (OMB Control
No. 2070-0222). Under TSCA section 8(c), persons who manufacture,
import, process, or distribute in commerce any chemical substance or
mixture must keep records of significant adverse reactions to health or
the environment. Allegations of adverse reactions to the health of
employees be kept for thirty years, and all other allegations be kept
for five years. Finally, under TSCA section 8(d), persons, who
manufacture, import, process, or distribute in commerce (or propose to
manufacture, import, process, or distribute in commerce) certain
chemical substances and mixtures, are required to submit to EPA lists
and copies of health and safety studies which relate to health and/or
environmental effects of the chemical substances and mixtures.
Form numbers: 7710-25, 7710-35, 7710-51, 9600-032 and 9600-07.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers (including imports) or
processors of chemical substances and/or mixtures.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 703; 704;
712; 716; 717; 766, and 792).
Estimated number of respondents: 13,595 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 106,523 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $9,138,944 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This increase is due to the fact that
this ICR is absorbing two previously independent collections (647 hours
from OMB Control Numbers 2070-0194 and 2070-0222). This ICR renewal
incorporates an increase in burden identified in a recent TSCA section
8(d) rulemaking, published on December 13, 2024 (89 FR 100756), which
incorporated an updated burden estimate arising out of a requirement to
report studies showing any measurable content of the subject chemicals
in response to information provided by stakeholders. This increase in
burden would apply only where the Agency, via the applicable
regulations, requires reporting of studies at any measurable content.
EPA does not anticipate promulgating 8(d) rules requiring such
reporting in this ICR's renewal period. Thus, despite this increase in
burden being incorporated into this ICR, any 8(d) rules promulgated
during this renewal period will not reflect this increase in burden.
These changes are program adjustments.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-20413 Filed 11-19-25; 8:45 am]
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