Notice2025-22527
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Community Right-to-Know and Emergency Planning (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1428.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0078
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Published
December 11, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Trade Secrets Claims for Community Right-To-Know and Emergency Planning" (EPA ICR No. 1428.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0078) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2026. This document allows 60 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 236 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57462-57463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22527]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361; FRL-13108-01-OLEM]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information
Collection Request; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Community
Right-to-Know and Emergency Planning (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1428.13,
OMB Control No. 2050-0078
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Trade Secrets Claims
for Community Right-To-Know and Emergency Planning'' (EPA ICR No.
1428.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0078) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments
on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described
in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through June 30, 2026. This document allows
60 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2006-0361, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Noggle, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Mail Code 5101T,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1306; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3957565e5e555c174e505555505854795c4958175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2846474f4f444d065f414444414945684d5849064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through June 30, 2026. 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.
This document allows 60 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="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. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) 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; (ii) evaluate the
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accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate forms of information technology. 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. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register
document to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: This information collection request pertains to trade
secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). EPCRA contains
provisions requiring facilities to report to state and local
authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances
(section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (sections 311 and 312)
and manufacture, process and use of toxic chemicals (section 313).
Section 322 of EPCRA allows a facility to withhold the specific
chemical identity from these EPCRA reports if the facility asserts a
trade secret claim for that chemical identity. The provisions in
section 322 establish the requirements and procedures that facilities
must follow to request trade secret treatment of chemical identities,
as well as the procedures for submitting public petitions to the Agency
for review of the ``sufficiency'' of trade secret claims.
Trade secret protection is provided for specific chemical
identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following
sections of EPCRA: (1) Section 303(d)(2)--Facility notification of
changes that have or are about to occur; (2) section 303(d)(3)--Local
Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information
to develop or implement emergency plans; (3) section 311--Material
Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or lists of those
chemicals submitted in place of the MSDSs; (4) section 312--Emergency
and Hazardous Chemical Inventory forms (Tier I and Tier II); and (5)
section 313--Toxic chemical release inventory form.
The burden estimates, numbers and types of respondents, wage rates
and unit and total costs for this ICR renewal will be revised and
updated if needed during the 60-day comment period while the ICR
Supporting Statement is undergoing review at OMB.
Form numbers: EPA Form 9510-1.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are manufacturer and non-manufacturer facilities subject to
reporting under sections 303, 311, 312 or 313 of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory if a respondent
decides to make a trade secret claim for the chemical identity for any
of the chemicals in any of the reports the respondent is required to
submit under EPCRA sections 303, 311, 312 or 313.
Estimated number of respondents: 283 trade secret claims.
Frequency of response: Annual, with reports submitted under
sections 312 and 313.
Total estimated burden: 2,689 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $164,989 (per year). There are no capital or
operation and maintenance costs associated with this ICR.
Changes in the estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay
substantially the same.
Andrew Baca,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2025-22527 Filed 12-10-25; 8:45 am]
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