[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 108 (Thursday, June 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34434-34435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12042]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0611; FRL-10006-89-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and
Management--Generic ICR for Interviews 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 Interviews and Focus Groups
(EPA ICR Number 2584.01 and OMB Control Number 2070-NEW) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a request for approval
of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on August 5, 2019 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. 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.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2018-0612 to EPA online using www.regulations.gov. The EPA Docket
Center and Reading Room was closed to public visitors on March 31, 2020
to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. There is a temporary
suspension of mail delivery to EPA, and no hand deliveries are
currently accepted. For further information on EPA Docket Center
services and the current status, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: For technical information contact:
Albert Monroe, Economic and Policy Analysis Branch, Chemistry,
Economics, and Sustainable Strategies Division (MC7406M), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-7116; email address: [email protected]. For general
information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton
Ave. Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
www.regulations.gov. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the
public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room was closed
to public visitors on March 31, 2020, to reduce the risk of
transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide
remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For further
information on EPA Docket Center services and the current status,
please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to help provide data for EPA's
risk evaluations and risk management of existing chemicals under TSCA
section 6 more efficiently and effectively. Under TSCA, EPA must gather
information with sufficient detail about chemicals, including hazards,
conditions of use, exposures, potentially exposed and susceptible
subpopulations, health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably
ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other
information in a timely fashion to meet TSCA's statutory timeframes.
Therefore, EPA is requesting approval for a generic ICR to conduct
interviews and focus groups of respondents described below related to
information collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and
management. This research would consist of open-ended structured
discussions or interviews with individuals or small groups of
individuals, and therefore can provide in-depth information. 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. EPA would not
collect information of a sensitive or private nature. However,
respondents may claim information submitted as part of an interview or
focus group as confidential. EPA generally treats this information as
obtained under TSCA, such that confidentiality claims are subject to
the provisions of TSCA section 14.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR include chemical manufacturers (as long as the information
requested does not duplicate information already in possession of the
federal government), chemical users (including government agencies),
processors, recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers of chemical-
containing products, employees who may be exposed to the chemical
evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental
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organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the
public (including potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations).
As such, there are no typical respondent NAICS codes and the
respondents will vary depending on the conditions of use of each
chemical under consideration.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 714.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total burden: 237 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Estimated total costs: $18,296 (per year), which includes no
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a request for a new approval from
OMB.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-12042 Filed 6-3-20; 8:45 am]
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