83 FR 29554 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 122 (June 25, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-13545

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory''. This is a request to renew the approval of an existing ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2018. EPA did not receive any public comments in response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register of February 6, 2018. With this submission to OMB, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public review and comment.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0320; FRL-9976-23-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported Chemical 
Substances on the TSCA Inventory (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``Correction of Misreported Chemical 
Substances on the TSCA Inventory''. This is a request to renew the 
approval of an existing ICR, which is currently approved through June 
30, 2018. EPA did not

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receive any public comments in response to the previously provided 
public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register of February 6, 
2018. With this submission to OMB, EPA is providing an additional 30 
days for public review and comment.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 25, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2017-0320, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to the OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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: Brandon Mullings, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7507-M), Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4826; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR status: This ICR (EPA ICR Number 1741.08, OMB Control Number 
2070-0145) is currently scheduled to expire on June 30, 2018. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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.
    Abstract: This ICR pertains to the form that the chemical industry 
uses exclusively in submitting requests to EPA's Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) for correcting misreported chemical 
identities of substances listed on the Inventory. Such requests pertain 
only to errors discovered in the original submissions to the Inventory 
when established in 1979.
    Section 8(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 
EPA to compile and keep current an Inventory of Chemical Substances in 
Commerce, which is a listing of chemical substances manufactured, 
imported, and processed for commercial purposes in the United States. 
The purpose of the Inventory is to define, for the purpose of TSCA, 
what chemical substances exist in U.S. commerce. Since the Inventory 
thereby performs a regulatory function by distinguishing between 
existing chemicals and new chemicals, it is imperative that the 
Inventory be accurate. However, from time to time, EPA or respondents 
discover that substances have been incorrectly described by reporting 
companies. Reported substances have been unintentionally misidentified 
as a result of simple typographical errors, the misidentification of 
substances, or the lack of sufficient technical or analytical 
information to characterize fully the exact chemical substances. EPA 
has developed guidelines (45 FR 50544, July 29, 1980) under which 
incorrectly described substances listed in the Inventory can be 
corrected. The correction mechanism ensures the accuracy of the 
Inventory without imposing an unreasonable burden on the chemical 
industry. Without the Inventory correction mechanism, a company that 
submitted incorrect information would have to file a pre-manufacture 
notification (PMN) under TSCA section 5 to place the correct chemical 
substance on the Inventory whenever the previously reported substance 
is found to be misidentified. This would impose a much greater burden 
on both EPA and the submitter than the existing correction mechanism. 
This information collection applies to reporting and recordkeeping 
activities associated with the correction of misreported chemical 
substances found on the TSCA Inventory.
    Respondents may claim all or part of a response confidential. EPA 
will disclose information that is covered by a claim of confidentiality 
only to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures 
in TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2.
    Form numbers: TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory Reporting Form C 
(EPA Form 7710-3C).
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers or importers of 
chemical substances, mixtures or categories listed on the TSCA 
Inventory and regulated under TSCA section 8, who had reported to EPA 
during the initial effort to establish the TSCA Inventory in 1979, and 
who need to make a correction to that submission.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Total estimated number of respondents: 9.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 39.24 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,029.72 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is increase of 19 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase reflects program changes in CBI 
substantiation requirements, as enacted in the Frank R Lautenberg 
Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century, which amended TSCA in 2016. 
This change is the result of a program change.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY notice. All documents may be filed Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/18.
electronically via the internet. See 18 Docket Numbers: RP18–898–000.
Federal Energy Regulatory CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline
Commission instructions on the Commission’s Company LLC.
[Project No. 10822–013] website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs- Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revise
filing/efiling.asp. If unable to be filed Rate Schedules to Provide Multiple
Notice of Availability of Environmental electronically, documents may be paper- Evergreen Option to be effective 7/16/
Assessment: Town of Canton, filed. Paper filings should be mailed to: 2018.
Connecticut The Secretary, Federal Energy Filed Date: 6/15/18.
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Accession Number: 20180615–5019.
In accordance with the National NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/27/18.
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and page of any filing should include docket The filings are accessible in the
the Federal Energy Regulatory number P–10822–013. Commenters can Commission’s eLibrary system by
Commission’s (Commission) submit brief comments up to 6,000 clicking on the links or querying the
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. characters, without prior registration, docket number.
486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Any person desiring to intervene or
using the eComment system at http://
Projects has reviewed an application protest in any of the above proceedings
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
submitted by the Town of Canton, must file in accordance with Rules 211
ecomment.asp. You must include your
Connecticut (applicant), for the and 214 of the Commission’s
name and contact information at the end
reinstatement, amendment, and transfer Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
of your comments.
of license for the Upper Collinsville 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Project No. 10822. The project is on the Dated: June 18, 2018.
time on the specified comment date.
Farmington River near the village of Kimberly D. Bose,
Protests may be considered, but
Collinsville, Hartford County, Secretary.
intervention is necessary to become a
Connecticut. The project does not [FR Doc. 2018–13496 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] party to the proceeding.
occupy federal lands. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
An environmental assessment (EA)
information relating to filing
has been prepared as part of staff’s
requirements, interventions, protests,
review of the proposal. In the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY service, and qualifying facilities filings
application, the applicant proposes to
Federal Energy Regulatory can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
rehabilitate the project, install a Kaplan
Commission docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
turbine with a total installed capacity of
other information, call (866) 208–3676
1,000 kilowatts, provide upstream and
Combined Notice of Filings (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
downstream fish and eel passage, and
provide additional environmental Dated: June 18, 2018.
Take notice that the Commission has
measures, including water quality received the following Natural Gas Kimberly D. Bose,
monitoring, mussel relocation, and Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Secretary.
recreation. The applicant requests the [FR Doc. 2018–13493 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am]
Commission to reinstate the license Filings Instituting Proceedings BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
with a new term of 40–50 years. The EA Docket Number: PR18–58–000.
contains Commission staff’s analysis of Applicants: Enable Oklahoma
the probable environmental impacts of Intrastate Transmission, LLC. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
the proposed action and concludes that Description: Tariff filing per AGENCY
approval of the proposal would not 284.123(b),(e)+(g): EOIT Revised SOC
constitute a major federal action July 2018 to be effective 7/13/2018. [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0320; FRL–9976–23–
Filed Date: 6/13/18. OEI]
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment. Accession Number: 201806135084.
Information Collection Request
The EA is available for review and Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/5/18.
284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET Submitted to OMB for Review and
reproduction at the Commission’s
8/13/18. Approval; Comment Request;
Public Reference Room, located at 888
Correction of Misreported Chemical
First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, Docket Number: PR18–59–000. Substances on the TSCA Inventory
DC 20426. The EA may also be viewed Applicants: Kinder Morgan Tejas
(Renewal)
on the Commission’s website at http:// Pipeline LLC.
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘elibrary’’ link. Description: Tariff filing per AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Enter the docket number (P–10822) in 284.123(b)(2)+(: Petition for Approval of Agency (EPA).
the docket number field to access the Market-Based Rates to be effective 10/1/ ACTION: Notice.
document. For assistance, contact FERC 2018.
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport Filed Date: 6/15/18. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208– Accession Number: 201806155106. Agency (EPA) has submitted the
3372, or for TTY, (202) 502–865. Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET following information collection request
You may register online at http:// 7/6/18. (ICR) to the Office of Management and
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Docket Numbers: RP18–897–000. Budget (OMB) for review and approval
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esubscription.asp to be notified via Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline in accordance with the Paperwork
email of new filings and issuances Company, LP. Reduction Act (PRA): ‘‘Correction of
related to this or other pending projects. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revise Misreported Chemical Substances on
For assistance, contact FERC Online Interruptible Pro Forma Agreements to the TSCA Inventory’’. This is a request
Support. be effective 7/16/2018. to renew the approval of an existing
Any comments should be filed within Filed Date: 6/15/18. ICR, which is currently approved
30 days from the issuance date of this Accession Number: 20180615–5018. through June 30, 2018. EPA did not

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receive any public comments in The OMB control numbers are a claim of confidentiality only to the
response to the previously provided displayed either by publication in the extent permitted by, and in accordance
public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register or by other appropriate with, the procedures in TSCA section 14
Federal Register of February 6, 2018. means, such as on the related collection and 40 CFR part 2.
With this submission to OMB, EPA is instrument or form, if applicable. Form numbers: TSCA Chemical
providing an additional 30 days for Abstract: This ICR pertains to the Substance Inventory Reporting Form C
public review and comment. form that the chemical industry uses (EPA Form 7710–3C).
DATES: Additional comments may be exclusively in submitting requests to Respondents/affected entities:
submitted on or before July 25, 2018. EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention Manufacturers or importers of chemical
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, and Toxics (OPPT) for correcting substances, mixtures or categories listed
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– misreported chemical identities of on the TSCA Inventory and regulated
OPPT–2017–0320, to (1) EPA online substances listed on the Inventory. Such under TSCA section 8, who had
using http://www.regulations.gov (our requests pertain only to errors reported to EPA during the initial effort
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA discovered in the original submissions to establish the TSCA Inventory in 1979,
Docket Center, Environmental to the Inventory when established in and who need to make a correction to
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1979. that submission.
Section 8(b) of the Toxic Substances Respondent’s obligation to respond:
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to Voluntary.
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
compile and keep current an Inventory Total estimated number of
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
of Chemical Substances in Commerce, respondents: 9.
Address comments to the OMB Desk
which is a listing of chemical Frequency of response: On occasion.
Officer for EPA. substances manufactured, imported, and
EPA’s policy is that all comments Total estimated burden: 39.24 hours
processed for commercial purposes in (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
received will be included in the public
the United States. The purpose of the 1320.03(b).
docket without change including any
Inventory is to define, for the purpose Total estimated cost: $3,029.72 (per
personal information provided, unless
of TSCA, what chemical substances year), includes $0 annualized capital or
the comment includes profanity, threats,
exist in U.S. commerce. Since the operation & maintenance costs.
information claimed to be Confidential
Inventory thereby performs a regulatory Changes in the estimates: There is
Business Information (CBI) or other
function by distinguishing between increase of 19 hours in the total
information whose disclosure is existing chemicals and new chemicals,
restricted by statute. estimated respondent burden compared
it is imperative that the Inventory be with the ICR currently approved by
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: accurate. However, from time to time,
Brandon Mullings, Environmental OMB. This increase reflects program
EPA or respondents discover that changes in CBI substantiation
Assistance Division (7507–M), Office of substances have been incorrectly
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, requirements, as enacted in the Frank R
described by reporting companies. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Reported substances have been
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 21st Century, which amended TSCA in
unintentionally misidentified as a result 2016. This change is the result of a
20460; telephone number: (202) 564– of simple typographical errors, the
4826; email address: mullings.brandon@ program change.
misidentification of substances, or the
epa.gov. lack of sufficient technical or analytical Courtney Kerwin,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: information to characterize fully the Director, Collection Strategies Division.
Docket: Supporting documents, exact chemical substances. EPA has [FR Doc. 2018–13545 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am]
including the ICR that explains in detail developed guidelines (45 FR 50544, July BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
the information collection activities and 29, 1980) under which incorrectly
the related burden and cost estimates described substances listed in the
that are summarized in this document, Inventory can be corrected. The FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
are available in the docket for this ICR. correction mechanism ensures the
The docket can be viewed online at accuracy of the Inventory without Sunshine Act Meeting
http://www.regulations.gov or in person imposing an unreasonable burden on
at the EPA Docket Center, West William the chemical industry. Without the TIME AND DATE: Thursday, June 28, 2018
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Inventory correction mechanism, a at 2:00 p.m.
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. company that submitted incorrect PLACE: 1050 First Street NE,
The telephone number for the Docket information would have to file a pre- Washington, DC (12th Floor).
Center is (202) 566–1744. For additional manufacture notification (PMN) under
STATUS: This meeting will be open to the
information about EPA’s public docket, TSCA section 5 to place the correct
Public.
visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. chemical substance on the Inventory
ICR status: This ICR (EPA ICR whenever the previously reported MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Number 1741.08, OMB Control Number substance is found to be misidentified. Correction and Approval of Minutes for
2070–0145) is currently scheduled to This would impose a much greater May 24, 2018
expire on June 30, 2018. Under OMB burden on both EPA and the submitter Correction and Approval of Minutes for
regulations, the Agency may continue to than the existing correction mechanism. June 7, 2018
conduct or sponsor the collection of This information collection applies to Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–09:
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information while this submission is reporting and recordkeeping activities Clements
pending at OMB. Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. associated with the correction of Disposition of Open 2014 Audits
3501 et seq., an agency may not conduct misreported chemical substances found Management and Administrative
or sponsor, and a person is not required on the TSCA Inventory. Matters
to respond to, a collection of Respondents may claim all or part of CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
information unless it displays a a response confidential. EPA will Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone:
currently valid OMB control number. disclose information that is covered by (202) 694–1220.

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 25, 2018.
Contact		Brandon Mullings, Environmental Assistance Division (7507-M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
FR Citation		83 FR 29554