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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 21, 2021 / Notices
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 http www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Due to the public health concerns related to COVID19, the EPA Docket Center EPA/DC and Reading Room is closed to visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status information on EPA/DC and docket access, visit https
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Sharkey, Data Gathering and Analysis Division 7410M, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
204600001; telephone number: 202
5648789; email address:
susan.sharkey@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
14620; telephone number: 202 554
1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?
Pursuant to PRA section 3506c2A
44 U.S.C. 3506c2A, 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 Agencys 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
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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: Chemical Data Reporting under the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA.
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1884.13.
OMB control number: OMB Control No. 20700162.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on April 30, 2022.
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 EPAs regulations in title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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: This information collection request addresses the paperwork requirements contained in the most recent Chemical Data Reporting CDR
rule under the TSCA. Under TSCA
section 8a, EPA is authorized to collect certain information on chemical substances manufactured including imported or processed in the United States. The CDR was formerly known as the Inventory Update Rule IUR.
The CDR collection provides chemical manufacture, processing, and use information that helps EPA identify what chemicals the public may be exposed to as consumers or in commercial and industrial settings. The data also help EPA assess routes of potential exposure to those chemicals.
Beginning in 1986, EPA has used the CDR rule eight times to collect basic manufacturing information for selected chemical substances on the TSCA
Inventory. More recent collections, beginning in 2006, included additional information relating to the manufacture, processing, and use of those chemical substances. The reporting requirements have been modified through rulemaking, with the most recent major changes occurring in 2020 when EPA
promulgated the TSCA Chemical Data Reporting Revisions Under TSCA
Section 8a rule 85 FR 20122, April 9, 2020 FRL1000556 and the Small Manufacturer Definition Update for Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under the TSCA Section
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1000814. The 2020 revisions included a phase-in approach for some of its provisions. All provisions will be fully implemented for the 2024 CDR
reporting cycle. The changes are described on EPAs CDR web page, at:
https www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting/summary-reportingrequirement-changes-due-cdr-revisionsand-small, The CDR collection is on a four-year reporting cycle and contains detailed manufacturing, processing, and use information drawn from the principal reporting year; the rule also contains basic information on production volume, by year, for the three years prior to the principal reporting year e.g., for the 2024
reporting cycle, the principal reporting year will be 2023; the three years prior will be 2020, 2021, and 2022.
EPA uses the CDR data in its chemical substance risk-management efforts and for other uses. Individual sites manufacturing including importing chemical substances will submit the required information. The information will be stored electronically for reference by EPA staff and others.
Within the constraints of confidentiality claims, the information will be made public through the Agencys website:
https www.epa.gov/chemical-datareporting. Further discussion on how the information is used, stored, and collected is included in this document.
Burden statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to annual average 135 hours per response. Burden is defined in 5
CFR 1320.3b.
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:
Respondents/Affected Entities: You may be potentially affected by this action if you manufacture, process, import, or distribute in commerce chemical substances and mixtures. The following North American Industrial Classification System NAICS codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to the following: 325 Chemical Manufacturing and 324 Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing Respondents obligation to respond:
Mandatory; TSCA section 8 and 40 CFR
711.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 5,460.

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