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OMB Control No: 2070-0162	ICR Reference No: 201008-2070-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 200905-2070-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OCSPP	Agency Tracking No: 1884.05
Title: Addendum to Partial Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 11/12/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/13/2010
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11, the agency will submit for review the information collections associated with the final rule.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2012	09/30/2012	09/30/2012
Responses	13,036	0	13,036
Time Burden (Hours)	410,485	0	410,485
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: EPA is proposing to amend the current IUR requirements in order to clarify the reporting requirements, improve the quality and utility of the data submitted, better match data collected with the Agency's overall information needs, and where possible, reduce the paperwork burden on both regulated entities and EPA. Manufacturers (including importers) would be required to use e-IURweb (the Agency-provided reporting tool) to submit a completed Form U (EPA Form 7740-8) electronically via the Internet. As proposed, the 2011 IUR would include additional manufacturing, processing, and use exposure-related data elements, including the volume of the chemical used on the reporting site; the volume of the chemical directly exported; whether the chemical is being recycled, remanufactured, reprocessed, reused, or reworked; and the production volumes for the previous years since the last principal reporting year. Additional amendments to the 2011 IUR would include changes to the reporting frequency from every five years to every four years; modifications to the method used to determine whether a manufacture (including importer) is subject to IUR reporting for reporting cycles subsequent to the 2011 reporting cycle; modifications to reporting thresholds, including eliminating the upper threshold; revisions to industrial classifications used; revisions to the list of commercial and consumer product categories; and modifications to situations in which confidentiality may be claimed and to the process for making such claims. This ICR addendum addresses the incremental changes to the paperwork activities and related burdens and costs that would result from issuing a final rule as proposed.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 2607 Name of Law: Toxic Substances Control Act/Section 8(b)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2070-AJ43	Proposed rulemaking	75 FR 49655	08/13/2010

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The proposed TSC Inventory Update Reporting Modifications Rule would bring about several changes to the existing Inventory Update Reporting requirements. EPA estimates that the proposed TSCA Inventory Update reporting modifications would increase the currently approved annual burden estimate by more than 50 percent, to more than 650,000 hours on an annualized basis. Several of the proposed IUR amendments impact the number of partial and/or full reports (and thus the annualized number of responses) that EPA expects to be submitted, based on the specific chemicals the amendments affect. Also, the proposed rule would once again require that IUR data be reported on a quadrennial basis; the 2006 IUR set the next reporting date in 2011. Details on the proposed amendments and the burden and cost impacts of each amendment when taken individually and considered together (i.e., one proposed amendment may change the impact of another), are described in the Economic Analysis for the Proposed Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) Modifications Rule.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Angela Hofmann

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