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OMB Control No: 2060-0170	ICR Reference No: 202004-2060-006
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202003-2060-009
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1432.36
Title: Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Final Rule)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/23/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/21/2020
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2023	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2021
Responses	1,903	0	2,929
Time Burden (Hours)	2,939	0	3,763
Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,400	0	13,082

Abstract: This ICR covers provisions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) and Title VI of the CAA that establish limits on total U.S. production, import, and export of class I and class II ODS (or controlled substances). Production and import of class I controlled substances (chlorofluorocarbons and others) was phased out in the United States. The phaseout excludes exemptions for essential uses, critical uses of methyl bromide, quarantine and pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, previously used material, and material that will be transformed or destroyed. There are also use restrictions and reduction schedules leading to the eventual phaseout of class II controlled substances, with exemptions for previously used material and material that will be transformed or destroyed.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7671c Name of Law: Clean Air Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2060-AU26	Final or interim final rulemaking	85 FR 15258	03/17/2020

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,903	2,929	-1,026
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,939	3,763	-824
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,400	13,082	-5,682

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: This ICR requires the use of electronic reporting for certain reporting forms. In addition to the quantifiable cost savings, the EPA believes that this rule results in other benefits. For example, electronic reporting allows for faster review and transmission of submissions to the EPA. For reports containing CBI, electronic reporting also improves security and transmission of CBI data to the EPA. Additionally, all information submitted electronically is linked to the ODSTS, which facilitates document management efforts. This allows companies to manage past and future submissions easier. Even accounting for the one-time burden associated with the transition to electronic reporting (i.e., CDX registration), the electronic reporting results in overall burden reduction for respondents. Similarly, the estimated Agency burden hours and labor costs have also decreased even when the annual CDX O&M costs are taken into account. For the production, import, and export of HCFCs, there was a decrease in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the burden currently approved by OMB. The reason for the decrease in burden hours is the prohibition of production and import of HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b by 2020, and the prohibition of exports of HCFCs to Article 5 countries as per 40 CFR 82.16 to phase out HCFCs in a stepwise reduction consistent with the CAA. The EPA estimates there to be a 27 percent decrease in respondent activities for imports, exports, trades, and requests for additional consumption allowances as a result of these prohibitions in 2020. For methyl bromide critical users, there was a decrease in the total estimated respondent burden hours compared with the burden currently approved by OMB primarily due to a decrease in the number of applicants, end users, and distributors of methyl bromide since the last ICR for CUE. For the petitions process and for the new certification to import for destruction there was a decrease in the total estimated respondent burden. This reduction is a result of the reduction in reporting requirements for imports for destruction relative to the petition process. Specifically, the number of reporting elements for importers for destruction has been reduced from 13 to 8. The EPA assumes this will result in a reduction in burden hours per response. In addition, the EPA assumes that the number of responses per respondent will decrease by one as a result of the exemption of halon 1211 used in aircraft bottles from the petition process. Similarly, the estimated Agency burden hours and labor costs have also decreased as a result of the reduction in reporting requirements for petitions.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $220,043

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Katherine Sleasman 202 564-7716 sleasman.katherine@epa.gov

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