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OMB Control No:
2070-0038
ICR Reference No:
201004-2070-001
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
200902-2070-001
Agency/Subagency:
EPA/OCSPP
Agency Tracking No:
1188.10
Title:
TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals
Type of Information Collection:
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
09/07/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
04/14/2010
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
11/30/2012
11/30/2012
11/30/2012
Responses
32
0
20
Time Burden (Hours)
1,176
0
1,423
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
Abstract:
On January 6, 2010, EPA promulgated a final rule entitled, "TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture and Significant New Use Notification Electronic Reporting; Revisions to Notification Regulations" (75 FR 773). The final rule amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 5 reporting regulations at subpart D of 40 CFR parts 700, 720, 721, 723, and 725. The amendments establish electronic reporting regulations for certain notification requirements under TSCA section 5, including Premanufacture and Significant New Use Notifications (PMNs and SNUNs). The final rule streamlines and reduces the administrative costs and burdens of TSCA section 5 notifications for both industry and EPA by phasing in the requirement that respondents submit certain TSCA section 5 notices and support documents to EPA electronically using the Agency's Central Data Exchange (CDX). The rule also established requirements regarding the use of CDX, including user registration, authorization, and electronic signature. EPA also now requires that respondents include a payment identification number on the PMN form to enable EPA to link user fee payments with specific submissions. The payment identification number may be a check number, a wire transfer number, or a pay.gov transaction number. Lastly, EPA no longer requires that designated Agents sign the PMN form. OMB approved the rule-related ICR on March 29, 2010 under OMB Control No. 2070-0173. The rule-related ICR addresses the paperwork activities associated with the amended reporting and recordkeeping requirements and the incremental program change burdens, specifically: * Rule familiarization, * Registering with EPA's electronic reporting portal (the Central Data Exchange, or CDX), * Obtaining a CDX electronic signature (including authentication of identity and verifying authorization of the CDX registrant to submit on behalf of the company), and, * Setting up a Pay.gov account (not required by the rule) if respondents wished to make payments for the existing TSCA fees electronically. With this Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change package, EPA is making three distinct changes to the ICR. First, EPA transferring certain information collection activities and related burden recently approved under OMB Control No. 2070-0173 to this ICR (i.e., OMB Control No. 2070-0038). Second, EPA is adjusting the baseline unit burden for submitting SNUNs. The unit burden is presented as a range in the ICR, and EPA used the high-end estimate for the annual burden analysis. To ensure consistency in burden estimates for the submission of SNUNs between the Existing Chemicals and New Chemicals programs, EPA will now use the mid-range estimate (as was done for the New Chemicals program ICR). Last, EPA is effectuating program change burden reductions related to the clerical level efficiencies of electronic submission. Each of these changes was analyzed and described in the "Economic Analysis of the Amendments to TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture and Significant New Use Notification Requirements Final Rule," as well as the "Impact Analysis of the Final e-PMN Rule on Paperwork Burdens Approved under Existing EPA ICRs." Upon approval of this Change package, and a companion Change package submitted under OMB Control No. 2070-0012, EPA intends to discontinue the recently approved rule-related ICR (OMB Control No. 2070-0173).
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
15 USC 2604
Name of Law: Toxic Substances Control Act / Manufacturing and processing notices
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
Not associated with rulemaking
Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
73 FR 34725
06/18/2008
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
74 FR 8254
02/24/2009
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
7
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
CDX Electronic Signature
US EPA Electronic Signature Agreement, ESA and Authorization Form 1, ESA and Authorization Form 2
US EPA Electronic Signature Agreement
,
Verification of Company Authorizing Official
,
Authorization And Verification For Section 5 Notice Support Submitter By Company Authorizing Official
CDX Registration
Establishment of a Pay.gov Account
TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals / chemical verification
TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals / customer notification
TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals / submitting SNUNs
EPA Form 7710-25
Premanufacture Notice
e-PMN Rule Familiarization
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
32
20
0
0
12
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
1,176
1,423
0
-138
-109
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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:
The program change burden reductions described in this Change request are related to the clerical level efficiencies of electronic submission as ultimately required by final rule rule amendments promulgated on January 6, 2010. These program changes were analyzed and described in the "Economic Analysis of the Amendments to TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture and Significant New Use Notification Requirements Final Rule," as well as the "Impact Analysis of the Final e-PMN Rule on Paperwork Burdens Approved under Existing EPA ICRs" (identified as Appendix 1 of the rule-related ICR), and are summarized in the attached justification. EPA estimates that the implementation of electronic reporting will save respondents submitting existing chemical SNUNs approximately 13 hours of clerical/administrative per response, and that corresponding recordkeeping burdens will be reduced by 50 percent, as respondents experience efficiencies in creating, submitting, and storing SNUNs electronically.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$249,470
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]?
Uncollected
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
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
04/14/2010
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