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OMB Control No: 2070-0204	ICR Reference No: 201701-2070-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OCSPP	Agency Tracking No: 2556.01
Title: Methylene Chloride and N-Methylpyrrolidone; Regulation of Certain Uses under TSCA §6(a) (Proposed Rule; RIN 2070-AK07)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule	Conclusion Date: 08/30/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/25/2017
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments related to the information collection and their response, including any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition, the agency must enter the correct burden estimates.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date		36 Months From Approved
Responses	0	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	0	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a proposed rule under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) concerning the prohibition of methylene chloride and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in paint and coating removal for certain uses. For methylene chloride, the proposed rule requires each person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce methylene chloride for non-prohibited uses to notify companies to whom methylene chloride was shipped of the prohibitions under the rules. The proposed rule also requires each person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce any methylene chloride to retain in one location at the headquarters of the company documentation of information showing: (i) the name, address, contact, and telephone number of companies to whom methylene chloride was shipped; and (ii) the amount of methylene chloride shipped. This information must be retained for 3 years from the date of shipment. For NMP, EPA is co-proposing two approaches. Under both co-proposed approaches, the proposed rule requires each person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce NMP for non-prohibited uses to notify companies to whom NMP was shipped of the prohibitions under the rules. The proposed rule also requires each person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce any NMP to retain in one location at the headquarters of the company documentation of information showing: (i) the name, address, contact, and telephone number of companies to whom methylene chloride was shipped; and (ii) the amount of methylene chloride shipped. This information must be retained for 3 years from the date of shipment. Under the second co-proposed approach, the proposed rule requires each person who formulates paint and coating removal products containing NMP to identify, through testing, gloves that are protective against each specific product formulation using defined testing and reporting protocols, and provide information about those gloves as well as additional instructions and warnings for consumers on product labels. EPA is proposing this rule under section 6(a) of TSCA in response to a determination that methylene chloride and NMP present an unreasonable risk to human health in paint and coating removal. The portions of the proposed rule that trigger this Information Collection Request (ICR) consist of a downstream notification of the prohibitions in the rules, a recordkeeping requirement, and, for the second co-proposal for NMP, a testing and labeling requirement.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 2605 Name of Law: Toxic Substances Control Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2070-AK07	Proposed rulemaking	82 FR 7464	01/19/2017

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

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Methylene chloride or NMP Manufacturers, Processors, Distributors Downstream Notification and Recordkeeping activities

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Increase in burden is due to new requirements in the proposed regulation.

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 202 260-2922 hofmann.angela@epamail.epa.gov

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