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OMB Control No: 2060-0170	ICR Reference No: 202003-2060-009
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201807-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1432.35
Title: Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Proposed Rule)
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: 04/14/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/17/2020
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR--to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage--a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2021
Responses	2,929	0	2,929
Time Burden (Hours)	3,763	0	3,763
Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,082	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. To implement the CAA and meet commitments under the Montreal Protocol, the ozone-depleting substances (ODS) phaseout regulations establish control measures for individual companies. The EPA monitors compliance through the recordkeeping and reporting requirements established in the regulations at 40 CFR part 82, Subpart A. The EPA is requiring electronic reporting, removing reporting elements that are no longer needed, and revising others to address changes to the upgraded electronic ODS Tracking System (ODSTS). The EPA is also closing a gap in the certification for the purchase of methyl bromide under the quarantine and preshipment exemption. This ICR is also associated with amendments to the previously existing recordkeeping and reporting requirements governing the petition to import used controlled substances for reuse or destruction in the United States. Persons that import controlled substances for destruction in the United States and persons that destroy controlled substances in the United States are required to abide by the recordkeeping and reporting requirements. In this final action, the EPA also modified the petition process to import used ODS to explicitly note that the Agency may need to follow up for additional information to verify that the ODS is in fact used. Therefore, this rule-related ICR covers reporting requirements related to the production, import, export, transformation, destruction, transshipment, and exempted uses of all ODS, and incorporates final requirements for electronic reporting for class I and class II substances.

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	Proposed rulemaking	84 FR 41510	08/14/2019

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

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 estimated burden hours and labor costs have decreased compared to currently approved ICR. This is because the rule-related ICR accounts for the transition from paper to electronic reporting. Even accounting for the one-time burden associated with the transition to electronic reporting (i.e., CDX registration and CDX electronic signature), the electronic reporting results in overall burden reduction for respondents. While the one-time burden associated with the transition to electronic reporting (i.e., CDX registration and electronic signature) temporarily increases burden, overall burden decreases because of the efficiencies associated with electronic reporting.

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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