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OMB Control No: 2070-0229	ICR Reference No: 202405-2070-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202305-2070-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OCSPP	Agency Tracking No: 2735.02
Title: Methylene Chloride; Regulation of Methylene Chloride under TSCA Section 6(a) (Final Rule)
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: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/17/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/22/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. In accordance with 1320.10(a), the agency is reminded to submit the ICR for OMB review the day of Federal Register publication for the final rule.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2028	36 Months From Approved
Responses	122,301	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	149,089	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,451,405	0	0

Abstract: EPA proposed a rule under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to address the unreasonable risk to human health presented by methylene chloride under its conditions of use. The proposed rule would: (1) prohibit the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of methylene chloride for all consumer use; (2) prohibit most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride; (3) require a workplace chemical protection program (WCPP), including inhalation exposure concentration limits and related workplace exposure monitoring and exposure controls, for ten conditions of use of methylene chloride (including manufacture; import; processing as a reactant; processing as an incorporation into a formulation, mixture, or reaction product; processing in repackaging; processing as recycling; laboratory use; industrial or commercial use in aerospace and military paint and coating removal from safety-critical, corrosion-sensitive components by Federal agencies and their contractors; industrial or commercial use as a bonding agent for acrylic and polycarbonate in mission-critical military and space vehicle applications, including in the production of specialty batteries for such by Federal agencies and their contractors; and disposal); (4) require recordkeeping and downstream notification requirements for manufacturing, processing, and distribution in commerce of methylene chloride; (5) provide a 10-year time-limited exemption under TSCA section 6(g) for paint and coating removal uses by military and civilian aviation that EPA proposes are critical to national security and infrastructure, with conditions for this exemption to include compliance with the WCPP; and, (6) provide a 10-year time-limited exemption under TSCA section 6(g) for emergency use of methylene chloride in furtherance of NASAs mission for specific conditions which are critical or essential and for which no technically and economically feasible safer alternative is available, with conditions for this exemption to include compliance with the WCPP. The information collection activities contained in the proposed rule are: (1) Downstream notification requirements though Safety Data Sheets (SDS); (2)WCPP-related information generation, recordkeeping, and notification requirements, including: (a) development of exposure control plans; (b) exposure level monitoring and related recordkeeping; (c) development of documentation for a Personal Protective Equipment program and related recordkeeping; (d) development of documentation for a respiratory protection program and related recordkeeping; (e) development and notification to potentially exposed persons (employees and others in the workplace) about how they can access the exposure control plans, exposure monitoring records, PPE program implementation documentation, and respirator program documentation; and, (f) development of documentation demonstrating eligibility for an exemption from the proposed prohibitions, and related recordkeeping. Finally, the proposed rule would also require recordkeeping related to exemptions proposed under TSCA section 6(g) demonstrating compliance with the specific conditions of the exemptions (including compliance with the interim WCPP). The proposed rule would require that records be retained for 5 years from the date of generation.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2070-AK70	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 39254	05/08/2024

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

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	122,301	122,301
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	149,089	149,089
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,451,405	4,451,405

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: There are three provisions under the final rule that are expected to increase burden under the PRA.

Annual Cost to Federal Government:

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? No

Agency Contact: Angela Hofmann 202 260-2922 hofmann.angela@epamail.epa.gov

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