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OMB Control No: 2070-0228	ICR Reference No: 202412-2070-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202308-2070-003
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OCSPP	Agency Tracking No: 2744.02
Title: Carbon Tetrachloride; Regulation of Carbon Tetrachloride 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: 01/15/2025
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved. The agency is reminded to provide screenshots of the electronic reporting when live.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2028	36 Months From Approved
Responses	678	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	86,187	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,360,626	0	0

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final rule under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to address the unreasonable risk to human health presented by carbon tetrachloride (CTC) under its conditions of use. The final rule will prohibit the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, and use of CTC for certain conditions of use; require a workplace chemical protection program (WCPP), which would include requirements to meet an inhalation exposure concentration limit and prevent direct dermal contact, for certain conditions of use not prohibited; require prescriptive workplace controls for laboratory use; and establish recordkeeping and downstream notification requirements. The information collection activities contained in the proposed rule are: downstream notification requirements through Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and WCPP-related information generation, recordkeeping, and notification requirements, including: development of an exposure control plan; exposure level monitoring and related recordkeeping; development of documentation for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) program and related recordkeeping; development of documentation for respiratory protection program and related recordkeeping; 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 uf engineering controls that vent CTC to ambient air outside the workplace are used, attestation that exposure controls selected do not increase emissions of CTC to ambient air outside of the workplace and whether additional equipment was installed to capture or otherwise prevent increased emissions of CTC to ambient air.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 2601 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-AK84	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 103560	12/18/2024

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	678	678
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	86,187	86,187
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,360,626	9,360,626

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: This is a new collection associated with a final rule action.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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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