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OMB Control No: 2050-0078	ICR Reference No: 202604-2050-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202202-2050-002
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OLEM	Agency Tracking No: 1428.13
Title: Trade Secret Claims for Community Right-to-Know and Emergency Planning (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 06/29/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	739	283
Time Burden (Hours)	7,021	2,689
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: This information collection request pertains to trade secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). EPCRA contains provisions requiring facilities to report to state and local authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances (section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (sections 311 and 312) and manufacture, process and use of toxic chemicals (section 313). Section 322 of EPCRA allows a facility to withhold the specific chemical identity from these EPCRA reports if the facility asserts a trade secret claim for that chemical identity. The provisions in section 322 establish the requirements and procedures that facilities must follow to request trade secret treatment of chemical identities, as well as the procedures for submitting public petitions to the Agency for review of the sufficiency of trade secret claims. Trade secret protection is provided for specific chemical identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following sections of EPCRA: (1) Section 303(d)(2) -- Facility notification of changes that have or are about to occur; (2) section 303(d)(3) -- Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information to develop or implement emergency plans; (3) section 311 -- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or lists of those chemicals submitted in place of the MSDSs; (4) section 312 -- Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory forms (Tier I and Tier II); and (5) section 313 -- Toxic Chemical Release Inventory form.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 11042 Name of Law: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA)

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:
	90 FR 57462	12/11/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 37115	06/22/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Trade Secret Claims	9510-1, 9510-1	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	739	283	456
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,021	2,689	4,332
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This ICR renewal estimates a total respondent burden of 7,021 hours annually, which is an increase of 4,332 hours compared to the previous ICR. The actual number of claims submitted in RY 2023 and RY 2024 is higher than the number of claims submitted during the prior ICR period. EPA’s assumed labor burden per facility – 9.5 hours – is unchanged from the previous ICR.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $56,530

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: William Noggle 202 566-1306 noggle.william@epa.gov

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