The Partial Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports, based on the TSCA Inventory Update Rule (IUR), is an information collection that takes place every fifth year, requiring manufacturers and importers or organic chemicals and other chemicals subject to final or proposed TSCA rules, regulations and orders to provide facility-specific information on chemicals.
US Code:
15 USC 2607
Name of Law: Toxic Substances Control Act/Section 8(b)
There is a net decrease in the annual burden of 3,090 hours (from 413,575 hours to 410,485 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that currently in the OMB inventory. This decrease reflects a regulatory change requiring respondents (including importers) of inorganic chemicals to complete full reports, rather than partial reports as was the case in the past, when the site-specific production volume is less than 300,000 pounds. This increase is offset by a change in reporting requirements such that respondents must provide information once every five years versus once every four years previously. These changes are program changes.
The burden decrease also reflects an increase in EPA's current estimate of the number of sites that will respond to this collection of information, offset by a decrease in the estimated burden for rule familiarization. These changes are adjustments. The Supporting Statement provides additional detail concerning the changes in burden estimates.
$221,652
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Angela Hofmann
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.