In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11, the agency will submit for review the information collections associated with the final rule.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2012
09/30/2012
09/30/2012
13,036
0
13,036
410,485
0
410,485
0
0
0
EPA is proposing to amend the current IUR requirements in order to clarify the reporting requirements, improve the quality and utility of the data submitted, better match data collected with the Agency's overall information needs, and where possible, reduce the paperwork burden on both regulated entities and EPA. Manufacturers (including importers) would be required to use e-IURweb (the Agency-provided reporting tool) to submit a completed Form U (EPA Form 7740-8) electronically via the Internet. As proposed, the 2011 IUR would include additional manufacturing, processing, and use exposure-related data elements, including the volume of the chemical used on the reporting site; the volume of the chemical directly exported; whether the chemical is being recycled, remanufactured, reprocessed, reused, or reworked; and the production volumes for the previous years since the last principal reporting year. Additional amendments to the 2011 IUR would include changes to the reporting frequency from every five years to every four years; modifications to the method used to determine whether a manufacture (including importer) is subject to IUR reporting for reporting cycles subsequent to the 2011 reporting cycle; modifications to reporting thresholds, including eliminating the upper threshold; revisions to industrial classifications used; revisions to the list of commercial and consumer product categories; and modifications to situations in which confidentiality may be claimed and to the process for making such claims. This ICR addendum addresses the incremental changes to the paperwork activities and related burdens and costs that would result from issuing a final rule as proposed.
US Code:
15 USC 2607
Name of Law: Toxic Substances Control Act/Section 8(b)
The proposed TSC Inventory Update Reporting Modifications Rule would bring about several changes to the existing Inventory Update Reporting requirements. EPA estimates that the proposed TSCA Inventory Update reporting modifications would increase the currently approved annual burden estimate by more than 50 percent, to more than 650,000 hours on an annualized basis. Several of the proposed IUR amendments impact the number of partial and/or full reports (and thus the annualized number of responses) that EPA expects to be submitted, based on the specific chemicals the amendments affect. Also, the proposed rule would once again require that IUR data be reported on a quadrennial basis; the 2006 IUR set the next reporting date in 2011. Details on the proposed amendments and the burden and cost impacts of each amendment when taken individually and considered together (i.e., one proposed amendment may change the impact of another), are described in the Economic Analysis for the Proposed Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) Modifications Rule.
$0
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Angela Hofmann
Reginfo record details
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.
Compliance Determination (Annualized)