In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.11, the agency will submit for review the
information collections associated with the final rule.
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
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.
Form US EPA Electronic CDX Registration Activities - Including Part I of Form U (Annualized)
1885-05-Draft Form U.pdf
2011_IUR_Instructions_draft_7-7-10.doc
Compliance Determination (Annualized)