ICR Attachment 3 - Copy of Consultations Message Sent by EPA to Potential Respondents

Agency Information Collection Activities ; Proposed Collection ; Comment
Request; EPA ICR No. 0575.13, OMB Control No. 2070-0004; Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8(d), Health and Safety Data
Reporting (40 CFR Part 716)
Mike Mattheisen to:

Robert_kiefer, erosenberg, dfratz, newtond,
bill, nobot, rdenison, ken, lgreer

01/30/2012 01:05 PM

On January 25, 2012, EPA published a notice in the Federal Register concerning the renewal of an
existing information-data-request (ICR) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC 3501 et seq .) for
health and safety data reporting requirements under section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
USC 2601 et seq. ). See, 77 FR 3766; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 0575.13, OMB Control No. 2070-0004. No changes
were proposed to the existing ICR. The notice, nonetheless, provided a 60-day public comment period
ending on March 26, 2012. Instructions for submitting comments are contained in the Federal Register
notice, a copy of which is attached to this email.
Under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), agencies are also
required to consult directly with potential respondents and data users about specific aspects of the ICR
before submitting it to OMB for review and approval, regardless of whether changes are being made to
the ICR. To fulfill this required consultation, I am contacting you, among others, at random. Please be
advised that, if you take this opportunity to provide input, your name, affiliation, and phone number and
any information you provide (e.g., copies of emails) will be incorporated into, and attached to, the
supporting statement for this ICR, which will be made a public document. You may also be contacted by
the OMB Desk Examiner for this ICR to verify the accuracy of any of your comments as reported in the
ICR by EPA.
EPA solicits your input on the following questions:
1. Are the data that are required to be submitted under this ICR available from any other public
source that you are aware of, or are they data already collected by another EPA office or by
another agency? If so, where is the data publicly available?
2. Is the data submission requirement clear? If not, do you have any suggestions for how the
data submission can be clarified?
3. Would an electronic/data submission option be useful? What type of alternative would be most
useful – for example, Web-form or CD-ROM?
4. For electronic submission, how should signature requirements be handled – private key
infrastructure (PKI), personal identification numbers (PINs) and passwords, or a signed paper
coversheet?
5. How does confidential business information (CBI) affect your choice or use of an electronic
medium? Would you be more inclined to submit CBI on CD-ROM than on paper and what
benefits would you realize (burden reduction, greater efficiency in compiling information, etc.)?
6. Do you agree with EPA’s estimated burden and costs (ICRs address only costs associated
with paperwork)? Are the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) labor rates accurate? If you have any
reason to consider the BLS labor rates inaccurate or inappropriate as used by EPA, please
explain your rationale.
Your timely response, if any, would be appreciated by March 26, 2012, so that we can consider it, as well
as any public comments resulting from the FR notice, for final OMB approval. Thank you for your
assistance.

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Mike Mattheisen
Associate Branch Chief
Chemical Information and Testing Branch
Chemical Control Division
US EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
202-564-3077