Attachment 5: Copy of Consultation Message Sent to Potential Respondents

EPA ICR No. 1741.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0145

ATTACHMENT 5

Copy of Consultation Message Sent by EPA to Potential Respondents

From: Ron Carlson

United States Environmental Protection Agency

To: [Addressees]

Subject: Request for Comment; Renewal of ICR: "Correction of Misreported Chemical

Substances on the TSCA Inventory"

Date: January 3, 2014

On November 29, 2013, EPA published a Notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 71603) titled "Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.07, OMB Control No. 2070-0145." (See http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0460-0001, beginning at page 71605.) This Notice refers to EPA's intention to request renewed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance of an information collection related to reporting and recordkeeping requirements for entities that manufacture or import chemical substances, mixtures or categories listed on the TSCA Inventory and regulated under TSCA section 8, who had reported to the initial effort to establish the TSCA Inventory in 1979, and who need to make a correction to that submission.

In addition to public notice and comment requirement that the above Notice initiates, OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)) require agencies to consult with potential respondents and data users about specific aspects of an information collection request (ICR) before submitting it to OMB for review and approval, regardless, in the case of ICR renewals, of whether changes have or have not been made to the collection activity.

As part of this required consultation, EPA is contacting you to solicit your input. (A PDF copy of the above-referenced Federal Register notice is attached to this email for your convenience.) Note that, if you take this opportunity to provide input, your name, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number and any information you provide (e.g., copies of e-mails) will be incorporated and attached to the ICR supporting statement, which will be a public document. In addition, the OMB Desk Examiner for the ICR in question may contact you to verify the accuracy of any comments EPA identifies in the ICR.

EPA solicits your input on the following questions:

1. Are the data EPA seeks under this ICR available from any public source, or already collected by another EPA office or by another agency? If so, where can the data be found?

2. Is it clear what is required for data submission? If not, are there any suggestions for clarifying instructions?

3. Would you be interested in an electronic/data submission option? What type of alternative would you be most likely to utilize – web form, diskette, CD-ROM?

4. For electronic submission, how should signature requirements be handled – Private Key Infrastructure, PINS and passwords, signed paper cover sheet? How does TSCA CBI affect your choice or use of an electronic medium? Would you be more inclined to submit TSCA CBI on diskette than on paper and what benefits would you realize (e.g., burden reduction, greater efficiency in compiling information, etc).

5. Do you agree with EPA's estimated burden and costs (the ICR addresses only the 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 as used by EPA inaccurate or inappropriate, explain your rationale.

To access the Federal Register Notice, the ICR supporting document, and any public comments received to date, go to:

o www.regulations.gov/

o enter EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0497 in the Enter Keyword or ID field

o click on "Search"

o then click on any of the documents listed within the docket to read the document; you will be most interested in the Supporting Statement, identified by its title beginning "Information Collection Request…"

Your response will be greatly appreciated. If you have any comments in response to the above questions, or with respect to any other part of the information collection, please respond by return e-mail by Friday, January 24, 2014. EPA will consider those responses, as well as any public comment received in response to the Federal Register Notice identified above, in preparing a final document for OMB review.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely yours,

Ron Carlson

Information Access Branch

Information Management Division

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

Environmental Protection Agency

Washington, DC 20460

202-564-8631