TSCA Existing Chemical Risk
Evaluation and Management - Generic ICR for Surveys (New)
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
06/04/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
600
0
1,200
0
0
0
The purpose of this ICR is to help
fill data gaps for EPA’s risk evaluations and risk management of
existing chemicals under section 6 of TSCA. In accordance with TSCA
section 26, EPA must make TSCA section 6 risk evaluation and risk
management decisions consistent with the best available science and
based on the weight of the scientific evidence. To carry out its
statutory obligations, EPA needs sufficient information about
chemicals undergoing risk evaluation and risk management, including
information related to the chemicals’ conditions of use, hazards,
exposures, potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations,
health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably
ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other
information. The collection of such information is subject to
TSCA’s strict statutory timeframes (set forth in section 6).
Therefore, EPA is seeking approval for a generic information
collection request (ICR) to conduct surveys of chemical users,
processors, distributors, manufacturers (including importers), and
recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers of
chemical-containing products, employees who may be exposed to the
chemical evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental
organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the
public (including potentially exposed or susceptible
subpopulations) related to information collection for TSCA chemical
risk evaluation and risk management. Surveys are defined as the
collection of information from a common group through interviews or
the application of questionnaires to a representative sample of
that group. These information collection efforts are intended to
supplement other reasonably available information on chemicals in
commerce and will provide support for the Agency’s policy and
regulatory activities regarding existing chemicals under TSCA
section 6. By learning more about the conditions of use, hazards,
exposures, potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations,
health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably
ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other
information for chemicals being evaluated or regulated, EPA would
be able to more precisely and effectively carry out its risk
evaluation and risk management obligations under TSCA.
This is a new ICR that
addresses information collection efforts intended to supplement
other reasonably available information on chemicals in commerce and
will provide support for the Agencys policy and regulatory
activities regarding existing chemicals under TSCA section 6.
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.
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