Attachment F (Stakeholder Engagement)

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OMB Control No. 2070-0162
Attachment : Consultation (Stakeholder Engagement)

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EPA ICR NO. 1884.17

OMB CONTROL NO. 2070-0162

Consultation Questions for Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA)
(1) Publicly Available Data
A. Is the data that the Agency seeks available from any public source, or already collected
by another office at EPA or by another agency?

B. If yes, where can you find the data?
(Does your answer indicate a true duplication, or does the input indicate that certain
data elements are available, but that they do not meet our data needs very well?)

(2) Frequency of Collection
Can the Agency collect the information less frequently and still produce the same
outcome?

(3) Clarity of Instructions
The ICR is intended to require that respondents provide certain data so that the Agency can
utilize them.
A. Based on the instructions (regulations, Instructions for Reporting, etc.), is it clear what
you are required to do, and how to submit such data? If not, what suggestions do you
have to clarify the instructions?

B. Do you understand that you are required to maintain records?

C. Is the electronic reporting tool associated with reporting under CDR clear, logical, and
easy to complete? If not, what suggestions do you have to improve the electronic
reporting tool?

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EPA ICR NO. 1884.17

OMB CONTROL NO. 2070-0162

(4) Electronic Reporting and Record keeping
The Government Paperwork Elimination Act requires agencies make available to the public
electronic reporting alternatives to paper-based submissions by 2003, unless there is a strong
reason for not doing so.
A. Are you keeping your records electronically? If yes, in what format?

B. What benefits does electronic submission bring you in terms of burden reduction or
greater efficiency in compiling the information?

(5) Burden and Costs
A. Are the labor rates accurate? (Please see question 12 of the supporting statement)

B. The Agency assumes there is no capital cost associated with this activity. Is that correct?

C. Bearing in mind that the burden and cost estimates include only burden hours and costs
associated with the paperwork involved with this ICR, e.g., the ICR does not include
estimated burden hours and costs for conducting studies, are the estimated burden
hours and labor rates accurate? If you provide burden and cost estimates that are
substantially different from EPA’s, please provide an explanation of how you arrived at
your estimates.

D. Are there other costs that should be accounted for that may have been missed?

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