5(a) Nonduplication for Environmental Protection Agency: ICR Form R Supp

TITLE: Toxic Chemical Release Reporting, Recordkeeping, SupplierNotification and Petitions under Section 313 of the EmergencyPlanning and Community Right-to-Know ActEPA ICR No.: 1363.14

OMB Control No.:1(b) Short Characterization

This Information Collection Request (ICR) is for the information collection requirements fortoxic chemical release reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and CommunityRight-to-Know Act (EPCRA) (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.) and the information collection in section6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) (42 U.S.C. 11071 to 11079). In short, EPCRA §313requires certain owners or operators of certain facilities (i.e., currently manufacturing facilities inStandard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 20 through 39, and facilities in SIC codes 10(except 1011, 1081, and 1094), 12 (except 1241), 4911, 4931, 4939 (limited to facilities thatcombust coal and /or oil for the purpose of generating power, 4953 (limited to facilities regulatedunder the Resources Conservation Recovery Act, subtitle C, 42 U.S.C. section 6921 et. seq.),5169, 5171, 7389 (limited to facilities primarily engaged in solvent recovery services on acontract or fee basis) manufacturing, processing, or otherwise using any of over 600 listed toxicchemicals and chemical categories (hereafter “toxic chemicals”) in excess of the applicablethreshold quantities to report on their environmental releases and transfers of and wastemanagement activities for such chemicals annually. Under section 6607 of the PPA, facilitiesmust provide information on the quantities of the toxic chemicals in waste streams and theefforts made to reduce or eliminate those quantities.Currently, facilities subject to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements mayeither use the EPA Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Form R (EPA Form #9350-1), or the EPAToxic Chemical Release Inventory Form A Certification Statement (EPA Form #9350-2), whichis approved under OMB Number 2070-0093. The Form R must be completed if a facilitymanufactures, processes, or otherwise uses any listed chemical above threshold quantities. Forthe Form A Certification Statement, EPA established an alternate threshold for those facilitieswith low annual reportable amounts of a listed toxic chemical. A facility that meets theappropriate reporting thresholds, but estimates that the total annual reportable amount of thechemical does not exceed 500 pounds per year, can take advantage of an alternate manufacture,process, or otherwise use threshold of 1 million pounds per year for that chemical, provided thatcertain conditions are met, and submit the Form A Certification Statement instead of the Form R.Facilities may submit information on multiple chemicals on a single Form A CertificationStatement.

October, 2005

4 Pursuant to EPCRA section 313 (and PPA section 6607 because of its linkage to EPCRA),EPA’s Office of Environmental Information (OEI) collects, processes, and makes available tothe public all of the information collected. The information gathered under these authorities isstored in a database maintained at EPA and is available through the Internet. The TRI is usedextensively by EPA, other federal, state and local government agencies, industry, and the public.Program offices within EPA and other government agencies have used the TRI, along with othersources of data, to establish priorities, evaluate potential exposure scenarios, and for enforcementactivities. Industries use TRI data to identify pollution prevention opportunities, and set goalsfor emissions reductions. Environmental and public interest groups use TRI data to make thepublic more aware of releases of chemicals in their communities, and to initiate directnegotiation and risk reduction with facilities.EPA has developed EPA Information Quality Guidelines to ensure the utility, objectivity andintegrity of information that is disseminated by the Agency. The information supporting thisICR is consistent with all appropriate EPA policies, including EPA’s Information QualityGuidelines. In particular, the EPA Agency-wide Quality System helps ensure that EPAorganizations maximize the quality of information disseminated by the Agency. The QualitySystem is documented in EPA Order 5360.1 A2,

Policy and Program Requirements for the Mandatory Agency-wide Quality System

and the

EPA Quality Manual for EnvironmentalPrograms

5360 A1, May 2000. The information supporting this action is also consistent with

EPA’s Guide to Writing Information Collection Requests Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

revised 2/99. It is EPA’s intention that collection of information under this ICR will resultin information that will be collected, maintained, and used in ways consistent with both EPA’sInformation Quality Guidelines and the OMB Information Quality Guidelines.With TRI, and the real gains in understanding it has produced, communities and governmentsknow what listed toxic chemicals many industrial facilities in their area release, transfer, orotherwise manage as waste. In addition, industries have an additional tool for evaluatingefficiency and progress on their pollution prevention goals.OMB last approved this Information Collection request on October 31, 2003 with an expirationdate of January 31, 2006.

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