Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (40 CFR part 82, subpart G) (Renewal)

ICR 202003-2060-017

OMB: 2060-0226

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Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2020-03-31
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
2060-0226 202003-2060-017
Active 201408-2060-011
EPA/OAR 1596.10
Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (40 CFR part 82, subpart G) (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 08/03/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 03/31/2020
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
08/31/2023 36 Months From Approved 07/31/2020
180 0 212
5,557 0 6,371
22,938 0 22,970

Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the Act) provides authority for implementing the obligation of the United States under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to phase out the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and includes complementary measures. Section 612 of the Act requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a program for evaluating alternatives to ozone-depleting substances. Under CAA Section 612, EPA is authorized to identify and restrict the use of substitutes for class I and class II ODS (listed in 40 CFR part 82, subpart A, appendices A and B) where EPA determines other alternatives are available or potentially available that reduce overall risk to human health and the environment. Any producer of a new substitute must submit a notice of intent to introduce a substitute into interstate commerce 90 days prior to such introduction. The producer must also provide EPA with information covering a wide range of health and environmental factors. The SNAP program, based on information collected from the manufacturers, formulators, and/or sellers of such substitutes, identifies acceptable substitutes. Responses to the collection of information are mandatory under Section 612 for anyone who sells or, in certain cases, uses substitutes for an ODS after April 18, 1994, the effective date of the final rule. Measures to protect confidentiality of information collected under the SNAP program are based on EPAs confidentiality regulations (40 CFR 2.201 et seq., or Subpart B). Submitters may designate all or portions of their forms or petitions as confidential. EPA requires the submitters to substantiate their claim of confidentiality. To develop the lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes, the Agency must assess and compare "overall risks to human health and the environment" posed by use of substitutes in the context of particular applications. EPA requires submission of information covering a wide range of health and environmental factors. These include intrinsic properties such as physical and chemical information, atmospheric effects including ozone depleting potential and global warming potential, toxicity, and flammability, and use-specific data such as substitute applications, process description, environmental release data, exposure data during use of a substitute, environmental fate and transport, and cost information of the substitute. Once a completed submission has been received, the SNAP program will commence its review. Any substitute which is a new chemical must also be submitted to the Agency under the Premanufacture Notice program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Alternatives that will be used as sterilants must be filed jointly with EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs and with SNAP.

US Code: 44 USC 3501 Name of Law: null
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  84 FR 50446 09/25/2019
85 FR 17876 03/31/2020
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) (40 CFR Part 82, subpart G) 1264-14, 1265-14 TSCA/SNAP Addendum ,   SNAP Information Notice

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 180 212 0 0 -32 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 5,557 6,371 0 0 -814 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 22,938 22,970 0 0 -32 0
No
No
The total number of respondent burden hours requested annually for this information collection has decreased from 6,371 hours in 2014 to 5,557 hours in 2020. The SNAP submission forms have been revised to improve usability and ease burden on submitters. Improving the quality of incoming submissions decreases the burden for both respondents and EPA. In addition, there is a 20% reduction in the number of respondents responsible for recordkeeping for substitutes acceptable subject to use conditions and narrowed use limits.

$384,811
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Christina Thompson 202 564-0983 thompson.christina@epa.gov

  No

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.
03/31/2020


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