2070-0033 IC 1139.21 Voluntary Data Submission

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for TSCA Section 4 Test Rules, Test Orders, Enforceable Consent Agreements (ECAs), Voluntary Data Submissions, and Exemptions from Testing Requirement” (OMB Control Number: 2070-0033)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION:

Voluntary Data Submissions

DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION:

For more information about this Information Collection, including description of respondents, need for this collection, and more details of respondent activities, please refer to the Supporting Statement for this generic Information Collection Request (ICR). EPA conservatively assumes that a voluntary submission consists of a final report for one chemical. The description of this assumption is slightly revised from previous ICRs for simplification purposes.¹

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN:

Activity	Adjusted Unit Burden (hours)	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses (Chemicals Tested within an Action)	Overlap Factor	Total Burden (hours)	Total Labor Cost	Total Non-Labor Cost	Total Cost
Paper Submission of Final Reports	10.000	24.50	24.50	2.80	686.000	$23,667.00	$1,002.93	$24,669.93
Total, Reporting	10.000	24.50	24.50	2.80	686.000	$23,667.00	$1,002.93	$24,669.93
Total, Recordkeeping	1.000	24.50	24.50	2.80	68.600	$2,366.70	$0.00	$2,366.70
Total, Voluntary Data Submissions	11.000	24.50	24.50	2.80	754.600	$26,033.70	$1,002.93	$27,036.63
Footnotes: 1 Assumes one sponsor per chemical.

TOTAL 3-YEAR BURDEN: 2263.8 hours.

1 Robust summaries are removed from the description because the voluntary data submission in a non-standard submission with contents largely unknown. Inclusion of an assumption about robust summary produces unnecessary complications in Agency burden estimates.

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