Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule, EPA ICR No. 2589.05, OMB Control No. 2050-0221 Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Carolyn Hoskinson Date: 23 March 2022 Subjects: American Government , The Environment, Safety

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16468-16469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06107]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0646, FRL-9355-01-OLEM]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule, EPA ICR No. 
2589.05, OMB Control No. 2050-0221

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit the information collection request (ICR Safe Management of 
Recalled Airbags Rule (EPA ICR No. 2589.05, OMB Control No. 2050-0221) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the 
EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described in Supplementary Information. This 
is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
November 30, 2022. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is 
not required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2018-0646, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once 
submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information 
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia 
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written 
comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and 
should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will 
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of 
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 
system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket 
Center and Reading Room are open to the public by appointment only. Our 
Docket Center staff also continues to provide remote customer service 
via email, phone, and webform. Hand deliveries or couriers will be 
received by scheduled appointment only. For further information and 
updates on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us online at 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    The EPA continues to carefully and continuously monitor information 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local area 
health departments, and our Federal partners so that we can respond 
rapidly as conditions change regarding COVID-19.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Atagi, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202-566-0511; email address: Atagi.Tracy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public

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docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the 
public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room is closed 
to the public, with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of 
transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide 
remote customer service via email, phone and webform. For further 
information about the EPA's public docket, Docket Center services and 
the current status, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The 
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as 
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal 
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the 
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: The collection of information is necessary in order to 
ensure that the hazardous waste airbag modules and airbag inflators 
exempted under this rule are safely disposed of and that defective 
airbag modules and airbag inflators are not reinserted into vehicles 
where they would pose an unreasonable risk of death or serious injury. 
Information collection activities include maintaining at the airbag 
handler for no less than three years records of (1) all off-site 
shipments and (2) confirmations of receipt of airbag waste.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (sections 2002, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3006, 3010, and 3017 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act).
    Estimated number of respondents: 15,256.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 4,270 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $130,791 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay 
substantially the same.

    Dated: March 11, 2022.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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