Agency Information Collection Activities; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Submission of EPA ICR No. 1704.05 to OMB

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) entitled: "Alternate Threshold for Low Annual Reportable Amounts; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting," (EPA ICR No. 1704.05; OMB Control No. 2070-0143) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the procedures described in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated cost and burden. The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years the existing approval for this ICR, which is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2001. A Federal Register notice announcing the Agency's intent to seek the renewal of this ICR and the 60-day public comment opportunity, requesting comments on the request and the contents of the ICR, was issued on July 6, 2000 (65 FR 41653). EPA received comments on this ICR which have been addressed.