Review - EPA Publishes TRI Reporting 30-day ICR Revision Notice

Yesterday the EPA published a 30-day information collection request (ICR) revision notice in the Federal Register (87 FR 36123-36124) for their Toxic Chemical Release Reporting ICR. This revision includes an increase in the burden estimate for both the number of reporting facilities and the per-hour burden estimate for non-reporting requirements. The 60-day ICR notice for this revision was published on November 15^th, 2021.

Burden Estimate	Current	Proposed	Increase
Facilities	21,876	21,905	29
Responses	76,534	76,579	45
Hours	3,615,128	3,616,827	1699

The EPA is soliciting public comments on this ICR submission. Comments may be submitted on the ORIA web page for this Revision, by clicking on the ‘Comment’ box. Comments should be submitted by July 15^th, 2022.

For more details about the change in burden estimate, including exercise of EPA discretionary authority to order TRI reporting, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/epa-publishes-tri-reporting-30-day - subscription required.