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determined that potential respondents
to this ICR may include, but is not
limited to: Chemical manufacturers and
processors (NAICS code 325); Pesticide,
fertilizer, and other agricultural
chemical manufacturing (NAICS code
3253); Producers and formulators of
pesticide products (NAICS code 32532);
Producers of antifouling paints (NAICS
code 32551); Producers of antimicrobial
pesticides (NAICS code 32561);
Producers of nitrogen stabilizers (NAICS
code 32531); and Producers of wood
preservatives (NAICS code 32519).
Title: Tier 1 Screening of Certain
Chemicals Under the Endocrine
Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2249.01,
OMB Control No. 2070–new.
ICR status: This ICR is for a new
information collection activity. 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. The OMB control number for
this ICR will be displayed by
publication in the Federal Register and
by inclusion of a Paperwork Reduction
notice on the related collection
instrument, i.e., test order and/or form.
Abstract: This new ICR covers the
information collection activities
associated with Tier 1 screening of the
first group of chemicals under the EDSP.
The EDSP is established under section
408(p) of the FFDCA, which requires
endocrine screening of all pesticide
chemicals and was established in
response to growing scientific evidence
that humans, domestic animals, and fish
and wildlife species have exhibited
adverse health consequences from
exposure to environmental chemicals
that interact with their endocrine
systems.
The EDSP, which was established in
1998, consists of a two-tiered approach
to screen all pesticide chemicals for
potential endocrine disrupting effects.
The purpose of Tier 1 screening
(referred to as ‘‘screening’’) is to identify
substances that have the potential to
interact with the estrogen, androgen, or
thyroid hormone systems using a battery
of assays. The purpose of Tier 2 testing
(referred to as ‘‘testing’’), therefore, is to
identify and establish a dose-response
relationship for any adverse effects that
might result from the interactions
identified through the Tier 1 assays.
Additional information about the EDSP
is available through the Agency’s web
site at https://www.epa.gov/scipoly/
oscpendo/index.htm.
EPA is currently implementing the
EDSP in three major parts that are being
developed in parallel and with
substantial work on each well
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underway: 1) Assay validation; 2)
Priority setting; and 3) Procedures. This
ICR is related to the third component of
the EDSP, i.e., the procedures for Tier 1
screening. This ICR is not intended to
cover all of the activities currently
underway for the EDSP. Instead, the
focus of this ICR is on the information
collection activities associated with the
Tier 1 screening of the 73 chemicals
identified for initial screening under the
EDSP. A separate ICR will be developed
to address the information collection
activities associated with Tier 2 testing.
In addition, subsequent Tier 1 screening
of additional chemicals not selected for
the initial round will be addressed in a
future ICR, either when this ICR is
amended in three years or in a separate
ICR. In either case, EPA will follow the
notice and comment process prescribed
by the PRA to first seek public comment
on the ICR before submitting it to OMB
for review and approval under the PRA.
Burden statement: The annualized
public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2,649 hours per
response, although individual
respondent burden varies based on their
individual activities. Burden means the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal Agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install,
and utilize technology and systems for
the purposes of collecting, validating,
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements which have
subsequently changed; train personnel
to be able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
The ICR, a copy of which is available
in the docket, provides a detailed
explanation of this estimate, which is
only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 445.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: Two
responses per chemical: An initial
response and the final data submission.
All respondents will provide an initial
response, while only those that generate
the data will complete the final data
submission.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
93,655 hours.
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Estimated total annual costs:
$6,887,418. This includes an estimated
annualized cost of $267 for non-burden
hour or delivery costs.
III. What is the Next Step in the Process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. Although included as
attachments to the ICR, EPA has issued
a separate Federal Register document to
solicit public review and comments on
the related draft policy describing the
procedures for responding to the 408(p)
order, and the draft template for the
408(p) order itself. In addition to
considering comments submitted on the
ICR, EPA will also consider comments
received on those documents in
response to that separate solicitation.
Changes to those documents may result
in changes to the ICR as well. The final
ICR package will then be submitted to
OMB for review and approval pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: November 29, 2007.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
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Underground Injection Control
Program, Hazardous Waste Injection
Restrictions; Petition for Exemption—
Class I Hazardous Waste Injection;
Solutia, Inc.
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final decisions on no
migration petition reissuances.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
exemptions to the land disposal
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments to the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act have been granted to Solutia, Inc,
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Chocolate Bayou Facility (Solutia) for
two Class I injection wells located at
Alvin, Texas. As required by 40 CFR
Part 148, the company has adequately
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Environmental Protection Agency by the
petitions and supporting documentation
that, to a reasonable degree of certainty,
there will be no migration of hazardous
constituents from the injection zone for
as long as the waste remains hazardous.
These final decisions allow the
underground injection by Solutia, of the
specific restricted hazardous wastes
identified in these exemptions, into
Class I hazardous waste injection wells
Nos. WDW–13 and WDW–318 at the
Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Texas facility,
until December 31, 2020, unless EPA
moves to terminate these exemptions
under provisions of 40 CFR 148.24.
Additional conditions included in these
final decisions may be reviewed by
contacting the Region 6 Ground Water/
UIC Section. As required by 40 CFR
148.22(b) and 124.10, a public notice
was issued October 15, 2007. The public
comment period closed on November
29, 2007. No comments were received.
These decisions constitute final Agency
action and there is no Administrative
appeal. These decisions may be
reviewed/appealed in compliance with
the Administrative Procedure Act.
DATES: These actions are effective as of
December 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the petitions and
all pertinent information relating thereto
are on file at the following location:
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 6, Water Quality Protection
Division, Source Water Protection
Branch (6WQ–S), 1445 Ross Avenue,
Dallas, Texas 75202–2733.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Philip Dellinger, Chief Ground Water/
UIC Section, EPA—Region 6, telephone
(214) 665–7150.
Dated: December 4, 2007.
William K. Honker,
Acting Division Director, Water Quality
Protection Division (6WQ).
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207
(Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S.
Government patent licensing
regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of
its intent to grant, for a specific field of
use, an exclusive, royalty-bearing,
revocable license to practice the
invention described and claimed in the
U.S. Patent No. 6,821,425, entitled
‘‘Biomass Concentrator Reactor,’’ issued
November 23, 2004, and all
corresponding patents issued
throughout the world, and all
reexamined patents and reissued
patents granted in connection with such
patent, to Purestream ES, L.L.C. of
Walton, Kentucky.
The invention was announced as
being available for licensing in the
October 11, 2007 issue of the Federal
Register (72 FR 57937). The proposed
exclusive license will contain
appropriate terms, limitations, and
conditions to be negotiated in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.5 and § 404.7 of the U.S.
Government patent licensing
regulations.
EPA will negotiate the final terms and
conditions and grant the exclusive
license, unless within 15 days from the
date of this notice EPA receives, at the
address below, written objections to the
grant, together with supporting
documentation. The documentation
from objecting parties having an interest
in practicing the above patents should
include an application for an exclusive
or nonexclusive license with the
information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8.
The EPA Patent Attorney and other EPA
officials will review all written
responses and then make
recommendations on a final decision to
the Director or Deputy Director of the
National Risk Management Research
Laboratory, who have been delegated
the authority to issue patent licenses
under EPA Delegation 1–55.
Comments on this notice must be
received by EPA at the address listed
below by December 28, 2007.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent
License
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Intent To Grant an
Exclusive License.
AGENCY:
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Laura Scalise, Patent Attorney, Office of
General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A),
Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202)
564–8303.
Dated: December 7, 2007.
Geoffrey Cooper,
Acting Associate General Counsel, General
Law Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–1080; FRL–8340–3]
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Endocrine Disruptor Screening
Program (EDSP); Draft Policies and
Procedures for Initial Screening;
Request for Comment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document announces the
availability of and solicits public
comment on EPA’s draft policies and
procedures for initial screening under
the Agency’s Endocrine Disruptor
Screening Program (EDSP). The EDSP is
established under section 408(p) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), which requires endocrine
screening of all pesticide chemicals and
was established in response to growing
scientific evidence that humans,
domestic animals, and fish and wildlife
species have exhibited adverse health
consequences from exposure to
environmental chemicals that interact
with their endocrine systems. This
document provides specific details on
the policies and the related procedures
that EPA is considering adopting for
initial screening under the EDSP. In
general, the Agency has tried to develop
policies that could be used in
subsequent data collection efforts.
However, EPA expects that these
policies may be modified as a result of
the Agency’s experience applying them
to the first chemicals to undergo testing.
This document also discusses the
statutory requirements associated with
and format of the test orders, as well as
EPA’s procedures for fair and equitable
sharing of test costs and data
confidentiality. EPA will also be
holding a public meeting to discuss
these policies and procedures. A
separate Federal Register document
announced the details of the public
meeting.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–1080, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal e-Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Document Control Office
(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8505-5]
Underground Injection Control Program, Hazardous Waste Injection
Restrictions; Petition for Exemption--Class I Hazardous Waste
Injection; Solutia, Inc.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of final decisions on no migration petition reissuances.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that exemptions to the land disposal
restrictions under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act have been granted to Solutia,
Inc,
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Chocolate Bayou Facility (Solutia) for two Class I injection wells
located at Alvin, Texas. As required by 40 CFR Part 148, the company
has adequately demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Environmental
Protection Agency by the petitions and supporting documentation that,
to a reasonable degree of certainty, there will be no migration of
hazardous constituents from the injection zone for as long as the waste
remains hazardous. These final decisions allow the underground
injection by Solutia, of the specific restricted hazardous wastes
identified in these exemptions, into Class I hazardous waste injection
wells Nos. WDW-13 and WDW-318 at the Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Texas
facility, until December 31, 2020, unless EPA moves to terminate these
exemptions under provisions of 40 CFR 148.24. Additional conditions
included in these final decisions may be reviewed by contacting the
Region 6 Ground Water/UIC Section. As required by 40 CFR 148.22(b) and
124.10, a public notice was issued October 15, 2007. The public comment
period closed on November 29, 2007. No comments were received. These
decisions constitute final Agency action and there is no Administrative
appeal. These decisions may be reviewed/appealed in compliance with the
Administrative Procedure Act.
DATES: These actions are effective as of December 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the petitions and all pertinent information
relating thereto are on file at the following location:
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Water Quality Protection
Division, Source Water Protection Branch (6WQ-S), 1445 Ross Avenue,
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Dellinger, Chief Ground Water/
UIC Section, EPA--Region 6, telephone (214) 665-7150.
Dated: December 4, 2007.
William K. Honker,
Acting Division Director, Water Quality Protection Division (6WQ).
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