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temporary loss of hearing sensitivity
when exposed to loud sound, and the
hearing threshold is expected to recover
completely within minutes to hours.
Therefore, it is not considered an injury.
The project also is not expected to
have significant adverse effects on
affected marine mammals’ habitat, as
analyzed in detail in the ‘‘Anticipated
Effects on Marine Mammal Habitat’’
section. There is no ESA designated
critical area in the vicinity of the Seattle
Multimodal Project at Colman Dock
area. The project activities would not
permanently modify existing marine
mammal habitat. The activities may kill
some fish and cause other fish to leave
the area temporarily, thus impacting
marine mammals’ foraging
opportunities in a limited portion of the
foraging range. However, because of the
short duration of the activities and the
relatively small area of the habitat that
may be affected, the impacts to marine
mammal habitat are not expected to
cause significant or long-term negative
consequences. Therefore, given the
consideration of potential impacts to
marine mammal prey species and their
physical environment, WSDOT’s
proposed construction activity at
Colman Dock would not adversely affect
marine mammal habitat.
• Injury—only 4 species of marine
mammals would experience Level A
affects in the form of mild PTS, which
is expected to be of small degree.
• Behavioral disturbance—seven
species/stocks of marine mammals
would experience behavioral
disturbance and TTS from the WSDOT’s
Seattle Colman Dock project. However,
as discussed earlier, the area to be
affected is small and the duration of the
project is short. Therefore, the overall
impacts are expected to be insignificant.
Based on the analysis contained
herein of the likely effects of the
specified activity on marine mammals
and their habitat, and taking into
consideration the implementation of the
monitoring and mitigation measures,
NMFS finds that the total take from the
proposed activity will have a negligible
impact on all affected marine mammal
species or stocks.
Small Numbers
As noted above, only small numbers
of incidental take may be authorized
under Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
for specified activities other than
military readiness activities. The MMPA
does not define small numbers and so,
in practice, NMFS compares the number
of individuals anticipated to be taken to
the most appropriate estimation of the
relevant species or stock size in our
determination of whether an
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authorization would be limited to small
numbers of marine mammals.
The takes represent less than 21
percent of all populations or stocks with
known abundance potentially impacted
(see Table 7 in this document). These
take estimates represent the percentage
of each species or stock that could be
taken by both Level A and Level B
harassments. In general, the numbers of
marine mammals estimated to be taken
are small proportions of the total
populations of the affected species or
stocks.
Based on the analysis contained
herein of the proposed activity
(including the precribed mitigation and
monitoring measures) and the
anticipated take of marine mammals,
NMFS finds that small numbers of each
species or stock will be taken relative to
the population size of the affected
species or stocks.
Unmitigable Adverse Impact
Subsistence Analysis and
Determination
There are no relevant subsistence uses
of the affected marine mammal stocks or
species implicated by this action.
Therefore, NMFS has determined that
the total taking of affected species or
stocks would not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of
such species or stocks for taking for
subsistence purposes.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Issuance of an MMPA authorization
requires compliance with the ESA for
any species that are listed or proposed
as threatened or endangered.
The MMPA California-OregonWashington stock of humpback whale
and the Southern Resident stock of
killer whale are the only marine
mammal species listed under the ESA
that could occur in the vicinity of
WSDOT’s proposed construction
projects. Two DPSs of humpback
whales, the Mexico DPS and the Central
America DPS, are listed as threatened
and endangered under the ESA,
respectively. NMFS worked with
WSDOT to implement shutdown
measures in the IHA that would avoid
takes of both SR killer whale and
humpback whales. Therefore, NMFS
determined that no ESA-listed marine
mammal species would be affected as a
result of WSDOT’s Seattle Colman Dock
construction project.
Authorization
As a result of these determinations,
NMFS has issued an IHA to the
Washington State Department of
Transportation for conducting ferry
terminal construction at Colman Dock
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Scopes of the Risk Evaluations To Be
Conducted for the First Ten Chemical
Substances Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
As required by the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA), which
was amended by the Frank R.
Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st
Century Act in June 2016, EPA is
announcing the availability of the scope
documents for the risk evaluations to be
conducted for the first ten (10) chemical
substances. Each scope includes the
hazards, exposures, conditions of use,
and the potentially exposed or
susceptible subpopulations the EPA
expects to consider in conducting the
risk evaluation. EPA is also re-opening
existing dockets for the first 10
chemicals to allow for the public to
provide additional data or information
that could be useful to the Agency in
conducting problem formulation, the
next step in the process of conducting
the risk evaluations for these chemicals.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact:
Christina Motilall, Risk Assessment
Division, Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (202) 564–1287; email address:
motilall.christina@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The
TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you manufacture (defined
under TSCA to include import), process,
distribute in commerce, use or dispose
of any of the ten chemical substances
identified in this document for risk
evaluation. This action may be of
particular interest to entities that are
regulated under TSCA (e.g., entities
identified under North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes 325 and 324110, among
others). Since other entities may also be
interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific
entities and corresponding NAICS codes
for entities that may be interested in or
affected by this action.
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket),
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPPT
Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
C. What is the Agency’s authority for
taking this action?
This action directly implements
TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D).
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
II. Background
The docket for this action, identified
EPA published a notice in the Federal
by docket identification (ID) number
Register of December 19, 2016 (81 FR
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0327, is available 91927) (FRL–9956–47) of EPA’s
Chemical name
1-Bromopropane .............................................................
1,4-Dioxane .....................................................................
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0741
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0723
Carbon Tetrachloride ......................................................
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0733
Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster (HBCD) .......................
Methylene Chloride .........................................................
N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) .............................................
Pigment Violet 29 (Anthra[2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′]
diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10(2H,9H)-tetrone).
Tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene)
Trichloroethylene (TCE) ..................................................
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EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0736
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0735
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0742
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0743
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III. What action is the Agency taking?
In fulfillment of the requirements in
TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D), EPA is
publishing the scopes of the risk
evaluations for the first 10 chemical
substances designated to undergo risk
evaluation to determine whether the
chemical substances present an
unreasonable risk of injury to human
health or the environment under TSCA
section 6(b)(4). The 10 chemical
substances for which EPA is publishing
the scopes of the risk evaluations are:
Agency contact
Asbestos .........................................................................
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designation of 10 chemical substances
for initial risk evaluations under TSCA.
EPA’s designation of the first ten
chemical substances constituted the
initiation of the risk evaluation process
for each of these chemical substances,
pursuant to the requirements of TSCA
section 6(b)(4).
Docket ID No.
The scope of the risk evaluation for
each of these 10 chemical substances
includes the hazards, exposures,
conditions of use, and the potentially
exposed or susceptible subpopulations
the EPA expects to consider. To the
extent possible, EPA has aligned these
scope documents with the approach set
forth in the risk evaluation process. The
timeframe for development of these
scope documents has been very
compressed. The first 10 chemical
substances were not subject to
prioritization, the process through
which EPA expects to collect and screen
much of the relevant information about
chemical substances that will be subject
to the risk evaluation process. As a
result, EPA had limited ability to
process all the information gathered
during scoping for the first 10 chemicals
within the time provided in the statute
for publication of the scopes after
initiation of the risk evaluation process.
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0732
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0737
Robert Courtnage, courtnage.robert@epa.gov, 202–
566–1081.
Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202–564–0140.
Cindy Wheeler, wheeler.cindy@epa.gov, 202–566–
0484.
Stephanie Jarmul, jarmul.stephanie@epa.gov, 202–
564–6130.
Sue Slotnick, slotnick.sue@epa.gov, 202–566–1973.
Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202–564–0140.
Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202–564–0140.
Hannah Braun, braun.hannah@epa.gov, 202–564–
5614.
Tyler Lloyd, lloyd.tyler@epa.gov, 202–564–4016.
Toni Krasnic, krasnic.toni@epa.gov, 202–564–0984.
Hence, the scope documents for the
first 10 chemicals are not as refined or
specific as future scope documents are
anticipated to be. In addition, there was
insufficient time for EPA to provide an
opportunity for comment on drafts of
these scope documents, as it intends to
do for future scope documents. For
these reasons, EPA will publish and
take public comment on a Problem
Formulation document which will
refine the current scope, as an
additional interim step, prior to
publication of the draft risk evaluations
for the first 10 chemicals. The problem
formulation documents are expected to
be released within approximately 6
months of publication of the scope
document. EPA invites the public to
provide additional data or information
that would be useful in conducting the
problem formulation to the existing
public docket for each of these
chemicals.
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Dated: June 22, 2017.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0327; FRL-9963-57]
Scopes of the Risk Evaluations To Be Conducted for the First Ten
Chemical Substances Under the Toxic Substances Control Act; Notice of
Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which
was amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st
Century Act in June 2016, EPA is announcing the availability of the
scope documents for the risk evaluations to be conducted for the first
ten (10) chemical substances. Each scope includes the hazards,
exposures, conditions of use, and the potentially exposed or
susceptible subpopulations the EPA expects to consider in conducting
the risk evaluation. EPA is also re-opening existing dockets for the
first 10 chemicals to allow for the public to provide additional data
or information that could be useful to the Agency in conducting problem
formulation, the next step in the process of conducting the risk
evaluations for these chemicals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: Christina Motilall, Risk
Assessment Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1287; email
address: motilall.christina@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you manufacture
(defined under TSCA to include import), process, distribute in
commerce, use or dispose of any of the ten chemical substances
identified in this document for risk evaluation. This action may be of
particular interest to entities that are regulated under TSCA (e.g.,
entities identified under North American Industrial Classification
System (NAICS) codes 325 and 324110, among others). Since other
entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities and corresponding NAICS codes for
entities that may be interested in or affected by this action.
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0327, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Docket (OPPT Docket), Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center
(EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566-
0280. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information
about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
C. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
This action directly implements TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D).
II. Background
EPA published a notice in the Federal Register of December 19, 2016
(81 FR 91927) (FRL-9956-47) of EPA's designation of 10 chemical
substances for initial risk evaluations under TSCA. EPA's designation
of the first ten chemical substances constituted the initiation of the
risk evaluation process for each of these chemical substances, pursuant
to the requirements of TSCA section 6(b)(4).
III. What action is the Agency taking?
In fulfillment of the requirements in TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D), EPA
is publishing the scopes of the risk evaluations for the first 10
chemical substances designated to undergo risk evaluation to determine
whether the chemical substances present an unreasonable risk of injury
to human health or the environment under TSCA section 6(b)(4). The 10
chemical substances for which EPA is publishing the scopes of the risk
evaluations are:
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Chemical name Docket ID No. Agency contact
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Asbestos............................ EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0736 Robert Courtnage,
courtnage.robert@epa.gov,
202-566-1081.
1-Bromopropane...................... EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0741 Ana Corado,
corado.ana@epa.gov, 202-564-
0140.
1,4-Dioxane......................... EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0723 Cindy Wheeler,
wheeler.cindy@epa.gov, 202-
566-0484.
Carbon Tetrachloride................ EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0733 Stephanie Jarmul,
jarmul.stephanie@epa.gov,
202-564-6130.
Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0735 Sue Slotnick,
(HBCD). slotnick.sue@epa.gov, 202-
566-1973.
Methylene Chloride.................. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0742 Ana Corado,
corado.ana@epa.gov, 202-564-
0140.
N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)........... EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0743 Ana Corado,
corado.ana@epa.gov, 202-564-
0140.
Pigment Violet 29 (Anthra[2,1,9- EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0725 Hannah Braun,
def:6,5,10-d'e'f'] diisoquinoline- braun.hannah@epa.gov, 202-
1,3,8,10(2H,9H)-tetrone). 564-5614.
Tetrachloroethylene (also known as EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732 Tyler Lloyd,
perchloroethylene). lloyd.tyler@epa.gov, 202-
564-4016.
Trichloroethylene (TCE)............. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0737 Toni Krasnic,
krasnic.toni@epa.gov, 202-
564-0984.
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The scope of the risk evaluation for each of these 10 chemical
substances includes the hazards, exposures, conditions of use, and the
potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations the EPA expects to
consider. To the extent possible, EPA has aligned these scope documents
with the approach set forth in the risk evaluation process. The
timeframe for development of these scope documents has been very
compressed. The first 10 chemical substances were not subject to
prioritization, the process through which EPA expects to collect and
screen much of the relevant information about chemical substances that
will be subject to the risk evaluation process. As a result, EPA had
limited ability to process all the information gathered during scoping
for the first 10 chemicals within the time provided in the statute for
publication of the scopes after initiation of the risk evaluation
process.
Hence, the scope documents for the first 10 chemicals are not as
refined or specific as future scope documents are anticipated to be. In
addition, there was insufficient time for EPA to provide an opportunity
for comment on drafts of these scope documents, as it intends to do for
future scope documents. For these reasons, EPA will publish and take
public comment on a Problem Formulation document which will refine the
current scope, as an additional interim step, prior to publication of
the draft risk evaluations for the first 10 chemicals. The problem
formulation documents are expected to be released within approximately
6 months of publication of the scope document. EPA invites the public
to provide additional data or information that would be useful in
conducting the problem formulation to the existing public docket for
each of these chemicals.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
Dated: June 22, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
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