Compliance Date Extension; Statutory Requirements for Substantiation of Confidential Business Information (CBI) Claims Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 43964-43965 [2017-20046]

Download as PDF 43964 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 20, 2017 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2017–0518] Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Financing Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects Pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Initiation of scoping. AGENCY: Consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality’s NEPA regulations, and EPA’s regulations for implementing NEPA, EPA will prepare a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to analyze the potential environmental impacts related to providing individual long-term, low-cost supplemental loans or loan guarantees for regionally and nationally significant eligible water and wastewater infrastructure projects under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program. EPA will use the information in the PEA to determine whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Future proposed actions under WIFIA that have potential impacts not sufficiently addressed by this PEA may require consideration in a separate NEPA document. This notice initiates the scoping process by inviting comments from Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, and the public to help identify the environmental issues and reasonable alternatives to be examined in the PEA. The scoping process will inform the preparation and issuance of the PEA, which will be made available for public comment. DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 20th, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2017–0518 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov/. Please follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish public comments received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically 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 sradovich on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:28 Sep 19, 2017 Jkt 241001 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alejandro Escobar, Water Infrastructure Division, WIFIA Program, Mail Code: 4201T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–9047; email address escobar.alejandro@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is seeking public comment to determine the scope of projects, environmental issues and reasonable alternatives to be addressed in the PEA on providing loans or loan guarantees for water and wastewater infrastructure projects under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program. The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA) established the WIFIA program, a federal credit program administered by EPA for eligible water and wastewater infrastructure projects. WIFIA and the WIFIA implementation rule (see 81 FR 91822) outline the eligibility and other requirements for prospective borrowers. Eligible borrowers are: Local, State, Tribal, and Federal government entities; partnerships and joint ventures; corporations and trusts; and Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs. The WIFIA program can finance development and implementation activities for the following eligible projects: Wastewater conveyance and treatment projects that are eligible for the Clean Water SRF; drinking water treatment and distribution projects that are eligible for the Drinking Water SRF; enhanced energy efficiency projects at drinking water and wastewater facilities; brackish or seawater desalination, aquifer recharge, alternative water supply, and water recycling projects; drought prevention, reduction, or mitigation projects; acquisition of property if it is integral to the project or will mitigate the environmental impact of a project; and a combination of projects secured by a common security pledge or submitted under one application by an SRF program. PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Eligible development and implementation activities are: Development phase activities, including planning, preliminary engineering, design, environmental review, revenue forecasting, and other pre-construction activities; construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and replacement activities; acquisition of real property or an interest in real property, environmental mitigation, construction contingencies, and acquisition of equipment; capitalized interest necessary to meet market requirements, reasonably required reserve funds, capital issuance expenses and other carrying costs during construction. EPA is currently planning to analyze two alternatives in the PEA: No Action, that is not providing financing; and the proposed action, which is providing financing to individual selected applicants. The PEA will focus its analysis on the potential environmental impacts of both alternatives. Subject areas to be addressed include, but are not limited to: Public health, water quality and quantity (surface and groundwater), historic properties, and threatened and endangered species. Dated: September 14, 2017. Kelly Knight, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2017–19956 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0026; FRL–9968–03] Compliance Date Extension; Statutory Requirements for Substantiation of Confidential Business Information (CBI) Claims Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA is extending the compliance dates published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 and previously extended in the Federal Register on February 21, 2017. Specifically, the Agency set September 19, 2017 as the deadline by which submitters of TSCA submissions containing information claimed as CBI and filed between June 22, 2016 and March 21, 2017 had to submit to EPA the substantiation required by TSCA section 14(c)(3) for all information claimed as confidential, other than information exempt from substantiation pursuant to TSCA section 14(c)(2). The SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\20SEN1.SGM 20SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 20, 2017 / Notices sradovich on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with NOTICES Agency is now giving submitters until October 19, 2017 to provide the substantiations to EPA. DATES: For TSCA submissions containing information claimed as CBI that was filed between June 22, 2016 and March 21, 2017, submitters have until October 19, 2017 to provide the required substantiation. ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0026, 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: Scott Sherlock, Attorney Advisor, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–8257; email address: sherlock.scott@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: I. Does this action apply to me? This announcement is directed to the public in general. It may, however, be of particular interest to you if you manufacture (defined by statute to include import) and/or process chemicals covered by TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). This may include businesses identified by the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 325 and 32411. Because this action is directed to the general public and other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be interested in this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:28 Sep 19, 2017 Jkt 241001 II. What action is the agency taking? EPA is extending the compliance dates published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017, and previously extended in the Federal Register on February 21, 2017. Specifically, the Agency is now giving those submitters until October 19, 2017, to submit the substantiations required by TSCA section 14(c)(3). This extension is in response to concerns raised by industry stakeholders regarding the ability for companies to meet the previous September 19, 2017, deadline due to recent severe weather events. EPA is providing this additional flexibility for stakeholders because of the impacts of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. For more detail on the requirements of TSCA section 14(c)(3) and how to comply with those requirements, see the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6522) (FRL–9958–34) and the Federal Register on February 21, 2017 (82 FR 11218) (FRL–9959–39). III. What is the agency’s authority for taking this action? EPA has determined that TSCA section 14(c)(3), 15 U.S.C. 2613(c)(3), requires an affected business to substantiate all TSCA CBI claims, except for information subject to TSCA section 14(c)(2), at the time the affected business submits the claimed information to EPA. TSCA section 14(c)(1)(a) requires an affected business to assert a claim for protection from disclosure concurrent with submission of the information in accordance with existing or future rules. TSCA section 14(c)(3) in turn requires an affected business submitting a claim to protect information from disclosure to substantiate the claim, also in accordance with existing or future rules. Because EPA published its interpretation that TSCA section 14(c)(3) requires up front substantiation after some companies had already asserted confidentiality claims subject to TSCA section 14(c)(3), the Agency set a future deadline for submission of substantiations pertaining to those submissions. This notice extends that deadline. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Dated: September 14, 2017. Nancy B. Beck, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0026; FRL-9968-03]


Compliance Date Extension; Statutory Requirements for 
Substantiation of Confidential Business Information (CBI) Claims Under 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is extending the compliance dates published in the Federal 
Register on January 19, 2017 and previously extended in the Federal 
Register on February 21, 2017. Specifically, the Agency set September 
19, 2017 as the deadline by which submitters of TSCA submissions 
containing information claimed as CBI and filed between June 22, 2016 
and March 21, 2017 had to submit to EPA the substantiation required by 
TSCA section 14(c)(3) for all information claimed as confidential, 
other than information exempt from substantiation pursuant to TSCA 
section 14(c)(2). The

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Agency is now giving submitters until October 19, 2017 to provide the 
substantiations to EPA.

DATES: For TSCA submissions containing information claimed as CBI that 
was filed between June 22, 2016 and March 21, 2017, submitters have 
until October 19, 2017 to provide the required substantiation.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0026, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: 
Scott Sherlock, Attorney Advisor, Environmental Assistance Division, 
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
telephone number: (202) 564-8257; email address: 
sherlock.scott@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: 

I. Does this action apply to me?

    This announcement is directed to the public in general. It may, 
however, be of particular interest to you if you manufacture (defined 
by statute to include import) and/or process chemicals covered by TSCA 
(15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). This may include businesses identified by the 
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 325 and 
32411. Because this action is directed to the general public and other 
entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to 
describe all the specific entities that may be interested in this 
action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the technical person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    EPA is extending the compliance dates published in the Federal 
Register on January 19, 2017, and previously extended in the Federal 
Register on February 21, 2017. Specifically, the Agency is now giving 
those submitters until October 19, 2017, to submit the substantiations 
required by TSCA section 14(c)(3). This extension is in response to 
concerns raised by industry stakeholders regarding the ability for 
companies to meet the previous September 19, 2017, deadline due to 
recent severe weather events. EPA is providing this additional 
flexibility for stakeholders because of the impacts of hurricanes 
Harvey and Irma.
    For more detail on the requirements of TSCA section 14(c)(3) and 
how to comply with those requirements, see the Federal Register on 
January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6522) (FRL-9958-34) and the Federal Register on 
February 21, 2017 (82 FR 11218) (FRL-9959-39).

III. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    EPA has determined that TSCA section 14(c)(3), 15 U.S.C. 
2613(c)(3), requires an affected business to substantiate all TSCA CBI 
claims, except for information subject to TSCA section 14(c)(2), at the 
time the affected business submits the claimed information to EPA.
    TSCA section 14(c)(1)(a) requires an affected business to assert a 
claim for protection from disclosure concurrent with submission of the 
information in accordance with existing or future rules. TSCA section 
14(c)(3) in turn requires an affected business submitting a claim to 
protect information from disclosure to substantiate the claim, also in 
accordance with existing or future rules.
    Because EPA published its interpretation that TSCA section 14(c)(3) 
requires up front substantiation after some companies had already 
asserted confidentiality claims subject to TSCA section 14(c)(3), the 
Agency set a future deadline for submission of substantiations 
pertaining to those submissions. This notice extends that deadline.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

    Dated: September 14, 2017.
Nancy B. Beck,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-20046 Filed 9-15-17; 4:15 pm]
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