67284 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 248 / Friday, December 28, 2018 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004; FRL–9986–77] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Chemical Abstracts 

Service 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its 

contractor, Chemical Abstracts Service 

(CAS) of Columbus, OH, to access 

information which has been submitted 

to EPA under sections 5 and 8 of the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 

Some of the information may be claimed 

or determined to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI). 

DATES: Access to the confidential data 

occurred on or about 1 November 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: 

Recie Reese, Environmental Assistance 

Division (7408M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8276; 

email address: reese.recie@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. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to all who manufacture, 

process, or distribute industrial 

chemicals. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be 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–2003–0004, is available 

at http://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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under EPA contract number 

68HERH19C0002, contractor CAS of 

2540 Olentangy River Rd., P.O. Box 

3012, Columbus, OH, is assisting the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT) by providing technical 

assistance in developing and operating 

the TSCA Chemical Substance 

Inventory. They will also assist in 

determining whether the substances 

described in the submissions received 

are already found on the TSCA 

Inventory; and review and/or provide 

the chemical names for the substances 

being reviewed. This is a new contract 

that continues work initiated under 

Contract Number EP–W–13–008. This is 

a renewal of a long existing contract 

with CAS. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), 

EPA has determined that under EPA 

contract number 68HERH19C0002, CAS 

required access to CBI submitted to EPA 

under sections 5 and 8 of TSCA to 

perform successfully the duties 

specified under the contract. CAS 

personnel were given access to 

information submitted to EPA under 

sections 5 and 8 of TSCA. Some of the 

information may be claimed or 

determined to be CBI. 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under 

sections 5 and 8 of TSCA that EPA has 

provided CAS access to these CBI 

materials on a need-to-know basis only. 

All access to TSCA CBI under this 

contract is taking place at EPA 

Headquarters and CAS’ site located at 

2540 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, 

OH, in accordance with EPA’s TSCA 

CBI Protection Manual. 

Access to TSCA data, including CBI, 

will continue until October 31, 2023. If 

the contract is extended, this access will 

also continue for the duration of the 

extended contract without further 

notice. 

CAS personnel have signed 

nondisclosure agreements and were 

briefed on appropriate security 

procedures before they were permitted 

access to TSCA CBI. 

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

Dated: November 30, 2018. 

Pamela S. Myrick, 

Director, Information Management Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28302 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications will also be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than January 22, 

2019. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice 

President) 2200 North Pearl Street 

Dallas, Texas 75201–2272: 

1. First Bancshares of Texas, Inc., 

Midland, Texas; to acquire 100 percent 

of the voting shares of FB Bancshares, 

Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 

shares of Fidelity Bank, both of Wichita 

Falls, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 21, 2018. 

Yao-Chin Chao, 

Assistant Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28297 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 


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