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Services. Based on the BE, the Services 

will then develop a Biological Opinion 

for glyphosate. 

C. Public Comments Sought 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c) and 

consistent with the enhanced 

stakeholder engagement practices (see 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012– 

0442), EPA is providing an opportunity, 

through this notice of availability, for 

interested parties to provide comments 

and input concerning the Agency’s draft 

BE for glyphosate. Such comments 

could address, among other things, the 

application of the Agency’s revised risk 

assessment methodologies to and 

assumptions for this draft BE. 

The file size of the glyphosate draft 

BE exceeds the docket system’s file size 

limitation, therefore it is not posted to 

this BE docket. Instead, the BE is posted 

on EPA’s endangered species web page 

(see web link provided in the Table 

below). Commenters are instructed to 

post comments on the BE to this BE 

docket (EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0585) in 

www.regulations.gov, as indicated in the 

Table below. 

TABLE—PESTICIDE DOCKET ID NUMBER FOR POSTING COMMENTS ON THE GLYPHOSATE DRAFT BE AND LINK TO THE

DRAFT BE 

Document Pesticide docket ID No. 

for public comments Link to the draft BE 

Glyphosate BE .......... EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0585 ...... https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/draft-national-level-listed-species-biologicalevaluation-glyphosate. 

1. Other related information. 

Additional information on endangered 

species risk assessment and the National 

Academy of Sciences report 

recommendations are available at 

https://www.epa.gov/endangeredspecies/implementing-nas-reportrecommendations-risk-assessmentmethodology-endangered. Information 

on the Agency’s registration review 

program and its implementing 

regulation is available at https://

www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. 

2. Information submission 

requirements. Anyone may submit data 

or information in response to this 

document. To be considered during a 

pesticide’s registration review, the 

submitted data or information must 

meet the following requirements: 

• To ensure that EPA will consider 

data or information submitted, 

interested persons must submit the data 

or information during the comment 

period. The Agency may, at its 

discretion, consider data or information 

submitted later. 

• The data or information submitted 

must be presented in a legible and 

useable form. For example, an English 

translation must accompany any 

material that is not in English and a 

written transcript must accompany any 

information submitted as an audio 

graphic or video graphic record. Written 

material may be submitted in paper or 

electronic form. 

• Submitters must clearly identify the 

source of any submitted data or 

information. 

• Submitters may request the Agency 

to reconsider data or information that 

the Agency rejected in a previous 

review. However, submitters must 

explain why they believe the Agency 

should reconsider the data or 

information in the pesticide’s 

registration review. 

As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the 

registration review docket for each 

pesticide case will remain publicly 

accessible through the duration of the 

registration review process; that is, until 

all actions required in the final decision 

on the registration review case have 

been completed. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: November 18, 2020. 

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26184 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0436; FRL–10017– 

15] 

Di-isononyl Phthalate (DINP); Draft 

Scope of the Risk Evaluation To Be 

Conducted Under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA); Notice 

of Availability and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of and soliciting public 

comment on the draft scope document 

for the risk evaluation to be conducted 

for di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) (1,2- 

benzene-dicarboxylic acid, 1,2- 

diisononyl ester, and 1,2- 

benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C8–10- 

branched alkyl esters, C9-rich; Chemical 

Abstracts Service Registry Number 

(CASRN) 28553–12–0 and CASRN 

68515–48–0) a category of chemical 

substances for which EPA received a 

manufacturer request for risk 

evaluation. The draft scope document 

for this category of chemical substances 

includes the conditions of use, hazards, 

exposures, and the potentially exposed 

or susceptible subpopulations EPA 

plans to consider in conducting the risk 

evaluation for this category of chemical 

substances. EPA is also asking the 

public to provide additional data or 

information that could be useful to the 

Agency in finalizing the scope of the 

risk evaluations; comments may be 

submitted to this docket. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0436, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Collin 

Beachum, Existing Chemical Risk 

Assessment Division (Mailcode E205– 

02), Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 


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RTP, NC 27711; telephone number: 

(919) 541–7554; email address: 

beachum.collin@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 and may be of interest to 

entities that manufacture (including 

import) a chemical substance regulated 

under TSCA (e.g., entities identified 

under North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

325 and 324110). The action may also 

be of interest to chemical processors, 

distributors in commerce, and users; 

non-governmental organizations in the 

environmental and public health 

sectors; state and local government 

agencies; and members of the public. 

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. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The draft scope document is issued 

pursuant to TSCA section 6(b) and 

EPA’s implementing regulations at 40 

CFR 702.41(c)(7). 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is publishing the draft scope of 

the risk evaluation for DINP under 

TSCA. Through the risk evaluation 

process, EPA will determine whether 

the category of chemical substances 

presents an unreasonable risk of injury 

to health or the environment under the 

conditions of use, as determined by the 

Administrator, in accordance with 

TSCA section 6(b)(4). 

II. Background 

TSCA allows chemical manufacturers 

to request an EPA-conducted risk 

evaluation of a chemical under 40 CFR 

702.37. On May 24, 2019, EPA received 

a manufacturer request for a risk 

evaluation of DINP (Ref. 1). On 

December 20, 2019, the Agency granted 

the request, and subsequently initiated 

the scoping process for the risk 

evaluation for this category of chemical 

substances. The purpose of a risk 

evaluation is to determine whether a 

chemical substance, or group of 

chemical substances, presents an 

unreasonable risk to health or the 

environment, under the conditions of 

use, including an unreasonable risk to a 

relevant potentially exposed or 

susceptible subpopulation (15 U.S.C. 

2605(b)(4)(A)). As part of this process, 

EPA must evaluate both hazards and 

exposures for the conditions of use; 

describe whether aggregate or sentinel 

exposures were considered and the 

basis for consideration; not consider 

costs or other nonrisk factors; take into 

account where relevant, likely duration, 

intensity, frequency, and number of 

exposures; and describe the weight of 

the scientific evidence for hazards and 

exposures (15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)). This 

process will culminate in a 

determination of whether or not the 

category of chemical substances 

presents an unreasonable risk of injury 

to health or the environment under the 

conditions of use (15 U.S.C. 

2605(b)(4)(A); 40 CFR 702.47). 

III. Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation 

for Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) 

The category of chemical substances 

for which EPA is publishing the draft 

scope of the risk evaluation includes the 

following chemical substances: 1,2- 

benzene-dicarboxylic acid, 1,2- 

diisononyl ester (CASRN 28553–12–0), 

and 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, diC8–10-branched alkyl esters, C9-rich; 

(CASRN 68515–48–0). The draft scope 

of the risk evaluation for this category 

of chemical substances includes the 

conditions of use, hazards, exposures, 

and the potentially exposed or 

susceptible subpopulations EPA plans 

to consider in the risk evaluation (15 

U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(D)). Development of 

the scope is the first step of a risk 

evaluation. The draft scope of the risk 

evaluation will include the following 

components (40 CFR 702.41(c)): 

• The conditions of use, as 

determined by the Administrator, that 

EPA plans to consider in the risk 

evaluation. 

• The potentially exposed 

populations that EPA plans to evaluate; 

the ecological receptors that EPA plans 

to evaluate; and the hazards to health 

and the environment that EPA plans to 

evaluate. 

• A description of the reasonably 

available information and the science 

approaches that the Agency plans to 

use. 

• A conceptual model that will 

describe the actual or predicted 

relationships between the chemical 

substance, the conditions of use within 

the scope of the evaluation and the 

receptors, either human or 

environmental, with consideration of 

the life cycle of the chemical 

substance—from manufacturing, 

processing, distribution in commerce, 

use, to release or disposal—and 

identification of human and ecological 

health hazards EPA plans to evaluate for 

the exposure scenarios EPA plans to 

evaluate. 

• An analysis plan, which will 

identify the approaches and methods 

EPA plans to use to assess exposure, 

hazards, and risk, including associated 

uncertainty and variability, as well as a 

strategy for using reasonably available 

information and best available science 

approaches. 

• A plan for peer review. 

EPA encourages commenters to 

provide information they believe might 

be missing or may further inform the 

risk evaluation. EPA will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the final 

scope within three months of publishing 

the draft scope. 

IV. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this Federal Register 

notice. The docket for this action 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket. For assistance in locating 

these referenced documents, please 

consult the technical person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

1. EPA. Di-isononyl Phthalate (DINP) 

(1,2-Benzene- dicarboxylic acid, 1,2- 

diisononyl ester); Manufacturer Request 

for Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA); Notice 

of Availability and Request for 

Comments. Federal Register. (84 FR 

42912, August 19, 2019) (FRL–9998–25). 

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

Andrew Wheeler, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26204 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R06–OW–2020–0608; FRL–10017–34- 

Region 6] 

Public Notice of State of Texas’ 

Submittal to EPA of Request for Partial 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Program 

Authorization for Oil and Gas 

Discharges 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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