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the review period for this PMN expires 

May 25, 2016. 

IV. What is EPA’s authority for taking 

this action? 

Section 5(c) of TSCA and 40 CFR 

720.75(c) authorizes EPA to extend, for 

good cause, the 90-day PMN review 

period for additional periods not to 

exceed in the aggregate 90 days. For this 

PMN, EPA finds that there is good cause 

to extend the review period. Based on 

analysis, EPA may need to regulate this 

new chemical substance and the Agency 

needs an extension of the review period 

to further investigate potential risk, 

examine regulatory options, and prepare 

the necessary documents, should 

regulatory action be required. 

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

Dated: February 25, 2016. 

Greg Schweer, 

Chief, New Chemicals Notice Management 

Branch, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FDA–2015–N–3403; FRL–9943–08] 

Modernizing the Regulatory System for 

Biotechnology Products; Notice of 

Second Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the auspices of the 

National Science and Technology 

Council, EPA, along with the Office of 

Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), and the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) are 

holding a second public meeting related 

to the memorandum entitled, 

‘‘Modernizing the Regulatory System for 

Biotechnology Products,’’ issued by the 

Executive Office of the President (EOP) 

in July 2015. The purpose of the second 

public meeting is to illustrate current 

federal roles and responsibilities 

regarding biotechnology products. The 

docket, FDA–2015–N–3403, established 

by FDA prior to the first public meeting 

will continue to be used for this 

interagency effort. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 9, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 

p.m. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please immediately contact 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATON CONTACT to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA Region 6 Office at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2750. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about the meeting, 

contact Robert McNally, Biopesticides 

and Pollution Prevention Division 

(7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. For questions 

about the memorandum entitled, 

‘‘Modernizing the Regulatory System for 

Biotechnology Products,’’ or related 

activities described in that 

memorandum, contact the National 

Science and Technology Council: 

Emerging Technologies Interagency 

Policy Coordination Committee, Office 

of Science and Technology Policy, 

Executive Office of the President, 

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

1650 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, 

DC 20504, 202–456–4444, online: 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/webform/

contact-emerging-technologiesinteragency-policy-coordinatingcommittee-national-science-and. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under the auspices of the National 

Science and Technology Council, EPA, 

FDA, USDA and OSTP (collectively 

referred to as ‘‘we’’ in this Federal 

Register document), held a public 

meeting on October 30, 2015, to discuss 

the Executive Office of the President 

(EOP) memorandum entitled, 

‘‘Modernizing the Regulatory System for 

Biotechnology Products,’’ that was 

issued in July 2015. The purpose of the 

October 2015 meeting was to inform the 

public about the activities described in 

the July 2015 memorandum; invite oral 

comments from interested parties; and 

provide information about how to 

submit written comments, data, or other 

information to the docket. The October 

meeting was the first of three public 

engagement sessions on this topic. 

On February 1, 2016, we announced 

the dates and locations for the second 

and third public engagement sessions: 

(1) https://wcms.epa.gov/pesticides/

save-date-march-9-30-2016-publicmeetings-updating-coordinatedframework-regulation; (2) http://

www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/

MeetingsConferencesWorkshops/

ucm463783.htm; and (3) https://

www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/

biotechnology/sa_stakeholder_

meetings/cf_meeting. 

The second public meeting will be 

held on March 9, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. 

to 1:00 p.m. at EPA’s Region 6 Office in 

Dallas, Texas. The second public 

meeting will be used to illustrate 

current federal roles and responsibilities 

regarding biotechnology products. The 

final meeting agenda will be placed in 

the docket [FDA–2015–N–3403] as soon 

as it is available. 

The third public meeting will be held 

on March 30, 2016, at the University of 

California’s Davis Conference Center in 

Davis, California and information about 

that meeting, including an agenda and 

information regarding how to register 

will be placed in the docket and on the 

USDA Web site prior to the meeting. 

II. How can I participate in the March 

9th meeting? 

To participate in person or by webinar 

via Adobe Connect, please register 

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

regulation-biotechnology-under-tscaand-fifra/modernizing-regulatorysystem-biotechnology-products. 

Those registered will receive detailed 

instructions with their confirmations 

that explain how to access the meeting 

via webinar or in person. 

III. Meeting Materials, Transcripts and 

Recorded Video 

Any additional information and data 

submitted voluntarily to us will become 

part of the administrative record for this 

activity and will be accessible to the 

public in the docket [FDA–2015–N– 

3403] at http://www.regulations.gov. 

The transcript of the proceedings from 

the public meeting will become part of 

the administrative record for this 

activity and will also be included in the 

docket. Please be advised that as soon 

as a transcript is available, it will be 

accessible in the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Transcripts and meeting materials 

may also be viewed at the Division of 

Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food 

and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers 

Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. A 

transcript will be available in either 

hardcopy or on CD–ROM, after 

submission of a Freedom of Information 

request. Written requests are to be sent 

to the FDA Division of Freedom of 

Information, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1035, Rockville, MD 20857. 

Additionally, we will live webcast and 

record the public meeting. Once the 

recorded video is available, it will be 

accessible on EPA’s YouTube Channel. 

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Dated: February 24, 2016. 

Mark A. Hartman, 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04583 Filed 3–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPAHQ–SFUND–2012–0104; FRL–9943– 

10–OLEM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 2104.06, OMB Control No. 

2050–0192) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through May 31, 

2016. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 2, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2012–0104 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Gorini, Office of Brownfields and 

Land Revitalization, (5105T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

566–1702; email address: gorini.kelly@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The Small Business Liability 

Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

Act (Pub. L. 107–118) (‘‘the Brownfields 

Amendments’’) was signed into law on 

January 11, 2002. The Act amends the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), as amended, and 

authorizes EPA to award cooperative 

agreements to states, tribes, local 

governments, and other eligible entities 

to assess and clean up brownfield sites. 

Under the Brownfields Amendments, a 

brownfields site means real property, 

the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse 

of which may be complicated by the 

presence or potential presence of a 

hazardous substance, pollutant, or 

contaminant. For funding purposes, 

EPA uses the term ‘‘brownfields 

property(ies)’’ synonymously with the 

term ‘‘brownfields sites.’’ The 

Brownfields Amendments authorize 

EPA to award several types of 

cooperative agreements to eligible 

entities on a competitive basis. 

Under subtitle A of the Small 

Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act, states, 

tribes, local governments, and other 

eligible entities can receive assessment 

cooperative agreements to inventory, 

characterize, assess, and conduct 

planning and community involvement 

related to brownfields properties; 

cleanup cooperative agreements to carry 

out cleanup activities at brownfields 

properties; cooperative agreements to 

capitalize revolving loan funds and 

provide subgrants for cleanup activities; 

area-wide planning cooperative 

agreements to develop revitalization 

plans for brownfields; and 

environmental workforce and 

development job training and placement 

programs. Under subtitle C of the Small 

Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act, states 

and tribes can receive cooperative 

agreements to establish and enhance 

their response programs through the 

four elements and meet the public 

record requirements under the statute. 

Cooperative agreement recipients 

(‘‘recipients’’) have general reporting 

and record keeping requirements as a 

condition of their cooperative agreement 

that result in burden. A portion of this 

reporting and record keeping burden is 

authorized under 2 CFR part 1500 and 

identified in the EPA’s general grants 

ICR (OMB Control Number 2030–0020). 

EPA requires Brownfields program 

recipients to maintain and report 

additional information to EPA on the 

uses and accomplishments associated 

with funded brownfields activities. EPA 

uses several forms to assist recipients in 

reporting the information and to ensure 

consistency of the information 

collected. EPA uses this information to 

meet Federal stewardship 

responsibilities to manage and track 

how program funds are being spent, to 

evaluate the performance of the 

Brownfields Cleanup and Land 

Revitalization Program, to meet the 

Agency’s reporting requirements under 

the Government Performance Results 

Act, and to report to Congress and other 

program stakeholders on the status and 

accomplishments of the program. 

Form numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.06, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0192. 

Respondents/affected entities: State/

local/tribal governments; Non-Profits. 

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