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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2020–0673; FRL–10019–78– 

OW] 

Applying the Supreme Court’s County 

of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund 

Decision in the Clean Water Act 

Section 402 National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System Permit 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

guidance. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) is issuing 

a memorandum to provide guidance to 

the regulated community and permitting 

authorities on applying the recent 

decision of the United States Supreme 

Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii 

Wildlife Fund, 140 S. Ct. 1462 (2020), in 

the Clean Water Act Section 402 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permit 

program for point source discharges that 

travel through groundwater before 

reaching a water of the United States. 

Consistent with EPA Guidance; 

Administrative Procedures for Issuance 

and Public Petitions, published in the 

Federal Register on October 19, 2020, 

EPA solicited public comments on the 

draft guidance for thirty days, beginning 

on December 10, 2020. EPA has 

developed a responsiveness summary to 

address major concerns and comments, 

and it is available in the docket for this 

action. This guidance does not have the 

force and effect of law and it does not 

bind the public in any way. By issuing 

this guidance, the Agency intends only 

to provide clarity to the public regarding 

existing requirements under the law or 

Agency policies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Wilson, Office of Wastewater 

Management, Water Permits Division 

(MC4203M), Environmental Protection 

Agency. 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–6087; email address: 

wilson.js@epa.gov. 

A. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

You may access this document 

electronically at https://www.epa.gov/ 

npdes/releases-point-sourcegroundwater or at https://

www.federalregister.gov. EPA 

established an official public docket 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2020–0673 which is accessible 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov that will also 

contain copies of this Federal Register 

notice. The public docket does not 

include CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. The 

telephone number for the Water Docket 

is (202) 566–2426. 

Dated: January 13, 2021. 

Anna Wildeman, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01254 Filed 1–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765; FRL–10018–08– 

ORD] 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

Executive Committee Meeting— 

January 2021 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

virtual meeting of the Board of 

Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive 

Committee (EC) to review the draft 

reports of the Homeland Security (HS) 

and Safe and Sustainable Water 

Resources (SSWR) subcommittees. Due 

to unforeseen circumstances, EPA is 

announcing this meeting with less than 

15 calendar days’ notice. 

DATES: The initial meeting will be held 

over one day via videoconference on 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, from 2 

p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). Attendees must 

register by January 26, 2021. 

If an additional meeting is necessary 

to complete the draft reports a followup will be held on Thursday, February 

11, 2021, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). 

Attendees must register by February 10, 

2021. 

Meeting times are subject to change. 

These series of meetings are open to the 

public. Comments must be received by 

January 26, 2021, to be considered by 

the Executive Committee. Requests for 

the draft agenda or making a 

presentation at the meeting will be 

accepted until January 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Instructions on how to 

connect to the videoconference will be 

provided upon registration at https://

www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-boscexecutive-committee-meeting-tickets130024345317. 

Submit your comments to Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765 by one 

of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Note: Comments submitted to the 

www.regulations.gov website are anonymous 

unless identifying information is included in 

the body of the comment. 

• Email: Send comments by 

electronic mail (email) to: ORD.Docket@

epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2015–0765. 

Note: Comments submitted via email are 

not anonymous. The sender’s email will be 

included in the body of the comment and 

placed in the public docket which is made 

available on the internet. 

Instructions: All comments received, 

including any personal information 

provided, will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov. Information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

will not be included in the public 

docket, and should not be submitted 

through www.regulations.gov or email. 

For additional information about the 

EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/. 

Public Docket: Publicly available 

docket materials may be accessed 

Online at www.regulations.gov. 

Copyrighted materials in the docket 

are only available via hard copy. The 

telephone number for the ORD Docket 

Center is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Tom 

Tracy, via phone/voicemail at: (202) 

564–6518; or via email at: tracy.tom@

epa.gov. 

Any member of the public interested 

in receiving a draft agenda, attending 

the meeting, or making a presentation at 

the meeting should contact Tom Tracy 

no later than January 26, 2021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) is a 

federal advisory committee that 

provides advice and recommendations 

to EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development on technical and 

management issues of its research 

programs. The meeting agenda and 

materials will be posted to https://

www.epa.gov/bosc. 

Proposed agenda items for the 

meeting include, but are not limited to, 

the following: review the HS and SSWR 

draft reports. 

Information on Services Available: 

For information on translation services, 

access, or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Tom Tracy at 

(202) 564–6518 or tracy.tom@epa.gov. 


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To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Tom Tracy at 

least ten days prior to the meeting to 

give the EPA adequate time to process 

your request. 

(Authority: Pub. L. 92–463, 1, Oct. 6, 1972, 

86 Stat. 770) 

Mary Ross, 

Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy 

and Engagement. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01206 Filed 1–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0604; FRL–10017– 

50] 

C.I. Pigment Violet 29; Final Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk 

Evaluation; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of the final Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk 

evaluation of C.I. Pigment Violet 29. The 

purpose of conducting risk evaluations 

under TSCA is to determine whether a 

chemical substance presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment under the conditions of 

use, including an unreasonable risk to a 

relevant potentially exposed or 

susceptible subpopulation, without 

consideration of costs or other nonrisk 

factors. EPA has determined that 

specific conditions of use of C.I. 

Pigment Violet 29 present an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment. For those conditions 

of use for which EPA has found an 

unreasonable risk, EPA must move to 

address that unreasonable risk through 

risk management measures enumerated 

in TSCA. EPA has also determined that 

specific conditions of use do not present 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment. For those conditions 

of use for which EPA has found no 

unreasonable risk to health or the 

environment, the Agency’s 

determination is a final Agency action 

and is issued via order in the risk 

evaluation. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0604, is 

available online at http://

www.regulations.gov or in-person 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. 

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: 

Seema Schappelle, Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8006; 

email address: schappelle.seema@

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 be of 

interest to persons who are or may be 

interested in risk evaluations of 

chemical substances under TSCA, 15 

U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Since other entities 

may also be interested in this final risk 

evaluation, the EPA has not attempted 

to describe all the specific entities that 

may be affected by this action. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

TSCA section 6, 15 U.S.C. 2605, 

requires EPA to conduct risk 

evaluations to ‘‘determine whether a 

chemical substance presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment, without consideration 

of costs or other nonrisk factors, 

including an unreasonable risk to a 

potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulation identified as relevant to 

the risk evaluation by the 

Administrator, under the conditions of 

use.’’ 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(A). TSCA 

sections 6(b)(4)(A) through (H) 

enumerate the deadlines and minimum 

requirements applicable to this process, 

including provisions that provide 

instruction on chemical substances that 

must undergo evaluation, the minimum 

components of a TSCA risk evaluation, 

and the timelines for public comment 

and completion of the risk evaluation. 

TSCA also requires that EPA operate in 

a manner that is consistent with the best 

available science, make decisions based 

on the weight of the scientific evidence 

and consider reasonably available 

information. 15 U.S.C. 2625(h), (i), and 

(k). TSCA section 6(i) directs that a 

determination of ‘‘no unreasonable risk’’ 

shall be issued by order and considered 

to be a final Agency action, while a 

determination of ‘‘unreasonable risk’’ is 

not considered to be a final Agency 

action. 15 U.S.C. 2605(i). 

The statute identifies the minimum 

components for all chemical substance 

risk evaluations. For each risk 

evaluation, EPA must publish a 

document that outlines the scope of the 

risk evaluation to be conducted, which 

includes the hazards, exposures, 

conditions of use, and the potentially 

exposed or susceptible subpopulations 

that EPA expects to consider. 15 U.S.C. 

2605(b)(4)(D). The statute further 

provides that each risk evaluation must 

also: (1) Integrate and assess available 

information on hazards and exposures 

for the conditions of use of the chemical 

substance, including information that is 

relevant to specific risks of injury to 

health or the environment and 

information on relevant potentially 

exposed or susceptible subpopulations; 

(2) describe whether aggregate or 

sentinel exposures were considered and 

the basis for that consideration; (3) take 

into account, where relevant, the likely 

duration, intensity, frequency, and 

number of exposures under the 

conditions of use; and (4) describe the 

weight of the scientific evidence for the 

identified hazards and exposures. 15 

U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)(i) through (ii) and 

(iv) through (v). Each risk evaluation 

must not consider costs or other nonrisk 

factors. 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)(iii). 

The statute requires that the risk 

evaluation process be completed within 

a specified timeframe and provide an 

opportunity for public comment on a 

draft risk evaluation prior to publishing 

a final risk evaluation. 15 U.S.C. 

2605(b)(4). 

Subsection 5.4.1 of the final risk 

evaluation for C.I. Pigment Violet 29 

constitutes the order required under 

TSCA section 6(i)(1), and the ‘‘no 

unreasonable risk’’ determinations in 

that subsection are considered to be a 

final Agency action effective on the date 


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