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science and technology through their 

research and development activities, as 

exhibited in publication of their results 

in peer reviewed journals. I have 

determined that a portion of the 2016– 

2018 STAA Committee meeting will be 

closed to the public because it is 

concerned with recommending 

employees deserving of awards. In 

making these draft recommendations, 

the SAB requires full and frank advice 

from the Committee. This advice will 

involve professional judgments on the 

relative merits of various employees and 

their respective work. Such personnel 

matters involve the discussion of 

information that is of a personal nature 

and the disclosure of which would be a 

clearly unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy and, therefore, are 

protected from disclosure by section 

(c)(6) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

Minutes of the 2016–2018 STAA 

Committee meeting will be kept and 

certified by the chair. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the public portion of the 

meeting, the agenda and other materials 

will be accessible through the meeting 

link on the SAB home page at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to the EPA. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information on the topic 

of the public portion of this advisory 

activity, and/or the group conducting 

the activity, for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. Input from 

the public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB committees and panels to consider 

or if it relates to the clarity or accuracy 

of the technical information. Members 

of the public wishing to provide 

comment should contact the DFO 

directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at an SAB public meeting 

will be limited to five minutes. 

Interested parties wishing to provide 

comments at the public portion of the 

August 15, 2016 meeting should contact 

Mr. Hanlon, DFO, in writing (preferably 

via email) at the contact information 

noted above by August 8, 2016, to be 

placed on the list of public speakers for 

the meeting. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements will be accepted throughout 

the advisory process; however, for 

timely consideration by Committee 

members, statements should be 

supplied to Mr. Hanlon, DFO 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by August 8, 

2016. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for advisory meetings. 

Submitters are requested to provide an 

unsigned version of each document 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. Members of the public 

should be aware that their personal 

contact information, if included in any 

written comments, may be posted to the 

SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 

not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Hanlon 

at the contact information provided 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Mr. Hanlon 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: June 27, 2016. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–15856 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9948–70–OA] 

Meetings of the Local Government 

Advisory Committee and the Small 

Communities Advisory Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will 

meet in Washington, DC, on Thursday, 

July 28, 2016, 8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. (EDT). 

The Subcommittee will discuss drinking 

water; rural strategy; and other issues 

and recommendations to the 

Administrator regarding environmental 

issues affecting small communities. The 

Local Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) will meet Washington, DC, on 

Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 1:00 p.m.– 

5:00 p.m. (EDT); Thursday, July 28, 

2016, 9:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.; and Friday, 

July 29, 2016, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

(EDT). The focus of the Committee 

meeting will be on issues pertaining to 

protecting America’s waters; hydraulic 

fracturing; drinking water; Plan EJ 2020; 

cleaning up our communities; air, 

climate and energy; and climate change 

resiliency and sustainability. 

These are open meetings, and all 

interested persons are invited to 

participate. The SCAS will hear 

comments from the public between 9:00 

a.m. and 9:10 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, 

2016, and the LGAC will hear comments 

from the public between 2:30 p.m. and 

2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. 

Individuals or organizations wishing to 

address the Committee will be allowed 

a maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. Also, written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically to eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the number listed 

below to schedule a time on the agenda. 

To address the subcommittee, please 

contact matthews.demond@epa.gov. 

Time will be allotted on a first-come 

first-serve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for appearances 

requires it. 

ADDRESSES: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee meetings will 

be held at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, East Building, 

Conference Room 1153, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460. The Local Government Advisory 

Committee meetings will be held at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Room 1153, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460. Meeting summaries will be 

available after the meeting online at 

www.epa.gov/ocir/scas_lgac/lgac_

index.htm and can be obtained by 

written request to the DFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Local Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) contact Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 

564–3115 or email at eargle.frances@

epa.gov. For the Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), contact 

Demond Matthews, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 564–3781 or email at 

matthews.demond@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information on services for those with 

disabilities: For information on access or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

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Dated: June 21, 2016. 

Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer, Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2016–15854 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0744; FRL–9946–87] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection (EPA ICR No. 

0794.16); Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Notification of 

Substantial Risk of Injury to Health and 

the Environment under TSCA Sec. 8(e)’’ 

and identified by EPA ICR No. 0794.16 

and OMB Control No. 2070–0046, 

represents the renewal of an existing 

ICR that is scheduled to expire on 

February 28, 2017. Before submitting 

the ICR to OMB for review and 

approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 6, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0744, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

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

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

David Brooks, Risk Assessment Division 

(7403T), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8603; email address: 

brooks.david@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. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Notification of Substantial Risk 

of Injury to Health and the Environment 

under TSCA Sec. 8(e). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0794.16. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0046. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on February 28, 

2017. 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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), after appearing in the Federal 

Register when approved, are listed in 40 

CFR part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Section 8(e) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

that any person who manufactures, 

imports, processes or distributes in 

commerce a chemical substance or 

mixture and which obtains information 

that reasonably supports the conclusion 

that such substance or mixture presents 

a substantial risk of injury to health or 

the environment must immediately 

inform EPA of such information. EPA 

routinely disseminates TSCA section 

8(e) data it receives to other federal 

agencies to provide information about 

newly discovered chemical hazards and 

risks. This information collection refers 

to the reporting requirement described 

above. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 15 

U.S.C. 2607(e)). Respondents may claim 

all or part of a notice confidential. EPA 

will disclose information that is covered 

by a claim of confidentiality only to the 

extent permitted by, and in accordance 

with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 

and 40 CFR part 2. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to range from 0.5 hours to 50 

hours per response, depending upon the 

nature of the response. Burden is 

defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are companies that manufacture, 

process, import or distribute in 

commerce a chemical substance or 

mixture, and that obtain information 

that reasonably supports the conclusion 

that such substance or mixture presents 

a substantial risk of injury to health or 

the environment. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 65. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 


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