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2. EPA Registration Numbers: 264–824 and 

264–825. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2015–0327. Applicant: Bayer CropScience 

LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12014, 

RTP, NC 27709. Active ingredient: 

Prothioconazole. Product type: Fungicide. 

Proposed Use: Sorghum seed treatment. 

Contact: RD. 

3. EPA File Symbol: 89825–R. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0328. 

Applicant: Barnacle-Blocker, LLC., 12907 

Yacht Club Place, Cortez, FL 34215. Active 

ingredient: Capsaicin. Product type: 

Antifoulant. Proposed Use: Boats. Contact: 

AD. 

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

Dated: June 3, 2015. 

Jennifer Mclain, 

Acting, Director, Antimicrobials Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0236; FRL–9928–94] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal and 

Comment Request; TSCA Section 8(a) 

Preliminary Assessment Information 

Rule (PAIR) 

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: ‘‘TSCA Section 8(a) 

Preliminary Assessment Information 

Rule (PAIR)’’ and identified by EPA ICR 

No. 0586.13 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0054, represents the renewal of an 

existing ICR that is scheduled to expire 

on March 31, 2016. 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 August 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0236, 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: Mike 

Mattheisen, Chemical Control Division 

(7405 M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–3077; email address: 

mattheisen.mike@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: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary 

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0586.13. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0054. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on March 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. 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(a) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

authorizes EPA to promulgate rules 

under which manufacturers, importers 

and processors of chemical substances 

and mixtures must maintain records and 

submit reports to EPA. EPA has 

promulgated the Preliminary 

Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) 

under TSCA section 8(a). EPA uses 

PAIR to collect information to identify, 

assess and manage human health and 

environmental risks from chemical 

substances, mixtures and categories. 

PAIR requires chemical manufacturers 

and importers to complete a 

standardized reporting form to help 

evaluate the potential for adverse 

human health and environmental effects 

caused by the manufacture or 

importation of identified chemical 

substances, mixtures or categories. 

Chemicals identified by EPA or any 

other federal agency, for which a 

justifiable information need for 

production, use or exposure-related data 

can be satisfied by the use of the PAIR 

are proper subjects for TSCA section 

8(a) PAIR rulemaking. In most instances 

the information that EPA receives from 

a PAIR report is sufficient to satisfy the 

information need in question. This 

information collection addresses the 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements associated with TSCA 

section 8(a). 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

parts 712, 766, and 792). Respondents 


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may claim all or part of a response 

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 average 31.5 hours per 

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 or import chemical substances, 

mixtures or categories. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

31.5 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $2,388. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $2,388 and an estimated cost of $0 for 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

III. Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval? 

There is a decrease of 916 hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects additional both 

adjustment changes from a reduction in 

the assumed number of PAIR reports 

filed annually, and program changes 

resulting from mandatory electronic 

submissions of PAIR reports. In recent 

years (FY 2011–FY 2014), EPA has 

received no PAIR submissions and, for 

the purposes of this analysis, EPA 

assumes an annual rate of one 

submission per year. At the time OMB 

last renewed this ICR, EPA estimated an 

average of 33 reports from 14.8 

submitters based on fiscal year 2006– 

2010 data. The ICR supporting 

statement provides a detailed analysis of 

the change in burden estimate. This 

change is both an adjustment and a 

program change. 

IV. What is the Next Step in the Process 

for this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: June 10, 2015. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0305; FRL–9928–69] 

Use of High Throughput Assays and 

Computational Tools; Endocrine 

Disruptor Screening Program; Notice 

of Availability and Opportunity for 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document describes how 

EPA is planning to incorporate an 

alternative scientific approach to screen 

chemicals for their ability to interact 

with the endocrine system. This will 

improve the Agency’s ability to fulfill its 

statutory mandate to screen pesticide 

chemicals and other substances for their 

ability to cause adverse effects by their 

interaction with the endocrine system. 

The approach incorporates validated 

high throughput assays and a 

computational model and, based on 

current research, can serve as an 

alternative for some of the current 

assays in the Endocrine Disruptor 

Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 

battery. EPA has partial screening 

results for over 1800 chemicals that 

have been evaluated using high 

throughput assays and a computational 

model for the estrogen receptor 

pathway. In the future, EPA anticipates 

that additional alternative methods will 

be available for EDSP chemical 

screening based on further 

advancements of high throughput assays 

and computational models for other 

endocrine pathways. Use of these 

alternative methods will accelerate the 

pace of screening, decrease costs, and 

reduce animal testing. In addition, this 

approach advances the goal of providing 

sensitive, specific, quantitative, and 

efficient screening using alternative test 

methods to some assays in the Tier 1 

battery to protect human health and the 

environment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0305, 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: Jane 

Robbins, Office of Science Coordination 

and Policy (OSCP), Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–6625; email address: 

robbins.jane@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 a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

those interested in endocrine testing of 

chemicals (including pesticides), and 

the EDSP in general. Since others also 

may be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. What is the agency authority for 

taking this action? 

The EDSP is established under section 

408(p) of the Federal Food, Drug and 


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