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Docket Numbers: ER16–1060–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original Service Agreement No. 4412; 

NQ–134 (ISA) to be effective 2/1/2016. 

Filed Date: 3/2/16. 

Accession Number: 20160302–5153. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/23/16. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–1061–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

1534R5 Kansas Municipal Energy 

Agency NITSA NOA to be effective 2/ 

1/2016. 

Filed Date: 3/2/16. 

Accession Number: 20160302–5155. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/23/16. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: March 2, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0437; FRL–9942–87] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection (EPA ICR No. 

2302.03); 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: ‘‘Safer Choice Product 

Recognition Program’’ and identified by 

EPA ICR No. 2302.03 and OMB Control 

No. 2070–0178, represents the renewal 

of an existing ICR that is scheduled to 

expire on August 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 May 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0437, 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: Chen 

Wen, Chemistry, Economics & 

Sustainable Strategies Division (7409M), 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8849; email address: 

wen.chen@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: Safer Choice Product 

Recognition Program. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2302.03. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0178. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on August 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: EPA’s Safer Choice program 

formally recognizes safer products 

where all ingredients have an 

environmental and human health 

profile showing that they are the safest 

in their functional use class. Under the 

encouragement of this program, leading 

companies have made great progress in 

developing safer, highly effective 

chemical products. Since the program’s 

inception in 1997, formulators have 

used the program as a portal to EPA’s 

unique chemical expertise, information 

resources, and guidance on greener 


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chemistry. Safer Choice program 

partners enjoy Agency recognition, 

including the use of the Safer Choice 

program logo on products with the 

safest possible formulations. In the 

future, EPA expects much greater 

program participation due to rising 

demand for safer products. This 

information collection enables EPA to 

accommodate participation by more 

than nine formulators each year and to 

enhance program transparency. 

Information collection activities 

associated with this program will assist 

the Agency in meeting the goals of the 

Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) by 

providing resources and recognition for 

businesses committed to promoting and 

using safer chemical products. In turn, 

the program will help businesses meet 

corporate sustainability goals by 

providing the means to, and an objective 

measure of, environmental stewardship. 

Investment analysts and advisers seek 

these types of measures in evaluating a 

corporation’s sustainability profile and 

investment worthiness. Safer Choice 

Product Recognition program 

partnership is an important impetus for 

prioritizing and completing the 

transition to safer chemical products. 

The Safer Choice Product Recognition 

program is also needed to promote 

greater use of safer chemical products 

by companies unaware of the benefits of 

such a change. 

EPA has tailored its request for 

information, and especially the Safer 

Choice Product Recognition program 

application forms, to ensure that the 

Agency requests only that information 

essential to verify applicants’ eligibility 

for recognition. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are voluntary. Respondents 

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 range between 8 and 16 

hours per response, depending upon the 

type of respondent. 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 engaged in the 

formulation of end-use, for-sale 

products that have furthered the goals of 

the Safer Choice program through active 

and exemplary participation in and 

promotion of the program, and that wish 

to receive recognition for their 

achievements. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 157. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1.0. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,596 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$652,359. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $ 652,359 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 an increase of 362 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

increase reflects EPA’s estimate of a 

greater number of respondents, due to 

historical experience and increases in 

the expected future number of responses 

due to greater consumer awareness and 

demand for products with the Safer 

Choice label. This increase is partially 

offset by reduced per-response burden 

estimates based on expected efficiencies 

created by using the Salesforce-based 

Safer Choice Community on the part of 

respondents. This change is an 

adjustment. 

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: March 1, 2016. 

Louise P. Wise, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0084; FRL–9942–68] 

1-Bromopropane (1–BP); Availability of 

TSCA Work Plan Chemical Risk 

Assessment for Public Review and 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: With this notice, EPA is 

announcing the availability of and 

opening the public comment period for 

the draft TSCA Work Plan Chemical risk 

assessment for 1-Bromopropane (1–BP). 

EPA develops TSCA Work Plan 

Chemical assessments using the best 

available information and approaches. 

These assessments focus on those TSCA 

uses of the chemical with significant 

potential for exposure to humans and/ 

or the environment. EPA issues draft 

risk assessments for public review and 

comment, followed by independent peer 

review in accordance with Agency peer 

review guidelines. The Agency 

considers all public and peer review 

comments as it revises and finalizes the 

risk assessment. Based on the final 

TSCA risk assessment, the Agency may 

either initiate risk reduction actions that 

are necessary to address the potential 

risks identified, or may conclude its 

work on the chemical uses being 

assessed if no risks are found. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0084, 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, are available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Stan 


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