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5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

III. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR are companies that 

export from the United States to foreign 

countries, or that engage in wholesale 

sales of, chemical substances or 

mixtures. 

Title: Notification of Chemical 

Exports—TSCA Section 12(b). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0795.14. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0030. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013. 

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 12(b)(2) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

that any person who exports or intends 

to export to a foreign country a chemical 

substance or mixture that is regulated 

under TSCA sections 4, 5, 6, and/or 7 

submit to EPA notification of such 

export or intent to export. Upon receipt 

of notification, EPA will advise the 

government of the importing country of 

the U.S. regulatory action with respect 

to that chemical substance or mixture. 

EPA uses the information obtained from 

the submitter via this collection to 

advise the government of the importing 

country. This information collection 

addresses the burden associated with 

industry reporting of export 

notifications. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 707). 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 average 1.3 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 240. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 12.9. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

4,025 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$245,246. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $245,246 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

IV. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 825 hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects the net effect of a 

decrease in the estimated number of 

TSCA section 12(b) notices sent to EPA 

and a decrease in the number of firms 

sending notices, based on EPA’s recent 

experience with those submissions. This 

change is an adjustment. 

V. 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 notice 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. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

James Jones, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10940 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9670–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2007–0664] 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS); Announcement of 2012 Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Announcement of 2012 

Program; request for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the IRIS 2012 agenda and requesting 

scientific information on health effects 

that may result from exposure to the 

chemical substances on the agenda, 

including assessments that EPA is 

starting this year. 

DATES: While EPA is not expressly 

soliciting comments on this notice, the 

Agency will accept information related 

to the substances included herein. 

Please submit any information in 

accordance with the instructions 

provided below. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant 

scientific information identified by 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0664, online at www.regulations.gov 

(EPA’s preferred method); by email to 

ord.docket@epa.gov; by mail to Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; or by hand delivery or courier to 

EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the EPA Docket Center is 

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provided below under How to Submit 

Information to the Docket. 

Background: EPA’s IRIS Program is a 

human health assessment program that 

evaluates quantitative and qualitative 

risk information on effects that may 

result from exposure to chemical 

substances found in the environment. 

Through the IRIS Program, EPA 

provides high quality science-based 

human health assessments to support 

the Agency’s regulatory activities. The 

IRIS database contains information for 

more than 540 chemical substances that 

can be used to support the first two 

steps (hazard identification and doseresponse evaluation) of the risk 

assessment process. When supported by 

available data, IRIS provides oral 

reference doses (RfDs) and inhalation 

reference concentrations (RfCs) for 

chronic noncancer health effects and 

cancer assessments. Combining IRIS 

toxicity values with specific exposure 

information, government and private 

entities use IRIS to help characterize 

public health risks of chemical 

substances in site-specific situations 

and thereby support risk management 

decisions designed to protect public 

health. 

EPA’ s process for developing IRIS 

assessments consists of: (1) A 

comprehensive search of the current 

scientific literature, a data call-in, and 

development of a draft IRIS health 

assessment; (2) internal EPA-wide 

review; (3) science consultation on the 

draft assessment with other Federal 

agencies and White House offices; (4) 

independent expert peer review, public 

review and comment, and public 

listening session; (5) revision of the 

assessment to address peer review and 

public comments; (6) internal EPA-wide 

review and interagency science 

discussion of EPA’s disposition of peer 

review and public comments; and (7) 

clearance and posting of the final 

assessment on IRIS (www.epa.gov/iris). 

The Iris Agenda: As part of the IRIS 

process, EPA solicited nominations of 

chemicals for IRIS assessment or 

reassessment from EPA Program Offices 

and Regions, other Federal agencies and 

White House offices, and the public (75 

FR 63827). EPA announced six general 

criteria for selection of chemicals for 

assessment or reassessment: (1) 

Potential public health impact; (2) EPA 

statutory, regulatory, or programspecific implementation needs; (3) 

availability of new scientific 

information or methodology that might 

significantly change the current IRIS 

information; (4) interest to other 

governmental agencies or the public; (5) 

availability of other scientific 

assessment documents that could serve 

as a basis for development of an IRIS 

assessment; and (6) other factors such as 

widespread exposure. The decision of 

when to start assessments of the 

selected high-priority chemical 

substances depends on available Agency 

resources. Availability of risk 

assessment guidance, guidelines, and 

science policy decisions may also have 

an impact on the timing of EPA’s 

decision to assess a chemical substance. 

In developing the IRIS agenda for 

2012, EPA conducted literature searches 

for the nominated chemicals and made 

a determination as to whether a 

particular chemical had sufficient 

information to develop at least one 

toxicity value. EPA offices were asked to 

indicate which chemicals with 

sufficient data were priorities for their 

offices. EPA then considered the other 

criteria as listed in the Federal Register 

Notice (75 FR 63827) and the capacity 

of the IRIS Program to begin draft 

development for each chemical under 

consideration. 

EPA is soliciting public involvement 

in assessments on the IRIS agenda, 

including new assessments starting in 

2012, 2013, and 2014. While EPA 

conducts a thorough literature search for 

each chemical substance, there may be 

unpublished studies or other primary 

technical sources that are not available 

through the open literature. EPA is 

soliciting scientific information from the 

public during the information gathering 

stage for the list of new assessments 

provided in this notice. Interested 

persons should provide scientific 

analyses, studies, and other pertinent 

scientific information. While EPA is 

primarily soliciting information on new 

assessments announced in this notice, 

the public may submit information on 

any chemical substance at any time. 

This notice provides: (1) A list of 

assessments completed since the IRIS 

agenda was last published in October 

2010 (75 FR 63827); (2) a list of IRIS 

assessments in progress; (3) a list of IRIS 

assessments that will start in 2012, 

2013, and 2014; and (4) instructions to 

the public for submitting scientific 

information to EPA pertinent to the 

development of assessments. 

Assessments Completed 

The following assessments have been 

completed since the last IRIS agenda 

was published in a Federal Register 

Notice on October 18, 2010 (75 FR 

63827). 

Chemical Cas No. 

dichloromethane (methylene 

chloride) ................................ 75–09–2 

hexachloroethane ..................... 67–72–1 

Chemical Cas No. 

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-pdioxin (noncancer) ................ 1746–01–6 

tetrachloroethylene 

(perchloroethylene) ............... 127–18–4 

tetrahydrofuran ......................... 109–99–9 

trichloroacetic acid .................... 76–03–9 

trichloroethylene ....................... 79–01–6 

urea ........................................... 57–13–6 

Assessments in Progress 

The following assessments are 

underway. The status and planned 

milestone dates for each assessment can 

be found on the IRIS Track system, 

accessible from the IRIS database home 

page (www.epa.gov/iris). IRIS 

assessments for all substances listed as 

in progress in 2012 will be provided on 

the IRIS Web site at www.epa.gov/iris as 

they are completed. This publicly 

available Web site is EPA’s primary 

location for IRIS documents. In 

addition, external peer review drafts of 

IRIS assessments are posted for public 

information and comment. These drafts 

will continue to be accessible via the 

IRIS and NCEA Web sites. Note that 

these drafts are intended for public 

information only, and do not represent 

the Agency’s final position. 

All health endpoints, cancer and 

noncancer, due to chronic exposure are 

being assessed unless otherwise noted. 

For all endpoints assessed, both 

qualitative and quantitative assessments 

are being developed where information 

is available. 

Chemical Cas No. 

acetaldehyde 1 ........................ 75–07–0. 

acrylonitrile 1 ........................... 107–13–1. 

ammonia 1 .............................. 7664–41–7. 

arsenic, inorganic 1 ................. 7440–38–2. 

benzo(a)pyrene 1 .................... 50–32–8. 

beryllium 1 ............................... 7440–41–7. 

biphenyl 1 ................................ 92–52–4. 

n-butanol 1 .............................. 71–36–3. 

tert-butanol ............................. 75–65–0. 

butyl benzyl phthalate 1 .......... 85–68–7. 

cadmium 1 ............................... 7440–43–9. 

chloroethane .......................... 75–00–3. 

chloroform1 ............................. 67–66–3. 

chromium VI 1 ......................... 18540–29–9. 

cobalt ...................................... 7440–48–4. 

copper 1 .................................. 7440–50–8. 

cumulative assessment for 6 

phthalates.

various. 

di-n-butyl phthalate 1 .............. 84–74–2. 

1,2-dichlorobenzene 1 ............. 95–50–1. 

1,3-dichlorobenzene 1 ............. 541–73–1. 

1,4-dichlorobenzene 1 ............. 106–46–7. 

diethyl phthalate 1 ................... 84–66–2. 

di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate 1 ........ 103–23–1. 

di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1 ..... 117–81–7. 

diisobutyl phthalate ................ 84–69–5. 

diisononyl phthalate ............... 58033–90–2. 

1,4-dioxane (inhalation) 1 ....... 123–91–1. 

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Chemical Cas No. 

ethyl tertiary butyl ether 

(ETBE).

637–92–3. 

ethylbenzene 1 ........................ 100–41–4. 

ethylene oxide (cancer) ......... 75–21–8. 

formaldehyde 1 ....................... 50–00–0. 

hexabromocyclododecane 

(mixed stereoisomers).

3194–55–6, 

25637–99– 

5. 

hexachlorobutadiene 1 ............ 87–68–3. 

hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-triazine (RDX) 1.121–82–4. 

Libby amphibole asbestos ..... 1332–21–4. 

methanol (cancer) .................. 167–56–1. 

methanol (noncancer) 1 .......... 167–56–1. 

methyl tert-butyl ether 

(MTBE) 1.

1634–04–4. 

naphthalene 1 ......................... 91–20–3. 

nickel (soluble salts) 1 ............ various. 

halogenated platinum salts 

and platinum compounds.

various. 

polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCBs) (noncancer) 1.

various. 

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) mixtures.various. 

styrene 1 ................................. 100–42–5. 

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-pdioxin (cancer).1746–01–6. 

1,2,3-trimethylbenzene ........... 526–73–8. 

1,2,4-trimethylbenzene ........... 95–63–6. 

1,3,5-trimethylbenzene ........... 108–67–8. 

uranium (natural) 1 .................. 7440–61–1. 

vanadium pentoxide 1 ............. 1314–62–1. 

vinyl acetate 1 ......................... 108–05–4. 

1 Reassessment of chemical currently on 

IRIS. 

The cancer and noncancer 

assessments for inorganic arsenic, 

treated as two separate assessments in 

previous agendas, will be combined and 

proceed through the IRIS review process 

as one assessment. Similarly, the oral 

and inhalation assessments for 

chromium VI will be combined and 

proceed through the IRIS process as one 

assessment. EPA will update both the 

noncancer and cancer beryllium 

assessments, rather than just the cancer 

assessment. 

In January 2010, the IRIS assessment 

for methanol was released for external 

peer review and public comment. In 

June 2010, EPA decided to put the IRIS 

cancer assessment for methanol on hold 

pending a review of an underlying study 

by the Ramazzini Institute (RI). This 

review was conducted by an 

independent Pathology Working Group 

(PWG), jointly sponsored by EPA and 

the National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences (NIEHS), which was 

established to conduct a review of 

several RI studies including the 

methanol study. Based on differences of 

opinion between the RI and PWG 

scientists in diagnosing leukemias and 

lymphomas, EPA has decided not to 

rely on RI data on leukemias and 

lymphomas in IRIS assessments. This 

decision impacts the methanol cancer 

assessment. EPA will discontinue the 

peer review of the draft methanol cancer 

assessment and develop a new draft that 

does not rely on the RI study. A 

schedule for the development and 

review of the cancer assessment will be 

announced on IRIS track (www.epa.gov/ 

iris). The assessment of methanol’s 

noncancer health effects does not rely 

on data from the RI. Therefore, the 

assessment for the noncancer effects of 

methanol will continue through 

remaining steps as a separate 

assessment. 

EPA is adding 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene 

(TMB) to the IRIS agenda to complete 

the set of three TMB isomers. Two other 

isomers of TMB are already included on 

the IRIS agenda and undergoing review 

(1,2,4–TMB and 1,3,5–TMB). 1,2,3–TMB 

is often found in the environment with 

1,2,4- and 1,3,5–TMB. Given this 

situation, and in response to comments 

received in the Agency Review and 

Interagency Science Consultation for 

1,2,4- and 1,3,5–TMB, EPA is adding 

1,2,3–TMB to the agenda and will 

conduct assessments of all three isomers 

at the same time. Because the 1,2,4- and 

1,3,5–TMB assessments are already 

underway, EPA would appreciate 

notification of any additional literature 

as soon as possible so that this 

information can be included in the 

1,2,3–TMB assessment prior to public 

comment and external peer review. 

The ethanol assessment is on the IRIS 

agenda but has not been started. Taking 

into account the complexity of the 

ethanol dataset, EPA is considering 

various approaches to conducting the 

ethanol assessment. EPA will revisit the 

priority of the ethanol assessment in 

FY13. 

New Assessments for 2012 Agenda 

EPA developed a list of priority 

chemicals for 2012 from two sources: (1) 

Chemicals nominated for IRIS 

assessment by EPA programs, other 

Federal agencies, and the public; and (2) 

chemicals already on the IRIS agenda 

but delayed because of resource 

limitations. For newly nominated 

chemicals, EPA first considered whether 

sufficient data are available to support 

development of one or more IRIS 

toxicity values. For chemicals with 

sufficient data, EPA considered 

statutory, regulatory, or programmatic 

need based on the stated priorities of 

EPA’s Program and Regional Offices; 

potential public health impact of the 

assessment; interest to other levels of 

government or the public; and whether 

a partially completed draft for delayed 

assessments or an assessment by 

another organization is available that 

could serve as a basis for developing an 

IRIS assessment. 

The following chemicals have been 

selected for inclusion in the 2012 IRIS 

agenda. The projected start dates 

included in the table below indicate the 

U.S. fiscal year in which EPA will start 

or update literature searches for these 

chemicals. 

EPA is requesting information from 

the public for consideration in the 

development of these assessments. 

Instructions on how to submit 

information are provided below under 

How to Submit Information to the 

Docket. 

Chemical Cas No. Projected start 

antimony 1,3 ................................................................................... 7440–36–0 ............................................................... FY13. 

carbonyl sulfide 1,3 ........................................................................ 463–58–1 ................................................................. FY12. 

chlorobenzene 2,3 .......................................................................... 108–90–7 ................................................................. FY13. 

decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) 2 ........................................... 541–02–6 ................................................................. FY13. 

octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) 2 .............................................. 556–67–2 ................................................................. FY13. 

1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride) 1,3 .................................. 107–06–2 ................................................................. FY14. 

diisopropyl ether (DIPE) 1 ............................................................. 108–20–3 ................................................................. FY12. 

tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME)‘‘1 .................................................. 994–05–8 ................................................................. FY12. 

4,4’-dimethyl-3-oxahexane (TAEE) 1 ............................................ 919–94–8 ................................................................. FY12. 

isopropanol 1 ................................................................................. 67–63–0 ................................................................... FY13. 

manganese 1,3 ............................................................................... 7439–9 ..................................................................... FY13. 

mercury, elemental 2,3 ................................................................... 7439–96–5 ............................................................... FY14. 

methyl mercury 2,3 ......................................................................... 22967–92–6 ............................................................. FY14. 

tungsten and related compounds 1 ............................................... 7440–33–7, various ................................................. FY14. 

vanadium, elemental and compounds 2 various ........................... .................................................................................. FY13 

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2 Chemical is a new addition to IRIS agenda. 

3 Reassessment of chemical currently on IRIS. 

By FY14, EPA will have started all of 

the chemicals that were previously on 

the IRIS agenda, but delayed because of 

resource limitations, except for the 

chemicals that are being withdrawn 

from the agenda as described below 

under Withdrawn Assessments and the 

ethanol assessment, described above 

under Assessments in Progress. Among 

the new additions to the IRIS agenda, 

chlorobenzene, mercury, methyl 

mercury, and vanadium were selected 

for assessment because they are 

priorities for multiple EPA Program 

Offices and Regions and all chemicals 

have the potential for high impact on 

public health. While only two EPA 

Offices indicated that the siloxanes are 

priorities, D4 and D5 were selected for 

IRIS assessment because they met other 

criteria including high potential for 

impact on public health and widespread 

exposure and because of the 

opportunity afforded to perform a 

cumulative assessment of emerging 

contaminants. 

One of the highest priority substances 

nominated for assessment was lead. 

EPA will defer a decision on the 

development of an IRIS assessment for 

lead until the end of 2012. EPA 

anticipates publication of a final 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for 

lead during the summer of 2012. The 

ISA offers a comprehensive summary of 

the health and ecological scientific 

evidence and also includes information 

on lead sources, ambient air 

concentrations, fate and transport, 

exposure, and toxicokinetics. A draft 

ISA is available at http://epa.gov/ncea/ 

isa/lead.htm. In addition, the National 

Toxicology Program (NTP) anticipates 

completion in 2012 of a draft 

Monograph on Health Effects of LowLevel Lead, which summarizes the 

health evidence in humans related to 

major effects with a focus on blood lead 

levels <10 ug/dL. A draft NTP report, 

available at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/ 

36639, has been reviewed by an NTP 

Peer Review Panel. Upon completion, 

these documents will be evaluated to 

determine if an IRIS assessment is 

needed. 

In FY2013, before beginning draft 

development, EPA will conduct a stateof-the-science workshop on manganese. 

Similarly, in FY2014, EPA will conduct 

a state-of-the-science workshop on 

elemental mercury and methyl mercury. 

These meetings will be open to the 

public. 

Withdrawn Assessments 

The following chemicals are 

withdrawn from the IRIS agenda: 

Chemical Cas No. 

alkylates ........................ various. 

bisphenol A ................... 80–05–7. 

mirex ............................. 2385–85–5. 

refractory ceramic fibers not applicable. 

The alkylates are a distillation 

fraction of petroleum and are present in 

gasoline. Common alkylates found in 

gasoline for which IRIS assessments 

have not been recently completed 

include n-heptane, methylcyclohexane, 

2-methylbutane, 2-methylpentane, 3- 

methylpentane, n-octane, 2,3,3- 

trimethylpentane, 2,3,4- 

trimethylpentane, and 2,2,5- 

trimethylhexane. This class of 

chemicals is withdrawn from the IRIS 

agenda because there are multiple 

chemicals in the class, many with 

limited databases. If individual alkylates 

with sufficient data to support an IRIS 

assessment are nominated in the future, 

the IRIS Program will consider these 

nominations individually. Bisphenol A 

is withdrawn because EPA is awaiting 

further analysis and results from the 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration and 

the NIEHS prior to determining whether 

Agency action under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act is required for 

protection of human health. Refractory 

ceramic fibers and mirex are withdrawn 

because they are no longer priorities for 

EPA. 

We continue to request the 

submission of any scientific information 

that you would like EPA to consider for 

any assessment on the IRIS agenda. 

Instructions for submitting information 

are provided below. 

How to Submit Information to the 

Docket: Submit your information, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2007–0664, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Facsimile: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The 

telephone number is 202–566–1752. If 

you provide comments by mail, please 

submit one unbound original with pages 

numbered consecutively, and three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. If 

you provide comments by hand 

delivery, please submit one unbound 

original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

It is EPA’s policy to include all 

comments it receives in the public 

docket without change and to make the 

comments available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

comments include information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means that EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comments. If you send email comments 

directly to EPA without going through 

http://www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comments 

that are placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit electronic comments, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comments and with 

any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

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about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

All documents in the docket are listed 

in the http://www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Additional Information: For 

information on the docket or 

www.regulations.gov, please contact the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 202–566–1752; 

facsimile: 202–566–1753; or email: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the IRIS program, 

contact Karen Hammerstrom, IRIS 

Program Deputy Director, National 

Center for Environmental Assessment, 

(Mail Code: 8601P), Office of Research 

and Development, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 703–347–8642; or email: 

FRN Questions@epa.gov. 

For general questions about access to 

IRIS, or the content of IRIS, please call 

the IRIS Hotline at 202–566–1676 or 

send electronic mail inquiries to 

hotline.iris@epa.gov. 

Dated: April 30, 2012. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10935 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9669–6] 

Underground Injection Control 

Program; Hazardous Waste Injection 

Restrictions; Petition for Exemption— 

Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; 

Diamond Shamrock Refining 

Company, LP, Sunray, TX 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a final decision on a 

no migration petition reissuance. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

reissuance of an exemption to the land 

disposal Restrictions, under the 1984 

Hazardous and Solid Waste 

Amendments to the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act, has 

been granted to Diamond Shamrock for 

three Class I injection wells located at 

Sunray, Texas. The company has 

adequately demonstrated to the 

satisfaction of the Environmental 

Protection Agency by the petition 

reissuance application and supporting 

documentation that, to a reasonable 

degree of certainty, there will be no 

migration of hazardous constituents 

from the injection zone for as long as the 

waste remains hazardous. This final 

decision allows the continued 

underground injection by Diamond 

Shamrock, of the specific restricted 

hazardous wastes identified in this 

exemption, into Class I hazardous waste 

injection wells WDW–102, WDW–192, 

and WDW–332 at the Sunray, Texas 

facility until December 31, 2025, unless 

EPA moves to terminate this exemption. 

Additional conditions included in this 

final decision may be reviewed by 

contacting the Region 6 Ground Water/ 

UIC Section. A public notice was issued 

February 27, 2012. The public comment 

period closed on April 12, 2012. No 

comments were received. This decision 

constitutes final Agency action and 

there is no Administrative appeal. This 

decision may be reviewed/appealed in 

compliance with the Administrative 

Procedure Act. 

DATES: This action was effective as of 

April 18, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition and 

all pertinent information relating thereto 

are on file at the following location: 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 6, Water Quality Protection 

Division, Source Water Protection 

Branch (6WQ–S), 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip Dellinger, Chief Ground Water/ 

UIC Section, EPA—Region 6, telephone 

(214) 665–8324. 

Dated: April 26, 2012. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10939 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

[EXIM–OIG–2011–0010] 

Office of Inspector General; Privacy 

Act of 1974; Systems of Records 

AGENCY: The Export-Import Bank of the 

United States, Office of Inspector 

General. 

ACTION: Notice of New Privacy Act 

System of Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Export-Import 

Bank of the United States (hereafter 

known as ‘‘Ex-Im Bank’’), Office of 

Inspector General (hereafter known as 

‘‘OIG’’ or ‘‘Ex-Im Bank OIG’’) is giving 

notice of a new system of records 

entitled, ‘‘EIB-35-Office of Inspector 

General Investigative Records.’’ The 

information in the new system of 

records will be used by the Ex-Im Bank 

OIG to conduct criminal, civil, and 

administrative investigations, and will 

contain identifying information about 

potential subjects, sources, and other 

individuals related to these 

investigations. 

DATES: Effective Date: This system of 

records will become effective on June 

15, 2012. 

Comment Date: Comments should be 

received on or before June 6, 2012 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket Number EIB–2011– 

0010 by one of the following methods: 

1. Electronically through the 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please search for 

EIB-–2011–0010. 

2. By Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Alberto Rivera-Fournier, Ex-Im Bank, 

Office of Inspector General/811 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Rm. 976, Washington, DC 

20571. Please allow sufficient time for 

mailed comments to be received before 

the close of the comment period. 

All comments received before the end 

of the comment period will be posted on 

http://www.regulations.gov for public 

viewing. Hard copies of comments may 

also be obtained by writing to Counsel 

to the Inspector General, Ex-Im Bank, 

Office of Inspector General/811 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Rm. 976, Washington, DC 

20571. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alberto Rivera-Fournier, Ex-Im Bank, 

Office of Inspector General, 811 

Vermont Avenue NW, Rm. 976, 

Washington, DC 20571 or by telephone 

(202) 565–3908 or facsimile (202) 565– 

3988. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ex-Im 

Bank OIG is establishing a new system 


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