Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2018 / Notices 26997 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (202) 502–8622 or 

James.Eason@ferc.gov. 

Dated: June 5, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12467 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2006–0361; FRL–9978– 

99–OLEM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Trade 

Secrets Claims Under the Emergency 

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Information (EPCRA Section 

322) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Trade Secrets Claims under the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Information’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1428.11, OMB Control No. 2050– 

0078) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through November 

30, 2018. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2006–0361 referencing the 

Docket ID numbers provided for each 

item in the text, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to superfund.docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy 

Jacob, Office of Emergency 

Management, (5104A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8019; 

email address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is 202–566–1744. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

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

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

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

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; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) 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. 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. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request pertains to trade secrecy claims 

submitted under Section 322 of the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). 

EPCRA contains provisions requiring 

facilities to report to State and local 

authorities, and EPA, the presence of 

extremely hazardous substances 

(Section 302), inventory of hazardous 

chemicals (Sections 311 and 312) and 

manufacture, process and use of toxic 

chemicals (Section 313). Section 322 of 

EPCRA allows a facility to withhold the 

specific chemical identity from these 

EPCRA reports if the facility asserts a 

claim of trade secrecy for that chemical 

identity. The provisions in Section 322 

establish the requirements and 

procedures that facilities must follow to 

request trade secrecy treatment of 

chemical identities, as well as the 

procedures for submitting public 

petitions to the Agency for review of the 

‘‘sufficiency’’ of trade secrecy claims. 

The regulations are codified in 40 CFR 

part 350. 

Trade secrecy protection is provided 

for specific chemical identities 

contained in reports submitted under 

each of the following: (1) Section 303 

(d)(2)—Facility notification of changes 

that have or are about to occur, (2) 

Section 303 (d)(3)—Local Emergency 

Planning Committee (LEPC) requests for 

facility information to develop or 

implement emergency plans, (3) Section 

311—Material Safety Data Sheets 

(MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or list 

of those chemicals submitted in place of 

the MSDSs, (4) Section 312—Emergency 

and hazardous chemical inventory 

forms (Tier I or Tier II), and (5) Section 

313 Toxic chemical release inventory 

form. 

Form Number: EPA Form No. 8700– 

30. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

manufacturers or non-manufacturers 

subject to reporting under Sections 303, 

311/312 or 313 of the Emergency 

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory if the respondents wish to 

claim the chemical identity for any of 

the chemicals as trade secret in any of 

the reports required to be submitted 

under EPCRA. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

305 (total). This number may be revised 

prior to submitting the ICR package to 

OMB based on the claims received as 

the compliance date for Section 313 

report is July 1, 2018 for 2017 reporting 

year. 

Frequency of response: Trade secret 

claim packages must be submitted to 

EPA at the same time the reports under 

Sections 303, 311, 312, and 313 are 

submitted. 

Total estimated burden: 2,898 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $169,373 (per 

year). No capital and operation and 

maintenance costs are associated with 

any requirements in this ICR. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 311 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 


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OMB. The actual number of claims 

submitted under Section 312 is slightly 

lower than the estimate provided in the 

previous ICR. The burden hours and 

costs may be revised based on the actual 

trade secret claim submissions received 

for Section 313 reports. The compliance 

deadline for section 313 report is July 1, 

2018. EPA will revise the burden and 

costs prior to submitting the package to 

OMB. 

Dated: May 24, 2018. 

Becki Clark, 

Deputy Director, Office of Emergency 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12505 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9979–08-Region 6] 

Underground Injection Control 

Program; Hazardous Waste Injection 

Restrictions; Petition for Exemption 

Reissuance—Class I Hazardous Waste 

Injection; U. S. Ecology Texas (USET) 

Robstown, Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a final decision on a 

UIC 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 USET for two Class I 

hazardous waste injection wells located 

at their Robstown, Texas facility. The 

company has adequately demonstrated 

to the satisfaction of the EPA 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 

underground injection by USET of the 

specific restricted hazardous wastes 

identified in this exemption reissuance, 

into Class I hazardous waste injection 

wells WDW–278 and WDW–279 until 

December 31, 2030, unless the EPA 

moves to terminate this exemption or 

other petition condition limitations are 

reached. Additional conditions 

included in this final decision may be 

reviewed by contacting the EPA Region 

6 Ground Water/UIC Section. A public 

notice was issued March 29, 2018, and 

the public comment period closed on 

May 15, 2018, and 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 is effective as of May 

18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition 

reissuance and all pertinent information 

relating thereto are on file at the 

following location: Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 6, Water 

Division, Safe Drinking Water 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: May 18, 2018. 

James R. Brown, 

Associate Director, Safe Drinking Water 

Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12508 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0210; FRL–9978–40] 

Problem Formulations for the Risk 

Evaluations To Be Conducted Under 

the Toxic Substances Control Act, and 

General Guiding Principles To Apply 

Systematic Review in TSCA Risk 

Evaluations; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is publishing and taking 

comments on the problem formulation 

documents for the first 10 chemical 

substances undergoing risk evaluation 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). Comments received will inform 

the development of draft risk evaluation 

documents for these 10 chemical 

substances. The 10 problem formulation 

documents announced in this document 

refine the scope documents published 

in June 2017 and are an additional 

interim step, prior to publication of the 

draft risk evaluations. EPA is also 

publishing and taking comments on a 

document entitled: ‘‘Application of 

Systematic Review in TSCA Risk 

Evaluations,’’ which sets out general 

principles to guide EPA’s application of 

systematic review for TSCA risk 

evaluations. The Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) generally 

intends to apply systematic review 

principles in the development of risk 

evaluations under TSCA. The 

systematic review document includes a 

structured process of identifying, 

evaluating and integrating evidence for 

both the hazard and exposure 

assessments developed during the TSCA 

risk evaluation process. This document 

may be revised periodically. EPA 

welcomes public input on the 

document. 

DATES: Comments on the problem 

formulations must be received on or 

before July 26, 2018. 

EPA specifically requests comments 

on the Application of Systematic Review 

in TSCA Risk Evaluations document for 

45 days after date of publication in the 

Federal Register. In addition, because 

this document is a living document 

which may be revised periodically. EPA 

welcomes public input on this 

document at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the appropriate docket 

identification (ID) numbers as provided 

in Unit IV., 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. When submitting 

comments, please be as specific as 

possible, and please include any 

supporting data or other information. 

• 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 in general is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information on the 

Problem Formulation documents 

contact: Christina Motilall, Risk 

Assessment Division, Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–1287; 

email address: motilall.christina@

epa.gov. 

For technical information on 

Application of Systematic Review in 

TSCA Risk Evaluations contact: Iris 

Camacho, Risk Assessment Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 


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