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maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

DOE. This administrative process in no 

way alters the legal effect of this 

document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 

30, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26629 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004; FRL–11580– 

01–OCSPP] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Chemical Abstracts 

Service (CAS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its 

contractor Chemical Abstracts Service 

(CAS) (a Division of the American 

Chemical Society) of Columbus, OH to 

access information which has been 

submitted to EPA under all Sections of 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). Some of the information may be 

claimed or determined to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI). 

DATES: Access to the confidential data 

will occur no sooner than December 12, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Colby Lintner or Adam Schwoerer, 

Program Management and Operations 

Division (7407M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8182; 

email address: lintner.colby@epa.gov or 

(202) 564–4767; schwoerer.adam@

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. This action may, however, be 

of interest to all who manufacture, 

process, or distribute industrial 

chemicals. Because other entities may 

also be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004, is available 

at https://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The 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, and 

the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. For the latest 

status information on EPA/DC services 

and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under contract number 

68HERC24C0037, contractor CAS 

located at 2540 Olentangy River RD, 

P.O. Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210– 

0012 will provide technical support in 

the area of chemical identification, 

chemical characterization, and chemical 

nomenclature for new chemical review 

and for the updating and maintenance 

of the Inventory. In accordance with 40 

CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that 

under EPA contract number 

68HERC24C0037, CAS will require 

access to CBI submitted under all 

Sections of TSCA to perform 

successfully the duties specified under 

the contract. CAS personnel will be 

given access to information claimed or 

determined to be CBI information 

submitted to EPA under all sections of 

TSCA. 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under all 

Sections of TSCA that EPA will provide 

CAS access to these CBI materials on a 

need-to-know basis only. All access to 

TSCA CBI under this contract will take 

place at EPA Headquarters and CAS, 

site located at 2540 Olentangy River Rd., 

Columbus, Ohio in accordance with 

EPA’s TSCA CBI Protection Manual and 

the Rules of Behavior for Virtual 

Desktop Access to OPPT Materials, 

including TSCA CBI. 

Access to TSCA data, including CBI, 

will continue until October 31, 2028. If 

the contract is extended, this access will 

also continue for the duration of the 

extended contract without further 

notice. 

CAS’ personnel will be required to 

sign nondisclosure agreements and will 

be briefed on specific security 

procedures for TSCA CBI. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Pamela Myrick, 

Director, Project Management and Operations 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26575 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2023–0098; FRL–10582– 

07–OCSPP] 

Certain New Chemicals or Significant 

New Uses; Statements of Findings for 

October 2023 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in 

the Federal Register a statement of its 

findings after its review of certain TSCA 

submissions when EPA makes a finding 

that a new chemical substance or 

significant new use is not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment. Such 

statements apply to premanufacture 

notices (PMNs), microbial commercial 

activity notices (MCANs), and 

significant new use notices (SNUNs) 

submitted to EPA under TSCA. This 

document presents statements of 

findings made by EPA on such 

submissions during the period from 

October 1, 2023, to October 31, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2023–0098, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov or in-person at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The 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 


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