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EPA ICR No.: 2517.04. 

OMB Control No.: 2070–0194. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

approved through September 30, 2024. 

Under the PRA, 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 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: This information collection 

request (ICR) covers reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements for persons 

who manufacture or process chemical 

substances as nanoscale materials under 

the authority of section 8(a) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 704.20. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 107.5 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 are those that 

manufacture or process chemical 

substances as nanoscale materials and is 

related to a final rule issued under the 

authority of section 8(a) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). The 

following North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

have been provided to assist in 

determining whether this action might 

apply to certain entities: 

• 325 Chemical Manufacturers and 

Processors; 

• 325130 Synthetic Dye and Pigment 

Manufacturing; 

• 324110 Petroleum Refineries; 

• 325180 Other Basic Inorganic 

Chemical Manufacturing; 

• 331221 Rolled Steel Shape 

Manufacturing; 

• 334413 Semiconductor and Related 

Device Manufacturing; 

• 335991 Carbon and Graphite Product 

Manufacturing; 

• 423220 Home Furnishing Merchant 

Wholesalers; 

• 423330 Roofing, Sliding, and 

Insulation Material Merchant 

Wholesalers; and 

• 423510 Metal Service Centers and 

Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. TSCA section 8(a) and 40 

CFR 704.20. 

Forms: EPA Form 9600–07. 

Frequency of response: Occasional. 

Total estimated number of potential 

respondents: 9. 

Total estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1.7. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

961 hours. 

Total estimated annual costs: 

$69,197, which includes 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 39,128 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects EPA’s adjustments in 

the estimation methodology of the costs 

and burden. The adjustments made to 

the estimation methodology include: 

• Burden estimates based on expected 

submissions, not on actual submissions 

received by the Agency, while the 

reporting covered in this period is based 

on actual submissions received by the 

Agency. This significant change 

accounts for the almost all the decrease 

in burden and cost estimates. 

• Burden estimates estimated 

separately for manufactures and 

processors, while the reporting covered 

in this period calculates a weighted 

burden for any given respondent 

without separating the manufacturers 

from the processors. This approach was 

deemed reasonable given that the 

Agency received only 27 submissions 

related to TSCA 8(a) nanomaterials in 

the three-year ICR period. 

In addition, OMB has requested that 

EPA adopt the 18-question format for 

ICR Supporting Statements that is used 

by other federal agencies and 

departments which is based on the 

submission instructions established by 

OMB, replacing the alternate format that 

has been used by EPA. Although this 

Supporting Statement has been 

modified to reflect the 18-question 

format, the change in format has not 

changed the information collection 

activities or related estimated burden 

and costs. 

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 person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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

Dated: January 26, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01945 Filed 1–31–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0855; FRL–11667–01– 

OCSPP] 

EPA Document in Support of the 

Paraquat Interim Registration Review 

Decision; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In July 2021, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 

or the Agency) completed the Paraquat 

Dichloride Interim Registration Review 

Decision (Paraquat ID). The Paraquat ID 

finalized certain portions of EPA’s 

analysis of paraquat’s risks and benefits 

and determined that certain mitigation 

measures were necessary for paraquat to 

meet the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) standard 

for registration. In September 2021, the 

California Rural Legal Assistance 

Foundation, et al. (Petitioners) filed a 

Petition for Review of the Paraquat ID in 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit. As part of that litigation, EPA 

has further considered several 

substantive issues raised by the 

Petitioners in relation to the Paraquat 

ID, including concerns related to human 

health and EPA’s balancing of risks and 

benefits. This document announces the 

availability of and solicits public 

comment on a document that presents 

EPA’s preliminary reconsideration of 

the issues raised by Petitioners in 

relation to the Paraquat ID. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0855, 


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online through https://

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. Additional 

instructions on commenting and visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex 

Hazlehurst, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 566–2249; email address: 

hazlehurst.alexander@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 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. 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 should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI 

to EPA through email or https://

www.regulations.gov. If you wish to 

include CBI in your comment, please 

follow the applicable instructions at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets#rules and 

clearly mark the information that you 

claim to be CBI. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

comments.html. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice announces the availability 

of a document outlining the Agency’s 

preliminary reconsideration of the 

several issues identified by Petitioners 

in relation to the Paraquat ID. See 

California Rural Legal Assistance 

Foundation, et al. v. USEPA, Case No. 

21–71287 (9th Cir.) Those issues 

include concerns raised about the 

Agency’s assessment of whether 

paraquat poses a risk of Parkinson’s 

Disease; its analysis of respiratory and 

dermal exposures, as well as exposures 

to direct and indirect paraquat drift; the 

analysis of benefits; the consideration of 

health-related costs; and the required 

balancing of paraquat’s risks and 

benefits. This document, titled ‘‘EPA’S 

Preliminary Supplemental 

Consideration of Certain Issues in 

Support of its Interim Registration 

Review Decision for Paraquat,’’ is 

available in the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov, under docket 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0855. 

The Agency will review and consider 

all significant comments on this 

document that are submitted during the 

public comment period. Following 

EPA’s consideration of those comments, 

EPA intends to issue a final document 

(or documents) by January 17, 2025, 

consistent with its obligations in the 

pending litigation. 

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

Dated: January 25, 2024. 

Edward Messina, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01950 Filed 1–30–24; 11:15 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0120; FR ID 199012] 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before March 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. No person shall 

be subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid OMB control number. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC 

invited the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 


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