Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 189 / Monday, September 30, 2024 / Notices 79581 

requested via the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2024 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before October 30, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2005–0530, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to orddocket@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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert W. Vanderpool, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 919–541–7877; fax 

number: 919–541–4848; email address: 

Vanderpool.Robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2024. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2024 during a 60-day 

comment period (89 FR 17463). This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 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. 

Abstract: To determine compliance 

with the NAAQS, State air monitoring 

agencies are required to use, in their air 

quality monitoring networks, air 

monitoring methods that have been 

formally designated by the EPA as either 

reference or equivalent methods under 

EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 53. A 

manufacturer or seller of an air 

monitoring method (e.g., an air 

monitoring sampler or analyzer) that 

seeks to obtain such EPA designation of 

one of its products must carry out 

prescribed tests of the method. The test 

results and other information must then 

be submitted to the EPA in the form of 

an application for a reference or 

equivalent method determination in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The 

EPA uses this information, under the 

provisions of Part 53, to determine 

whether the particular method should 

be designated as either a reference or 

equivalent method. After a method is 

designated, the applicant must also 

maintain records of the names and 

mailing addresses of all ultimate 

purchasers of all analyzers or samplers 

sold as designated methods under the 

method designation. If the method 

designated is a method for fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) and coarse 

particulate matter (PM10¥2.5), the 

applicant must also submit a checklist 

signed by an ISO-certified auditor to 

indicate that the samplers or analyzers 

sold as part of the designated method 

are manufactured in an ISO 9001- 

registered facility. Also, an applicant 

must submit a minor application to seek 

approval for any proposed 

modifications to previously designated 

methods. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

manufacturers, states. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain the benefit of EPA 

designation under 40 CFR part 53. 

Submission of some information that is 

claimed by the applicant to be 

confidential business information may 

be necessary to make a reference or 

equivalent method determination. The 

confidentiality of any submitted 

information identified as confidential 

business information by the applicant 

will be protected in full accordance 

with 40 CFR 53.15 and all applicable 

provisions of 40 CFR part 2. 

Estimated number of respondents: 22 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 7,492 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $846.791 (per 

year), which includes $172,692 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in hours in the total estimated 

respondent hour burden compared with 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Based on a review of historical BLS 

indices for 2020 and 2024, cost index 

factors were used to update the estimate 

2024 respondent costs for capital/startup costs and O&M costs. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22298 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0131; FRL–12261– 

01–OCSPP] 

Certain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substances (PFAS) Risk Management 

Under the Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA); Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is seeking 

public comment on the manufacture of 

certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl 

substances (PFAS), including 

perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), 

perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and 

perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA), during 

the fluorination of high-density 

polyethylene (HDPE) and other plastic 

containers to inform regulations as 

appropriate under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA). This request for 

public comment follows the Agency’s 

grant on July 10, 2024, of a TSCA 

petition received on April 11, 2024, 

which requested that EPA address via 

TSCA the regulation of PFOA, PFNA, 

and PFDA formed during the 

fluorination of plastic containers used 

for a variety of household consumer, 

pesticide, fuel, automotive, and other 

industrial products. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0131, 

online at 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. 


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79582 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 189 / Monday, September 30, 2024 / Notices 

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: 

Technical information: Thomas 

Groeneveld, Existing Chemical Risk 

Management Division (7404M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

566–1188; email address: 

groeneveld.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information: The TSCAHotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South 

Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; 

telephone number: (202) 554–1404; 

email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of particular 

interest to those involved in the 

manufacture, processing, distribution, 

use, and disposal of PFAS, including 

PFOA, PFNA, and PFDA, formed during 

the fluorination of plastic containers, 

related industry trade organizations, 

non-governmental organizations with an 

interest in human and environmental 

health, state and local governments, 

Tribal Nations, and/or those interested 

in the assessment or management of 

risks involving chemical substances and 

mixtures regulated under TSCA. As 

such, the Agency has not attempted to 

describe all the specific entities that this 

action might apply to. If you need help 

determining applicability, consult the 

technical contact listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Under TSCA section 6(a), if EPA 

determines that the manufacture, 

processing, distribution in commerce, 

use, or disposal of a chemical substance 

or mixture, or that any combination of 

such activities, presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment, EPA conducts a 

rulemaking to apply one or more of the 

TSCA section 6(a) requirements to the 

extent necessary so that the chemical 

substance or mixture no longer presents 

such risk. In proposing and 

promulgating rules under TSCA section 

6(a), EPA considers, among other things, 

the provisions of TSCA sections 6(c)(2), 

6(d), 6(g), and 9. In addition, to the 

extent that EPA makes a decision based 

on science, TSCA section 26(h) requires 

EPA, in carrying out TSCA sections 4, 

5, and 6, to use ‘‘scientific information, 

technical procedures, measures, 

methods, protocols, methodologies, or 

models, employed in a manner 

consistent with the best available 

science,’’ while also taking into account 

other considerations, including the 

relevance of information and any 

uncertainties. TSCA section 26(i) 

requires that decisions under TSCA 

sections 4, 5, and 6 be ‘‘based on the 

weight of the scientific evidence.’’ 

TSCA section 26(k) requires that EPA 

consider information that is reasonably 

available in carrying out TSCA sections 

4, 5, and 6. 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

On April 11, 2024, the Center for 

Environmental Health, Public 

Employees for Environmental 

Responsibility, Alaska Community 

Action on Toxics, Clean Cape Fear, 

Clean Water Action, Delaware 

Riverkeeper and Merrimack Citizens for 

Clean Water submitted a petition under 

TSCA section 21 requesting that EPA 

establish regulations under TSCA 

section 6 prohibiting the manufacturing, 

processing, use, distribution in 

commerce and disposal of PFOA, PFNA 

and PFDA formed during the 

fluorination of plastic containers. On 

July 10, 2024, EPA granted this petition. 

TSCA section 21(b)(3) requires EPA to 

‘‘promptly commence an appropriate 

proceeding’’ following the grant of a 

petition. 

EPA has identified information 

necessary to inform the Agency’s path 

forward with respect to regulation of 

these PFAS formed during the 

fluorination of plastic containers under 

TSCA section 6 and is issuing this 

notice to collect such information. EPA 

is seeking public comment and 

information regarding the number, 

location, and uses of fluorinated 

containers in the United States, 

including any uses critical to the 

national economy, national security, or 

critical infrastructure (which may 

include uses in medical devices); 

alternatives to the fluorination process 

that generates PFAS including PFOA, 

PFNA, and PFDA; and measures to 

address risk from PFOA, PFNA, and 

PFDA formed during the fluorination of 

plastic containers. As discussed above, 

in carrying out section 6 of TSCA, EPA 

considers the provisions of TSCA 

sections 6(c)(2), 6(d), and 6(g). The 

information requested in this notice will 

inform EPA’s considerations of these 

provisions. For example, information 

about alternative fluorination processes 

is necessary for EPA to consider the 

availability of technically and 

economically feasible alternatives that 

benefit health or the environment, as 

required under TSCA section 6(c)(2)(C). 

Similarly, consistent with TSCA section 

6(d), EPA is seeking input about the 

availability of alternatives and the 

number, location, and uses of 

fluorinated containers to inform its 

consideration of compliance dates 

regulation as appropriate under TSCA. 

Further, information about the uses of 

fluorinated containers, alternatives to 

the fluorination process, and measures 

to address risk from PFAS formed 

during the fluorination of plastic 

containers will inform EPA’s 

consideration of exemptions from 

regulation and conditions on such 

exemptions, as outlined in TSCA 

section 6(g). 

D. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments? 

1. Submitting CBI. 

Do not submit CBI to EPA through 

https://www.regulations.gov or email. 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 parts 2 and 703, as applicable. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Request for Comment 

EPA seeks information on the 

manufacture of PFAS including PFOA, 

PFNA, and PFDA during the 

fluorination of HDPE and other plastic 

containers. Input on the following is of 

particular interest to EPA: 

• Number, location, and uses of 

fluorinated containers in the United 

States, including any uses critical to the 

national economy, national security, or 

critical infrastructure (which may 

include uses in medical devices); 

• Alternatives to the fluorination 

process that generates PFAS including 

PFOA, PFNA, and PFDA; and 

•Measures to address risk from PFOA, 

PFNA, and PFDA formed during the 

fluorination of plastic containers. 

To the extent possible, the Agency 

asks commenters to please cite and 

provide any public data related to or 

that supports comments provided, and 

to the extent permissible, describe and 

provide any supporting data that is not 

publicly available. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 189 / Monday, September 30, 2024 / Notices 79583 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22330 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0572; FRL–12295– 

01–OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Chemical-Specific Rules Under the 

Toxic Substances Control Act; Certain 

Nanoscale Materials (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Chemical-Specific Rules under the 

Toxic Substances Control Act; Certain 

Nanoscale Materials (EPA ICR Number 

2517.04 and OMB Control Number 

2070–0194), to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through September 

30, 2024. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on February 1, 2024 during a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before October 30, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2010–0572, to EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method) or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 

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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Sleasman, Office of Program 

Support (7602M), Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 566– 

1204; email address: 

sleasman.katherine@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through September 

30, 2024. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

February 2, 2024, during a 60-day 

comment period (88 FR 6520). This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 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 www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: This ICR covers reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements for 

persons who manufacture or process 

chemical substances as nanoscale 

materials established under the 

authority of section 8(a) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 704.20. 

Form numbers: 9600–07. 

Respondents/affected entities: As 

defined in 40 CFR 704.20(b), potential 

respondents include those who can 

reasonably ascertain that they are 

manufacturers (defined by statute to 

include importers) and/or processors of 

a discrete form of a reportable chemical 

substance or mixture. To estimate the 

burden, EPA considered entities 

potentially affected by this ICR as those 

that can be classified under the North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes identified in 

question 12 of the supporting statement. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. TSCA section 8(a) and 40 

CFR 704.20. 

Estimated number of potential 

respondents: 16 (total). 

Frequency of response: Occasional. 

Total estimated burden: 959 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $69,280 (per 

year), which includes no annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

decrease of 39,131 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease reflects EPA’s 

adjustments in the estimation 

methodology of the costs and burden as 

discussed in question 12 of the 

supporting statement. The two key 

adjustments involve a reduction in 

estimated submissions based on actual 

submissions received by the EPA over 

the last 3-year period and calculating a 

weighted burden for any given 

respondent without separating the 

manufacturers from the processors. In 

addition to the adjustments to the 

burden estimates, the wage rates were 

revised to reflect 2022 dollars for this 

information collection request. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22392 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2011–0096; FRL–11908–01– 

OMS] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; CrossMedia Electronic Reporting Rule 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

(EPA ICR Number 2002.09, OMB 

Control Number 2025–0003) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). 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 February 28, 2025. This notice 

allows for 60 days of public comments. 


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