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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91739-91740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27111]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0131; FRL-12261-02-OCSPP]

Risk Management Under the Toxic Substances Control Act: Certain 
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period for the notice that published in the Federal Register on 
September 30, 2024, 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). That 
notice established a public comment period that is scheduled to end on 
November 29, 2024. This document extends that comment period for 31 
days to December 30, 2024. EPA received a request to extend the comment 
period from an interested stakeholder who requested additional time to 
collect information relating to EPA's notice and develop thoughtful 
responses to the issues raised in EPA's notice. EPA believes it is 
appropriate to extend the comment period in order to give stakeholders 
including the requester additional time to identify and gather 
information related to the issues identified in EPA's notice and to 
prepare comprehensive comments.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on September 30, 
2024, at 89 FR 79581 (FRL-12261-01-OCSPP), is now extended. Comments 
must be received on or before December 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID)

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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. 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: 
    For technical information contact: Thomas Groeneveld, Existing 
Chemicals Risk Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1188; email 
address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is hereby extending the comment period 
established in the Federal Register document of September 30, 2024 (89 
FR 79581) (FRL-12261-01-OCSPP), to give stakeholders additional time to 
review that document, identify and gather relevant information, and 
prepare comments. EPA is extending the comment period, which was set to 
end on November 29, 2024, to December 30, 2024.
    To submit comments or access the docket, please follow the detailed 
instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions, consult 
the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605.

    Dated: November 15, 2024.
Michal Freedhoff,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-27111 Filed 11-19-24; 8:45 am]
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