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respondents into groups that align with 

the source categories identified in the 

rule. 

Reporting facilities include, but are 

not limited to, those operating one or 

more units that exceed the CO2e 

threshold for the industry sectors listed 

in Table A–4 of 40 CFR 98.2(a)(2) or 

those in the categories in which all must 

report, such as petroleum refining 

facilities and all other large emitters 

listed in Table A–3 of 40 CFR 98.2(a)(1). 

Additionally, the GHGRP requires 

reporting of GHGs from certain 

suppliers as listed in Table A–5 of 40 

CFR 98.2(a)(4) and of certain emissions 

information associated with mobile 

sources (e.g., for permit applications or 

emissions control certification testing 

procedures). 

Respondent’s Obligation To Respond: 

Mandatory (Sections 114 and 208 of the 

Clean Air Act provide EPA authority to 

require the information mandated by the 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program 

because such data will inform and are 

relevant to future policy decisions). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

11,080 (total). 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Total Estimated Burden: 739,187 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $99,831,931 per 

year, which includes $30,621,791 for 

capital investment and operation and 

maintenance costs for respondents, 

labor cost of $57,210,010 for 

respondents, and $12,000,130 for the 

EPA. 

Changes in the Estimates: This change 

in burden reflects an update in the 

number of respondents, an adjustment 

of labor rates to 2014 Bureau of Labor 

and Statistics (BLS) labor rates, an 

adjustment of capital costs to reflect 

2013 dollars, a re-evaluation of the costs 

to monitor and report combustion 

emissions across the entire program, a 

re-evaluation of the activities and costs 

associated with Petroleum and Natural 

Gas Systems (Subpart W) and Geologic 

Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide 

(Subpart RR), and the addition of new 

segments and new reporters under 

Subpart W. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0138; FRL–9946–91– 

OW] 

Lifetime Health Advisories and Health 

Effects Support Documents for 

Perfluorooctanoic Acid and 

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) announces the release of 

lifetime health advisories (HAs) and 

health effects support documents for 

Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and 

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS). EPA 

developed the HAs to assist federal, 

state, tribal and local officials, and 

managers of drinking water systems in 

protecting public health when these 

chemicals are present in drinking water. 

EPA’s HAs, which identify the 

concentration of PFOA and PFOS in 

drinking water at or below which 

adverse health effects are not 

anticipated to occur over a lifetime of 

exposure, are: 0.07 parts per billion (70 

parts per trillion) for PFOA and PFOS. 

HAs are non-regulatory and reflect 

EPA’s assessment of the best available 

peer-reviewed science. These HAs 

supersede EPA’s 2009 provisional HAs 

for PFOA and PFOS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamie Strong, Health and Ecological 

Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail 

Code 4304T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 566–0056; email address: 

strong.jamie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0138. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically from the Government 

Printing Office under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings FDSys (http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/

collection.action?collectionCode=FR). 

II. What are perfluorooctanoic acid and 

perfluorooctane sulfonate and why is 

EPA concerned about them? 

PFOA and PFOS are fluorinated 

organic chemicals that are part of a 

larger group of chemicals referred to as 

perfluoroalkyl substances. They were 

used to make carpets, clothing, fabrics 

for furniture, paper packaging for food 

and other materials (e.g., cookware) that 

are resistant to water, grease or stains. 

They are also used for firefighting at 

airfields and in a number of industrial 

processes. Both PFOA and PFOS are 

persistent in the environment and in the 

human body. Over time both chemicals 

have become widely distributed in the 

environment and have accumulated in 

the blood of humans, wildlife, and fish. 

Studies indicate that exposure to PFOA 

and PFOS over certain levels may result 

in adverse health effects, including 

developmental effects to fetuses during 

pregnancy or to breast-fed infants (e.g., 

low birth weight, accelerated puberty, 

skeletal variations), cancer (e.g., 

testicular, kidney), liver effects (e.g., 

tissue damage), immune effects (e.g., 

antibody production and immunity), 

and other effects (e.g., cholesterol 

changes). 

III. What are health advisories? 

Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

EPA may publish HAs for contaminants 

that are not subject to any national 

primary drinking water regulation. 

SDWA section 1412(b)(1)(F). EPA 

develops HAs to provide information on 

the chemical and physical properties, 

occurrence and exposure, health effects, 

quantification of toxicological effects, 

other regulatory standards, analytical 

methods, and treatment technology for 

drinking water contaminants. HAs 

describe concentrations of drinking 

water contaminants at which adverse 

health effects are not anticipated to 

occur over specific exposure durations 

(e.g., one-day, ten-days, and a lifetime). 

HAs serve as informal technical 

guidance to assist federal, state and 

local officials, as well as managers of 

public or community water systems in 

protecting public health. They are not 

regulations and should not be construed 

as legally enforceable federal standards. 

HAs may change as new information 

becomes available. 

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IV. Information on the Drinking Water 

Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS 

EPA’s HA levels, which identify the 

concentration of PFOA and PFOS in 

drinking water at or below which 

adverse health effects are not 

anticipated to occur over a lifetime of 

exposure, are: 0.07 parts per billion (70 

parts per trillion) for PFOA and PFOS. 

Because these two chemicals cause 

similar types of adverse health effects, 

EPA recommends that when both PFOA 

and PFOS are found in drinking water 

the combined concentrations of PFOA 

and PFOS be compared with the 0.07 

part per billion HA level. 

EPA’s lifetime HAs are based on peerreviewed toxicological studies of 

exposure of animals to PFOA and PFOS, 

applying scientifically appropriate 

uncertainty factors. The development of 

the HAs was also informed by 

epidemiological studies of human 

populations that have been exposed to 

PFOA and PFOS. The HAs are set at 

levels that EPA concluded will not 

result in adverse developmental effects 

to fetuses during pregnancy or to breastfed infants, who are the groups most 

sensitive to the potential harmful effects 

of PFOA and PFOS. EPA’s analysis 

indicates that exposure to these same 

levels will not result in adverse health 

effects (including cancer and noncancer) to the general population over a 

lifetime (or any shorter period) of 

exposure to these chemicals. 

EPA’s HAs for PFOA and PFOS are 

supported by peer-reviewed health 

effects support documents that 

summarize and analyze available peerreviewed studies on toxicokinetics, 

human epidemiology, animal toxicity, 

and provide a cancer classification and 

a dose response assessment for 

noncancer effects. On February 28, 

2014, EPA released draft versions of 

these health effects support documents 

for a 60-day public comment period and 

initiated a contractor-led, independent 

public panel peer review process (79 FR 

11429). The peer review panel meeting 

occurred on August 21–22, 2014, and 

included seven experts in the following 

areas: Epidemiology, toxicology (liver, 

immune, neurological and reproductive 

and developmental effects), membrane 

transport, risk assessment, 

pharmacokinetic models, and mode-ofaction for cancer and noncancer effects 

(79 FR 39386). Comments submitted to 

EPA’s public docket during the 60-day 

public comment period were provided 

to the peer reviewers ahead of the 

meeting for their consideration. A peer 

review summary report and other 

supporting documents may be found at: 

http://www.regulations.gov under the 

docket EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0138. 

Dated: May 19, 2016. 

Joel Beauvais, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2016–12361 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0021; FRL–9946–40] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Applications for New Active 

Ingredients 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received applications 

to register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice 

of receipt and opportunity to comment 

on these applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 24, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number and the File Symbol of interest 

as shown in the body of this document, 

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. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 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 generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. 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 your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

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

comments.html. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received applications to 

register pesticide products containing 

active ingredients not included in any 

currently registered pesticide products. 

Pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA 

section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA 

is hereby providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on these 

applications. Notice of receipt of these 

applications does not imply a decision 

by the Agency on these applications. 

1. File Symbol: 91197–E. Docket ID 

number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0251. 

Applicant: AFS009 Plant Protection, 

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