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prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis 

for rules subject to the requirements of 

5 U.S.C. 553(b) that have a significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. However, general NPDES 

permits are not ‘‘rules’’ subject to the 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b), and are 

therefore not subject to the RFA. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

Section 201 of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), Public 

Law 104–4, generally requires federal 

agencies to assess the effects of their 

‘‘regulatory actions’’ (defined to be the 

same as ‘‘rules’’ subject to the RFA) on 

tribal, state and local governments and 

the private sector. However, general 

NPDES permits are not ‘‘rules’’ subject 

to the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) 

and, are, therefore, not subject to the 

RFA or the UMRA. 

Authority: This action is being taken 

under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq. 

Carmen R. Guerrero-Pe ́rez, 

Director, Caribbean Environmental Protection 

Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2022–0116; FRL–9412–01– 

OCSPP] 

Certain New Chemicals or Significant 

New Uses; Statements of Findings for 

January 2022 

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 

notices 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 January 1, 2022 to January 31, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact. Rebecca 

Edelstein, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: 202–564–1667 email address: 

Edelstein.rebecca@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. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe the specific 

entities that this action may apply to. 

Although others may be affected, this 

action applies directly to the submitters 

of the PMNs addressed in 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–2022–0116, 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. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

open to visitors by appointment only. 

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? 

This document lists the statements of 

findings made by EPA after review of 

notices submitted under TSCA section 

5(a) that certain new chemical 

substances or significant new uses are 

not likely to present an unreasonable 

risk of injury to health or the 

environment. This document presents 

statements of findings made by EPA 

during the period from January 1, 2022 

to January 31, 2022. 

III. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

TSCA section 5(a)(3) requires EPA to 

review a TSCA section 5(a) notice and 

make one of the following specific 

findings: 

• The chemical substance or 

significant new use presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment; 

• The information available to EPA is 

insufficient to permit a reasoned 

evaluation of the health and 

environmental effects of the chemical 

substance or significant new use; 

• The information available to EPA is 

insufficient to permit a reasoned 

evaluation of the health and 

environmental effects and the chemical 

substance or significant new use may 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment; 

• The chemical substance is or will 

be produced in substantial quantities, 

and such substance either enters or may 

reasonably be anticipated to enter the 

environment in substantial quantities or 

there is or may be significant or 

substantial human exposure to the 

substance; or 

• The chemical substance or 

significant new use is not likely to 

present an unreasonable risk of injury to 

health or the environment. 

Unreasonable risk findings must be 

made without consideration of costs or 

other non-risk factors, including an 

unreasonable risk to a potentially 

exposed or susceptible subpopulation 

identified as relevant under the 

conditions of use. The term ‘‘conditions 

of use’’ is defined in TSCA section 3 to 

mean ‘‘the circumstances, as determined 

by the Administrator, under which a 

chemical substance is intended, known, 

or reasonably foreseen to be 

manufactured, processed, distributed in 

commerce, used, or disposed of.’’ 

EPA is required under TSCA section 

5(g) to publish in the Federal Register 

a statement of its findings after its 

review of a TSCA section 5(a) notice 

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 PMNs, MCANs, and SNUNs 

submitted to EPA under TSCA section 

5. 

Anyone who plans to manufacture 

(which includes import) a new chemical 

substance for a non-exempt commercial 

purpose and any manufacturer or 

processor wishing to engage in a use of 

a chemical substance designated by EPA 

as a significant new use must submit a 

notice to EPA at least 90 days before 

commencing manufacture of the new 

chemical substance or before engaging 

in the significant new use. 

The submitter of a notice to EPA for 

which EPA has made a finding of ‘‘not 

likely to present an unreasonable risk of 

injury to health or the environment’’ 


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may commence manufacture of the 

chemical substance or manufacture or 

processing for the significant new use 

notwithstanding any remaining portion 

of the applicable review period. 

IV. Statements of Administrator 

Findings Under TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) 

In this unit, EPA provides the 

following information (to the extent that 

such information is not claimed as 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)) on the PMNs, MCANs and 

SNUNs for which, during this period, 

EPA has made findings under TSCA 

section 5(a)(3)(C) that the new chemical 

substances or significant new uses are 

not likely to present an unreasonable 

risk of injury to health or the 

environment: 

• EPA case number assigned to the 

TSCA section 5(a) notice. 

• Chemical identity (generic name if 

the specific name is claimed as CBI). 

• Website link to EPA’s decision 

document describing the basis of the 

‘‘not likely to present an unreasonable 

risk’’ finding made by EPA under TSCA 

section 5(a)(3)(C). 

EPA case No. Chemical identity Website link 

J–22–0001; J– 

22–0002; J– 

22–0003; J– 

22–0004; J– 

22–0005; J– 

22–0006.

Chromosomally-modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae (generic).https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-02/j-22- 

0001-0006_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf. 

J–22–0007 ......... Strain of Escherichia coli modified with genetically-stable, 

plasmid-borne DNA for the production of plasmid-borne 

DNA (generic).

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-02/j-22- 

0007_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf. 

P–21–0128 ......... Fatty acids, C8-18 and C18-unsatd., mixed esters with C18- 

unsatd. fatty acid dimers, decanoic acid, octanoic acid and 

trimethylolpropane; CASRN 2411231–33–7.

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-02/p-21- 

0128_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf. 

P–21–0200 ......... Saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon waxes, oxidized, 

polymers with alkenoic acid, alkyl alkanoate, alkenedioic 

acid, polyalkylene glycol ether with substituted 

carbomonocycle (alkylidene)bis- , polyalkylene glycol ether 

with substituted carbomonocycle (alkylidene)bis-, substituted carbomonocycle, disubstituted carbomonocycle 

and substituted heteropolycycle, alkyl peroxide-initiated 

(generic).

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-02/p-21- 

0200_determination_non-cbi_final_0.pdf. 

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

Dated: March 22, 2022. 

Madison Le, 

Director, New Chemicals Division, Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0658; FRL–9707–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for Phosphate Fertilizer Industry 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NSPS for Phosphate Fertilizer Industry 

(EPA ICR Number 1061.15, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0037), 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 May 31, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested, 

via the Federal Register, on February 8, 

2021 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. An agency may neither 

conduct nor sponsor, and a person is 

not required to respond to, a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2020–0658, to EPA online 

using https://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), 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 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: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

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: Owners and operators of 

affected facilities are required to comply 

with the reporting and record keeping 


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