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• The hazards to health and the 

environment that EPA expects to 

evaluate; 

• A description of the reasonably 

available information and the science 

approaches that the Agency expects to 

use; 

• A conceptual model that describes 

the actual or predicted relationships 

between the chemical substance, its 

associated conditions of use through 

predicted exposure scenarios, and the 

identified human and environmental 

receptors and human and ecological 

health hazards; 

• An analysis plan that describes how 

EPA intends to assess hazards and 

exposures, and characterize risks; and 

• A plan for peer review. 

III. Request for Comment 

EPA seeks feedback on the 

approaches presented in the draft scope 

of the risk evaluation, use profile (Ref. 

3), and draft chemistry and fate 

technical support document (Ref. 4), 

copies of which are available in the 

docket. EPA encourages commenters to 

provide information they believe might 

be missing or may further inform the 

risk evaluation. To the extent possible, 

the Agency asks commenters to please 

cite any public data related to or that 

supports the comments provided, and, 

to the extent permissible, describe any 

supporting data that is not publicly 

available. 

IV. Next Steps 

EPA will consider comments received 

and prepare the final scope of the risk 

evaluation for vinyl chloride. EPA 

intends to publish a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

availability of the final scope of the risk 

evaluation within six months of the 

designation of vinyl chloride as a highpriority substance for risk evaluation 

under TSCA (Ref. 1), i.e., by June 2025. 

For more information about the TSCA 

risk evaluation process for existing 

chemicals, go to https://www.epa.gov/ 

assessing-and-managing-chemicalsunder-tsca. 

V. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this document. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. EPA. High-Priority Substance 

Designations Under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) and Initiation of Risk 

Evaluation on High-Priority Substances; 

Notice of Availability. Federal Register. 89 

FR 102900, December 18, 2024 (FRL–11581– 

07–OCSPP) 

2. EPA. Vinyl Chloride; Draft Scope of the 

Risk Evaluation under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA). January 2025. 

3. EPA. Use Report for Vinyl Chloride. 

January 2025. 

4. EPA. Draft Chemistry and Fate Technical 

Support Document for Vinyl Chloride, 

January 2025. 

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

Dated: January 10, 2025. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00948 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2020–0530; FRL 12558–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring 

Rule (UCMR 5) (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring 

Rule (UCMR 5) (EPA ICR Number 

2683.03, OMB Control Number 2040– 

0304) 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 original UCMR 5 ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

January 31, 2025. Public comments on 

the ICR renewal were previously 

requested during a 60-day comment 

period via the Federal Register on July 

30, 2024. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2020–0530, to EPA online 

using 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 (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: 

Brenda Bowden, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MS 140), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 26 

West Martin Luther King Drive, 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone 

number: (513) 569–7961; email address: 

bowden.brenda@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through January 31, 

2025. 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 on the ICR renewal 

were previously requested during a 60- 

day comment period via the Federal 

Register on July 30, 2024 (89 FR 61112). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. Supporting 

documents, which explain in detail the 

information that 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: Section 1445(a)(2) of the 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 

requires that once every five years, 

beginning in 1999, EPA issue a new list 

of not more than 30 priority unregulated 

contaminants in drinking water to be 

monitored by public water systems 

(PWSs). Information collected under the 

program informs EPA’s decision making 

regarding whether or not to regulate 

particular contaminants in drinking 

water. UCMR 5 requires monitoring for 

30 chemical contaminants and was 

published in the Federal Register on 


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December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73131). The 

information collection associated with 

UCMR 5 does not require respondents to 

disclose confidential information. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Data 

associated with this ICR will be 

collected and maintained by PWSs 

subject to the rule. UCMR is a federallyimplemented program; however, States, 

territories, and Tribes (herein after 

referred to as ‘‘States’’ for simplicity) 

can choose to participate in UCMR 5 

implementation through a Partnership 

Agreement with EPA. These States will 

sometimes choose to collect samples 

and maintain records on behalf of 

PWSs. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (section 1445(a) of SDWA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Approximately 3,493 respondents (total 

among PWSs and States) participate in 

UCMR 5 sample collection during the 

ICR years 2025–2027. There are 

approximately 10,367 respondents to 

UCMR 5 during the five-year program 

period. 

Frequency of response: The frequency 

and number of responses varies across 

respondents. PWSs that rely on surface 

water and ground water under the direct 

influence of surface water will sample 

quarterly (four sampling events), and 

PWSs that rely on ground water will 

sample twice (at 6-month intervals). All 

sample collection will take place during 

a continuous 12-month period during 

the sampling timeframe. UCMR 5 

sampling takes place at the entry point 

to the distribution system (EPTDS). The 

number of samples collected by PWSs 

also differs based on the size of the 

PWS, and the number of entry points 

within each PWS. Over the three ICR 

years of 2025 through 2027, the total 

number of responses per respondent 

averages 3.0, or an average of 1.0 

responses per respondent per year. 

Total estimated burden: EPA 

estimates the labor burden at 21,275 

hours (per year) during the ICR renewal 

years of 2025 through 2027 for States 

and PWSs. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: During the ICR 

renewal years of 2025 through 2027, 

EPA estimates the total cost for States 

and PWSs at $5,633,415 (per year), 

which includes $4,702,003 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. The total costs include labor costs 

and laboratory analysis (non-labor) 

costs. EPA pays for the analytical and 

sample shipping costs for small PWSs 

(i.e., serving 10,000 or fewer people). 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 27,193 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden for PWSs 

and States during the ICR renewal years 

of 2025 through 2027 compared with 

the original UCMR 5 ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease is due 

to: 

• Fewer PWSs participate during the 

ICR renewal period of 2025–2027 than 

in 2022–2024 period addressed by the 

original ICR. Only one-third of PWSs 

monitor for UCMR 5 contaminants in 

2025–2027; two-thirds of PWS will have 

monitored for UCMR 5 contaminants in 

2023 or 2024. 

• Some initial, pre-monitoring 

activities were conducted by all systems 

during the original ICR period. These 

activities will not take place during 

2025–2027. 

• States are expected to incur less 

burden during 2025–2027, since their 

support is associated with monitoring 

and less monitoring is occuring during 

the renewal period. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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AGENCY 

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01–OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and 

Management: Generic Information 

Collection Request for Surveys 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

TSCA Existing Chemical Risk 

Evaluation and Management; Generic 

ICR for Surveys, (EPA ICR Number 

2585.02 and OMB Control Number 

2070–0218) 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 February 

28, 2025. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on May 15, 2024. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

EPA, identified by docket identification 

(ID) number Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2018–0612, to EPA online using 

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 (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 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

566–1204; email address: 

sleasman.katherine@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

approved through February 28, 2025. 

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 May 15, 2024, establishing 

a 60-day comment period (89 FR 42467). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. Supporting 

documents, which explain in detail the 

information collection activities and 

related estimated burden and costs that 

are summarized in this document, are 

available in the docket. The docket can 

be viewed online at https://

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. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

and visiting the docket is available at 

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

Abstract: EPA will use this generic 

ICR to survey chemical users, 

processors, distributors, manufacturers 


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