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V. What was EPA’s risk assessment for 

these approved TMEs? 

EPA did not identify unreasonable 

health or environmental risks for the 

test market chemicals under the 

intended conditions of use described in 

the TME applications. Therefore, the 

test market activities will not present 

any unreasonable risk of injury to 

human health or the environment, 

including an unreasonable risk to a 

potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulation identified by the 

Administrator for the specific 

conditions of use identified in the 

applications. 

VI. Can EPA change its decision on 

these approved TMEs in the future? 

The Agency reserves the right to 

rescind approval or modify the 

conditions and restrictions of an 

exemption upon the receipt or 

evaluation of any information, new or 

existing, that indicates the test 

marketing activities may present an 

unreasonable risk of injury to human 

health or the environment. 

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

Dated: June 11, 2021. 

Madison Le, 

Director, New Chemicals Division, Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10025–58–OP] 

Request for Nominations for the 

Science Advisory Board 2021 

Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

the SAB 2021 Scientific and 

Technological Achievement Awards 

(STAA) Panel. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by July 27, 2021 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this notice and 

request for nominations may contact Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board Staff Office by telephone/voice 

mail (202) 564–2073 or email at 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA SAB 

can be found at the EPA SAB website at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice, and recommendations to the 

EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. app. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Staff Office is forming the 

2021 STAA Panel, under the auspices of 

the Chartered SAB. The 2021 STAA 

Panel will provide advice through the 

chartered SAB. The SAB and the 2021 

STAA Panel will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

The EPA established the STAA in 

1980 to recognize Agency scientists and 

engineers who published their work in 

the peer-reviewed literature. The STAA 

Program is an agency-wide competition 

to promote and recognize scientific and 

technological achievements by EPA 

employees. The STAA program is 

administered and managed by the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). Each year the SAB has been 

asked to review the EPA’s STAA 

nominations and make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

for monetary awards. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise in the following disciplines as 

they relate to human health and the 

environment: Air pollution exposure; 

chemical engineering; civil and 

environmental engineering; decision 

science; ecology; environmental 

economics; groundwater and surface 

water contaminant fate and transport; 

human health effects and risk 

assessment; monitoring and 

measurement methods for air and water; 

risk management; transport and fate of 

contaminants; water quality; and water 

and wastewater treatment processes. 

The SAB Staff Office is especially 

interested in scientists and engineers 

with expertise described above who 

have knowledge and experience in air 

quality; aquatic and ecological 

toxicology; chemical safety; community 

environmental health; dosimetry and 

inhalation toxicology; drinking water; 

ecological modeling; ecological risk 

assessment; ecosystem restoration; 

ecosystem services; energy and the 

environment; epidemiology; green 

chemistry; homeland security; human 

health dosimetry; mechanisms of 

toxicity and carcinogenicity; 

metabolism; statistics; sustainability; 

toxicokinetics; toxicology; waste and 

waste management; and water re-use. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

the 2021 STAA Committee. Individuals 

may self-nominate. Nominations should 

be submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) following the instructions for 

‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels 

and Ad Hoc Committees Being 

Formed,’’ provided on the SAB website 

(see the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link 

under ‘‘Current Activities’’ at http://

www.epa.gov/sab). To be considered, 

nominations should include the 

information requested below. EPA 

values and welcomes diversity. All 

qualified candidates are encouraged to 

apply regardless of sex, race, disability 

or ethnicity. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

July 27, 2021. 

The following information should be 

provided on the nomination form: 

Contact information for the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information for the nominee; and the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee. Nominees will 

be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and 

will be asked to provide a recent 

curriculum vitae and a narrative 

biographical summary that includes: 

Current position, educational 

background; research activities; sources 

of research funding for the last two 

years; and recent service on other 

national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB website, should contact the 

DFO at the contact information noted 

above. The names and biosketches of 

qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted 

in a List of Candidates on the SAB 

website at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

Public comments on the List of 

Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. 

The public will be requested to provide 

relevant information or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

SAB Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office a 

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1The number of respondents is equal to the 

number of responses (i.e., one response per person). 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

forming the 2021 STAA Panel, the SAB 

Staff Office will consider public 

comments on the Lists of Candidates, 

information provided by the candidates 

themselves, and background 

information independently gathered by 

the SAB Staff Office. Selection criteria 

to be used for committee membership 

include: (a) Scientific and/or technical 

expertise, knowledge, and experience 

(primary factors); (b) availability and 

willingness to serve; (c) absence of 

financial conflicts of interest; (d) 

absence of an appearance of a loss of 

impartiality; (e) skills working in 

committees, subcommittees and 

advisory panels; and, (f) for the 

committee as a whole, diversity of 

expertise and scientific points of view. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Environmental Protection 

Agency Special Government 

Employees’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This 

confidential form is required and allows 

government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

membership on an EPA federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities, or the appearance of a loss of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded through the ‘‘Ethics 

Requirements for Advisors’’ link on the 

SAB website at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

This form should not be submitted as 

part of a nomination. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects members for 

subcommittees and review panels is 

described in the following document: 

Overview of the Panel Formation 

Process at the Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA– 

SAB–EC–02–010), which is posted on 

the SAB website at http://www.epa.gov/ 

sab. 

V. Khanna Johnston, 

Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14285 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final notice of information 

collection—uniform guidelines on 

employee selection procedures— 

extension without change. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission gives notice that it has 

submitted the information described 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for a three-year extension 

without change. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before August 

5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this final 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: 

Kathleen Oram, Assistant Legal 

Counsel, at (202) 921–2665 or 

kathleen.oram@eeoc.gov, or Savannah 

Marion Felton, Senior Attorney, at (202) 

921–2671 or savannah.felton@eeoc.gov. 

Requests for this notice in an alternative 

format should be made to the Office of 

Communications and Legislative Affairs 

at (202) 663–4191 (voice) or 1–800–669– 

6820 (TTY). 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Collection Title: Recordkeeping 

Requirements of the Uniform Guidelines 

on Employee Selection Procedures, 29 

CFR part 1607, 41 CFR part 60–3, 28 

CFR part 50, 5 CFR part 300. 

OMB Number: 3046–0017. 

Type of Respondent: Businesses or 

other institutions; Federal Government; 

State or local governments and farms. 

North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) Code: 

Multiple. 

Standard Industrial Classification 

Code (SIC): Multiple. 

Description of Affected Public: Any 

employer, Government contractor, labor 

organization, or employment agency 

covered by the Federal equal 

employment opportunity laws. 

Respondents: 957,005. 

Responses 1 : 957,005. 

Recordkeeping Hours: 16,578,127 per 

year. 

Number of Forms: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Frequency of Report: None. 

Abstract: The Uniform Guidelines on 

Employee Selection Procedures 

(UGESP) provide fundamental guidance 

for all Title VII-covered employers about 

the use of employment selection 

procedures. The records addressed by 

UGESP are used by respondents to 

ensure that they are complying with 

Title VII and Executive Order 11246. 

While there is no data available to 

quantify these benefits, the collection of 

accurate applicant flow data enhances 

each employer’s ability to address any 

deficiencies in recruitment and 

selection processes, including detecting 

barriers to equal employment 

opportunity. 

On April 26, 2021, the Commission 

published a 60-Day Notice informing 

the public of its intent to request an 

extension without change of the 

information collection requirements 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget, and providing its PRA burden 

analysis for UGESP. 86 FR 22049 (April 

26, 2021). The Commission received one 

comment in response to the 60-Day 

Notice. This comment notes that 

UGESP, since its 1978 adoption, has 

used the verb ‘‘should’’ to characterize 

employers’ duties to collect and 

maintain information and to analyze the 

validity of employment selection 

procedures or tests. The comment 

appears to be arguing against construing 

‘‘should’’ to mean ‘‘must’’ by 

commenting that, if EEOC in fact did 

construe ‘‘should’’ to mean ‘‘must,’’ 

then EEOC’s PRA burden calculation in 

the 60-Day Notice would be too low to 

cover all the activities enumerated in 

UGESP. 

EEOC does not express a view here on 

the meaning of the term ‘‘should’’ in 

UGESP except to refer readers to the 

subsection of UGESP’s Definitions 

section that explains how to interpret 

the word ‘‘‘should’ as used in these 

guidelines.’’ See 29 CFR 1607.16 S. 

(Definitions. Should). 

From the PRA perspective, EEOC 

correctly construes the PRA burden 

analysis requirements. For purposes of 

calculating the PRA burden of a federal 

‘‘collection of information’’ like UGESP, 

the phrase ‘‘collection of information’’ 

focuses on ‘‘the act of collecting . . . 

information.’’ 5 CFR 1620.3(c). The PRA 

analysis of burden, in turn, refers to a 

calculation of the time and cost used by 

the regulated entity to engage in the act 

of collecting and maintaining the 

specified information. Id. at 

1620.3(b)(1). EEOC’s 60-Day PRA 


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