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ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petition 

for objection to Clean Air Act Title V 

operating permit. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an 

Order dated July 20, 2021, granting in 

part and denying in part a Petition dated 

April 4, 2017 from the Environmental 

Integrity Project and Sierra Club. The 

Petition requested that the EPA object to 

a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating 

permit issued by the Texas Commission 

on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to BP 

Amoco Chemical Company (BP Amoco) 

for its Texas City Chemical Plant located 

in Galveston County, Texas. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you 

contact the individual listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

view copies of the final Order, the 

Petition, and other supporting 

information. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Region 6 office is 

currently closed to the public to reduce 

the risk of transmitting COVID–19. 

Please call or email the contact listed 

below if you need alternative access to 

the final Order and Petition, which are 

available electronically at: https://

www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ 

title-v-petition-database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air 

Permits Section, (214) 665–7596, 

wilson.aimee@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object to, as appropriate, operating 

permits proposed by state permitting 

authorities under title V of the CAA. 

Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes 

any person to petition the EPA 

Administrator to object to a title V 

operating permit within 60 days after 

the expiration of the EPA’s 45-day 

review period if the EPA has not 

objected on its own initiative. Petitions 

must be based only on objections to the 

permit that were raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period provided by the state, unless the 

petitioner demonstrates that it was 

impracticable to raise these issues 

during the comment period or unless 

the grounds for the issue arose after this 

period. 

The EPA received the Petition from 

the Environmental Integrity Project and 

Sierra Club dated April 4, 2017, 

requesting that the EPA object to the 

issuance of operating permit no. O1513, 

issued by TCEQ to the Texas City 

Chemical Plant in Galveston County, 

Texas. The Petition claims the proposed 

permit failed to establish a compliance 

schedule for BP Amoco to obtain a 

federally approved major source permit, 

failed to assure compliance with 

emission limits and operating 

requirements established by BP 

Amoco’s New Source Review (NSR) 

permits, and failed to incorporate 

permits by rule (PBR) to assure 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

On July 20, 2021, the EPA 

Administrator issued an Order granting 

in part and denying in part the Petition. 

The Order explains the basis for EPA’s 

decision. 

Dated: August 5, 2021. 

David Garcia, 

Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 

6. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17231 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8772–01–R9] 

Public Water System Supervision 

Program Revision for the State of 

Hawaii 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Hawaii (State) revised its 

Public Water System Supervision 

(PWSS) Program under the federal Safe 

Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by 

adopting regulations to implement the 

federal Radionuclides Rule. The 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that the State’s revisions 

are no less stringent than the 

corresponding Federal regulations and 

otherwise meet applicable SDWA 

primacy requirements. Therefore, EPA 

intends to approve the stated revisions 

as part of the State’s PWSS Program. 

DATES: A request for a public hearing 

must be received or postmarked before 

September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection online at http://

health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/public-notices/. 

In addition, documents relating to this 

determination are available between the 

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except official 

State holidays, at the following address: 

Hawaii Department of Health, Safe 

Drinking Water Branch, 2385 Waimano 

Home Road, Uluakupu Building 4, Pearl 

City, Hawaii 96782. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Yen, United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 9, Drinking 

Water Section, via telephone number: 

(415) 972–3976 or email address: 

yen.anna@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. EPA approved the State’s 

initial application for PWSS Program 

primary enforcement authority 

(‘‘primacy’’) on October 20, 1977 (42 FR 

47244). Since initial approval, EPA has 

approved various revisions to Hawaii’s 

PWSS Program. For the revisions 

covered by this action, the EPA revised 

the Radionuclides Rule on December 7, 

2000 (66 FR 76708), which had been in 

effect since 1977. The revisions set new 

monitoring provisions for community 

water systems; retain the existing 

maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) 

for combined radium-226 and radium228, gross alpha particle radioactivity, 

and beta particle and photon activity; 

and regulate uranium for the first time. 

EPA has determined that the 

Radionuclides Rule was adopted 

verbatim into the Hawaii Administrative 

Rules (HAR), Title 11, Chapter 20, in a 

manner that Hawaii’s regulations are 

comparable to and no less stringent than 

federal requirements. EPA has also 

determined that the State’s primacy 

revision application meets all of the 

regulatory requirements for approval, as 

set forth in 40 CFR 142.12, including a 

side-by-side comparison of the Federal 

requirements and the corresponding 

State authorities, additional materials to 

support special primacy requirements of 

40 CFR 142.16, and a statement by the 

Hawaii Attorney General certifying that 

Hawaii’s laws and regulations to carry 

out the program revisions were duly 

adopted and are enforceable. Therefore, 

EPA is tentatively approving the State’s 

revisions as part of Hawaii’s PWSS 

Program. 

Public Process. Any interested party 

may request a public hearing on this 

determination. A request for a public 

hearing must be received or postmarked 

before September 13, 2021, and 

addressed to the Regional Administrator 

at the EPA Region 9, via the following 

email address: R9dw-program@epa.gov. 

Please note, ‘‘State Primacy Rule 

Determination’’ in the subject line of the 

email. The Regional Administrator may 

deny frivolous or insubstantial requests 

for a hearing. If a substantial request for 

a public hearing is made before 

September 13, 2021, EPA Region 9 will 

hold a public hearing. Any request for 

a public hearing shall include the 

following information: 1. The name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

individual, organization, or other entity 

requesting a hearing; 2. A brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in the Regional Administrator’s 


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determination and a brief statement of 

the information that the requesting 

person intends to submit at such 

hearing; and 3. The signature of the 

individual making the request, or, if the 

request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

If EPA Region 9 does not receive a 

timely and appropriate request for a 

hearing and the Regional Administrator 

does not elect to hold a hearing on her 

own motion, this determination shall 

become final and effective on September 

13, 2021, and no further public notice 

will be issued. 

Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 300g–2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 

142 of the National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations. 

Dated: August 5, 2021. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 

9. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17098 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0652; FRL–8703–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection and Request for 

Comment; Expanded Access to the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

Confidential Business Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces the availability of 

and solicits public comment on an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

that EPA is planning to submit to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The ICR, entitled: ‘‘Expanded 

Access to TSCA Confidential Business 

Information’’ and identified by EPA ICR 

No. 2570.02 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0209, represents the renewal of an 

existing ICR that is scheduled to expire 

on March 31, 2022. Before submitting 

the ICR to OMB for review and approval 

under the PRA, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0625, 

online through the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at 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. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

available at http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Please note that due to the public 

health concerns related to COVID–19, 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and 

Reading Room is closed to visitors with 

limited exceptions. The staff continues 

to provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC and 

docket access, visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Barkas, PMOD (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

250–8880; email address: 

barkas.jessica@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. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA specifically 

solicits comments and information to 

enable it to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Expanded Access to TSCA 

Confidential Business Information. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2570.02. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0209. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2022. 

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. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The 2016 amendments to 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) in the Frank R. Lautenberg 

Chemical Safety for the 21st Century 

Act, expanded the categories of people 

to whom EPA may disclose TSCA 

confidential business information (CBI). 

The amendments authorize EPA to 

disclose TSCA CBI to state, tribal, and 

local governments; environmental, 

health, and medical professionals; and 

emergency responders, under certain 

conditions, including consistency with 

guidance that EPA is required to 

develop. Three guidance documents 

have been developed, corresponding to 

the new authorities in TSCA section 

14(d)(4), (5), and (6). 

The conditions for access vary under 

each of the new provisions, but 

generally include the following: 

Requesters must show that they have a 

need for the information related to their 

employment, professional, or legal 

duties; recipients of TSCA CBI are 

prohibited from disclosing or permitting 

further disclosure of the information to 

individuals not authorized to receive it 

(physicians/nurses may disclose the 

information to their patient); and except 

in emergency situations EPA must 


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