Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices 47101 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Timothy Watkins, 

Acting Director, Center for Public Health & 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18029 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8881–01–ORD] 

Request for Nominations of Experts for 

the Review of EPA’s Draft 

Toxicological Reviews of 

Perfluorodecanoic Acid (PFDA), 

Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA), 

Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA), 

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS), 

and Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Center for Public Health 

and Environmental Assessment 

(CPHEA) requests public nominations of 

scientific experts for the upcoming peer 

reviews of five Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) assessments 

including: Perfluorodecanoic acid 

(PFDA; CASRN 335–76–2), 

perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA; CASRN 

375–24–4), perfluorohexanoic acid 

(PFHxA, CASRN 307–24–4), 

perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS, 

CASRN 355–46–4), and 

perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA, CASRN 

375–22–4), and their related salts which 

are all members of the group per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Each 

assessment will undergo independent 

external scientific peer review managed 

by Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), 

a contractor to EPA. A single peer 

review panel will review all five (5) 

PFAS IRIS assessments. Interested 

stakeholders will be provided 30-days to 

submit nominations for expert reviewers 

to ERG for their consideration. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period to provide nominations begins 

August 23, 2021 and ends September 

22, 2021. Comments must be received 

on or before September 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations by 

emailing them to peerreview@erg.com 

(subject line: EPA PFAS assessments 

peer review) at ERG no later than 

September 22, 2021. Please be advised 

that public comments are subject to 

release under the Freedom of 

Information Act, including 

communications on these nominations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For general information please 

contact: Vicki Soto, CPHEA; email: 

soto.vicki@epa.gov. 

For questions about the peer review, 

including the nomination process, 

please contact: Laurie Waite, ERG, by 

email at peerreview@erg.com (subject 

line: EPA PFAS assessments peer 

review); or by phone: (781) 674–7362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Information on IRIS PFAS Assessments 

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

(PFAS) are a large class of man-made 

chemicals widely used in consumer 

products and industrial processes. The 

basic structure of PFAS consists of a 

carbon chain surrounded by fluorine 

atoms, with different chemicals 

possessing different end groups. The 

five IRIS toxicity assessments are being 

developed according to the scope and 

methods outlined in the publicly posted 

systematic review protocol (https://

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=345065) and 

they build upon several other PFAS 

assessments that have already been 

developed, and represent only one 

component of the broader PFAS action 

plan underway at the U.S. EPA (https:// 

www.epa.gov/pfas/epas-pfas-actionplan). 

EPA is releasing the announcement to 

notify the public of upcoming peer 

review activities related to five IRIS five 

per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

(PFAS) Integrated Risk Information 

System (IRIS) assessments including: 

Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA; CASRN 

335–76–2), perfluorononanoic acid 

(PFNA; CASRN 375–24–4), 

perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA, CASRN 

307–24–4), perfluorohexanesulfonic 

acid (PFHxS, CASRN 355–46–4), and 

perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA, CASRN 

375 22 4), and their related salts which 

are all members of the group per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). 

These documents will undergo 

independent external scientific peer 

review managed by ERG, a contractor to 

EPA. EPA has instructed ERG to 

formulate a single pool of eighteen (18) 

candidate external reviewers to provide 

independent external reviews of all five 

PFAS IRIS assessments. After 

consideration of peer reviewer 

nominations submitted to ERG in 

response to this FRN and after 

consideration of public comments on 

the List of Candidates (to be announced 

in a future FRN), ERG will select from 

this pool the final list of up to nine (9) 

peer reviewers in a manner consistent 

with EPA’s Peer Review Handbook 4th 

Edition, 2015 (EPA/100/B–15/001). EPA 

will provide updates on the status of the 

peer review via the IRIS website 

(https://www.epa.gov/iris). EPA 

encourages all interested stakeholders to 

register for the IRIS listserv by visiting 

the IRIS website at https://www.epa.gov/ 

iris/forms/staying-connected-integratedrisk-information-system#connect. 

Specific questions or comments on the 

peer review process should be directed 

to ERG. 

II. Information About This Peer Review 

ERG is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise and research on per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 

one or more of the following areas: 

Environmental epidemiology with 

experience in the application of 

systematic review principles to 

environmental exposures and/or 

immunotoxicity expertise; experimental 

toxicology with experience in the 

application of systematic review 

principles to environmental exposures 

and/or immunotoxicity expertise, 

hepatic effects, thyroid effects, 

developmental effects, biological 

mechanisms of human disease/health 

effects, and absorption, distribution, 

metabolism, and excretion (ADME) 

knowledge; and physiologically-based 

pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling, 

toxicokinetics, and dose-response 

modeling of animal data. Questions 

regarding this review should be directed 

to Laurie Waite, ERG, by email at 

peerreview@erg.com (subject line: EPA 

PFAS assessments peer review); or by 

phone: (781) 674–7362. For EPA, a 

balanced review panel includes 

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 peer review 

charge. In forming this expert panel, 

ERG will consider public comments on 

the List of Candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information. Selection 

criteria to be used for panel membership 

include: (a) Scientific and/or technical 

expertise, knowledge, and experience 

(primary factors); (b) availability and 

willingness to serve; (c) absence of any 

potential organizational or personal 

conflicts of interest; (d) skills working in 

committees, subcommittees and 

advisory panels; and, (e) for the panel as 

a whole, diversity of expertise and 

scientific points of view. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 


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individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format to ERG 

via email: peerreview@erg.com (subject 

line: EPA PFAS assessments peer 

review). To receive full consideration, 

nominations should include all of the 

information requested below. ERG 

requests contact information about the 

person making the nomination; contact 

information about the nominee; the 

nominee’s disciplinary and specific 

areas of expertise; the nominee’s resume 

or curriculum vitae; sources of recent 

grant and/or contract support; and a 

biographical sketch of the nominee 

indicating current position, educational 

background, research activities, 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 via email, should contact 

Laurie Waite, ERG, as noted above. ERG 

will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations. The names and 

biosketches of qualified nominees 

identified by respondents to this 

Federal Register Notice along with 

additional experts identified by ERG 

will be posted on the IRIS website and 

will be available for public comment. 

The process for public comment on the 

pool of nominees will be announced in 

a subsequent Federal Register Notice, 

on the IRIS website, and through the 

IRIS Listserv. 

Timothy Watkins, 

Acting Director, Center for Public Health & 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18030 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8810–01–OMS] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, Gila River Indian Community 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the Gila River Indian 

Community’s request to revise/modify 

certain of its EPA-authorized programs 

to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA approves the authorized 

program revisions/modifications as of 

August 23, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley M. Miller, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Information 

Management, Mail Stop 2824T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460, (202) 566–2908, 

miller.shirley@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, section 

3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, 

subpart D provides special procedures 

for program revisions and modifications 

to allow electronic reporting, to be used 

at the option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On March 12, 2021, the Gila River 

Indian Community (GRIC) submitted an 

application titled IMPACT for revisions/ 

modifications to its EPA-approved 

programs under title 40 CFR to allow 

new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

GRIC’s request to revise/modify its EPAauthorized programs and, based on this 

review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revisions/modifications set out in 40 

CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve GRIC’s 

request to revise/modify its following 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR is 

being published in the Federal Register: 

Part 52: Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans (SIP/Clean Air 

Act Title II) Reporting under CFR 50– 

52 

Part 60: Standards of Performance for 

New Stationary Sources (NSPS/CAR/ 

Clean Air Act Title Ill) Reporting 

under CFR 60 & 65 

Part 63: National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 

Categories (NESHAP MACT/Clean Air 

Act Title Ill) Reporting under CFR 61, 

63 & 65 

Part 70: State Operating Permit 

Programs (Clean Air Act Title V) 

Reporting under CFR 64 & 70 

GRIC was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its 

application with respect to the 

authorized programs listed above. 

Dated: August 10, 2021. 

Jennifer (Jennie) Campbell, 

Director, Office of Information Management. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18085 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0321; FRL–8888–01– 

OCSPP] 

Chemical Data Reporting; Guidance for 

Preparing and Submitting a Petition; 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of and soliciting public 

comment on guidance on the processes 

applicable to the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data 

Reporting (CDR) regulations: Petitions 

for full exemption of byproduct 

substances that are recycled or 

otherwise used within site-limited, 

physically enclosed systems and 

Petitions for partial exemption of 

chemicals for which the CDR processing 

and use information has been 

determined to be of ‘‘low current 

interest’’ by the Agency. This guidance 

is designed to elucidate the process and 

requirements of CDR-specific petitions 

and is consistent with both existing 

regulations and guidance. The CDR 

regulations require manufacturers 

(including importers) of certain 

chemical substances included on the 

TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory 

(TSCA Inventory) to report data on the 

manufacturing, processing, and use of 

the chemical substances. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 21, 2021. 


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