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following sections of EPCRA: (1) Section 

303(d)(2)—Facility notification of 

changes that have or are about to occur; 

(2) section 303(d)(3)—Local Emergency 

Planning Committee (LEPC) requests for 

facility information to develop or 

implement emergency plans; (3) section 

311—Material Safety Data Sheets 

(MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or lists 

of those chemicals submitted in place of 

the MSDSs; (4) section 312—Emergency 

and Hazardous Chemical Inventory 

forms (Tier I and Tier II); and (5) section 

313—Toxic chemical release inventory 

form. 

The burden estimates, numbers and 

types of respondents, wage rates and 

unit and total costs for this ICR renewal 

will be revised and updated if needed 

during the 60-day comment period 

while the ICR Supporting Statement is 

undergoing review at OMB. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 9510–1. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

manufacturer and non-manufacturer 

facilities subject to reporting under 

sections 303, 311, 312 or 313 of the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory if a respondent decides to 

make a trade secret claim for the 

chemical identity for any of the 

chemicals in any of the reports the 

respondent is required to submit under 

EPCRA sections 303, 311, 312 or 313. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

283 trade secret claims. 

Frequency of response: Annual, with 

reports submitted under sections 312 

and 313. 

Total estimated burden: 2,689 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $164,989 (per 

year). There are no capital or operation 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this ICR. 

Changes in Estimates: The small 

increase in estimated burden from the 

previous ICR is because the actual 

number of claims submitted was slightly 

higher than what EPA estimated it 

would receive in the previous ICR. 

Changes in estimated costs are 

attributable to updated wage rates and 

an increase in EPA O&M costs. Any 

additional change in burden or cost 

resulting from the 60-day OMB review 

period will be described and explained 

in this section when the updated ICR 

Supporting Statement is completed. 

Dated: August 25, 2021. 

Donna Salyer, 

Director, Office of Emergency Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8758–01–OA] 

Request for Nominations to the 

Science Advisory Board Biosolids 

Chemical Risk Assessment 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 

a panel to review the EPA White Paper: 

A Standardized Approach to Biosolids 

Chemical Risk Assessment and a 

Biosolids Screening Tool with an 

accompanying User Guide. The White 

Paper, which includes a prioritization 

method, deterministic screening model, 

and a probabilistic risk assessment 

modeling framework will be used to 

modernize, standardize, and streamline 

the risk assessment process to efficiently 

and thoroughly assess risk to chemical 

pollutants found in biosolids. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by September 22, 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. Shaunta Hill-Hammond, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office by 

telephone/voice mail (202) 564–3343, or 

email at hill-hammond.shaunta@

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 an 

expert panel, the Biosolids Chemical 

Risk Assessment (Biosolids) Panel, 

under the auspices of the Chartered 

SAB. The Biosolids Panel will provide 

advice through the chartered SAB. The 

SAB and the Biosolids Panel will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

The Biosolids Panel will conduct the 

review of the EPA White Paper: A 

Standardized Approach to Biosolids 

Chemical Risk Assessment and a 

Biosolids Screening Tool (BST) with an 

accompanying User Guide prepared by 

the EPA’s Office of Water. The White 

Paper, BST and User Guide present the 

EPA’s proposed screening process to 

identify pollutants, pathways and 

receptors of greatest interest and inform 

decisions regarding the need for refined 

risk assessment of land-applied 

biosolids. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise in the following disciplines: 

Biosolids management, risk assessment, 

exposure assessment, probabilistic 

modeling, and deterministic modeling. 

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 SAB Panel. Individuals may selfnominate. 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 

September 22, 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 

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notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted 

in a List of Candidates for the Panel 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 

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 charge. In 

forming the expert 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 panel 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 panel 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. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0315; FRL–8735–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection and Request for 

Comment; Submission of Protocols 

and Study Reports for Environmental 

Research Involving Human Subjects 

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: ‘‘Submission 

of Protocols and Study Reports for 

Environmental Research Involving 

Human Subjects’’ and identified by EPA 

ICR No. 2195.06 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0169, represents the renewal of an 

existing ICR that is scheduled to expire 

on April 30, 2022. Before submitting the 

ICR to OMB for review and approval 

under the PRA, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed 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 November 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0315, 

using 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. 

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 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division 

(7101M), Office of Program Support, 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 34–0159; email address: 

siu.carolyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to 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: Submission of Protocols and 

Study Reports for Environmental 

Research Involving Human Subjects. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2195.06. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0169. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 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, 


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