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intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Petitioner. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically may 

mail similar pleadings to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 

on September 16, 2021. 

Dated: August 26, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18902 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2006–0361; FRL–8914– 

01–OLEM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request: 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Trade Secrets Claims for 

Community Right-To-Know and 

Emergency Planning (EPCRA Section 

322), EPA ICR Number 1428.12, OMB 

Control Number 2050–0078 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Trade Secrets Claims for Community 

Right-To-Know and Emergency 

Planning (EPCRA section 322)’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 1428.12, OMB Control No. 

2050–0078) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing 

so, EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2006–0361, to: (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

superfund.docket@epa.gov or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 5104A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

8794; email address: hoffman.wendy@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 http://

www.regulations.gov. Out of an 

abundance of caution for members of 

the public and our staff, the EPA Docket 

Center and Reading Room is closed to 

the public, with limited exceptions, to 

reduce the risk of transmitting COVID– 

19. Our Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

For further information about the EPA’s 

public docket, Docket Center services 

and the current status, please visit us 

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

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is 202–566–1744. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

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; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) 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. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request pertains to trade secrecy claims 

submitted under section 322 of the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). 

EPCRA contains provisions requiring 

facilities to report to state and local 

authorities, and EPA, the presence of 

extremely hazardous substances (section 

302), inventory of hazardous chemicals 

(sections 311 and 312) and manufacture, 

process and use of toxic chemicals 

(section 313). Section 322 of EPCRA 

allows a facility to withhold the specific 

chemical identity from these EPCRA 

reports if the facility asserts a trade 

secret claim for that chemical identity. 

The provisions in section 322 establish 

the requirements and procedures that 

facilities must follow to request trade 

secret treatment of chemical identities, 

as well as the procedures for submitting 

public petitions to the Agency for 

review of the ‘‘sufficiency’’ of trade 

secret claims. 

Trade secret protection is provided for 

specific chemical identities contained in 

reports submitted under each of the 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18857 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

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 

qualified nominees identified by 


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