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chemical processors, distributors in 

commerce, and users; non-governmental 

organizations in the environmental and 

public health sectors; state and local 

government agencies; and members of 

the public. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities and corresponding NAICS codes 

for entities that may be interested in or 

affected by this action. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The draft scope of the risk evaluation 

is issued pursuant to TSCA 

implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

702.41(c)(7). 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is publishing and requesting 

public comment on the draft scope of 

the risk evaluation for D4 under TSCA. 

Through the risk evaluation process, 

EPA will determine whether the 

chemical substance presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment under the conditions of 

use, as determined by the 

Administrator, in accordance with 

TSCA section 6(b)(4). 

II. Background 

TSCA allows chemical manufacturers 

to request an EPA-conducted risk 

evaluation of a chemical substance 

under 40 CFR 702.37. On March 19, 

2020, EPA received a manufacturer 

request for a risk evaluation of D4. In 

the Federal Register notice of June 17, 

2020 (85 FR 36586; FRL–10010–49), 

EPA opened a 45-day public comment 

period to gather information relevant to 

the requested risk evaluation. EPA 

granted the request on October 6, 2020, 

and subsequently initiated the scoping 

process for the risk evaluation for this 

chemical substance on November 5, 

2020. The purpose of a risk evaluation 

is to determine whether a chemical 

substance, or group of chemical 

substances, presents an unreasonable 

risk to health or the environment, under 

the conditions of use, including an 

unreasonable risk to a relevant 

potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulation (15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(A)). 

As part of this process, EPA must 

evaluate both hazards and exposures for 

the conditions of use; describe whether 

aggregate or sentinel exposures were 

considered and the basis for 

consideration; not consider costs or 

other non-risk factors; take into account 

where relevant, likely duration, 

intensity, frequency, and number of 

exposures; and describe the weight-ofscientific-evidence for hazards and 

exposures (15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)). This 

process will culminate in a 

determination of whether or not the 

chemical substance presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment under the conditions of 

use (15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(A); 40 CFR 

702.47). 

III. Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation 

for Octamethylcyclotetra-Siloxane (D4) 

The chemical substance for which 

EPA is publishing the draft scope of the 

risk evaluation is listed on the TSCA 

Inventory with CA Index Name 

‘‘Cyclotetrasiloxane, 2,2,4,4,6,6,8,8- 

octamethyl-’’ and the associated 

Chemical Abstracts Service Registry 

Number (CASRN) 556–67–2. The draft 

scope of the risk evaluation for this 

chemical substance includes the 

conditions of use, hazards, exposures, 

and the potentially exposed or 

susceptible subpopulations EPA plans 

to consider in the risk evaluation (15 

U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(D)). Development of 

the scope is the first step of a risk 

evaluation. The draft scope of the risk 

evaluation will include the following 

components (40 CFR 702.41(c)): 

• The conditions of use, as 

determined by the Administrator, that 

EPA plans to consider in the risk 

evaluation. 

• The potentially exposed 

populations that EPA plans to evaluate; 

the ecological receptors that EPA plans 

to evaluate; and the hazards to health 

and the environment that EPA plans to 

evaluate. 

• A description of the reasonably 

available information and the science 

approaches that the Agency plans to 

use. 

• A conceptual model that will 

describe the actual or predicted 

relationships between the chemical 

substance, the conditions of use within 

the scope of the evaluation and the 

receptors, either human or 

environmental, with consideration of 

the life cycle of the chemical 

substance—from manufacturing, 

processing, distribution in commerce, 

storage, use, to release or disposal—and 

identification of human and ecological 

health hazards EPA plans to evaluate for 

the exposure scenarios EPA plans to 

evaluate. 

• An analysis plan, which will 

identify the approaches and methods 

EPA plans to use to assess exposure, 

hazards, and risk, including associated 

uncertainty and variability, as well as a 

strategy for using reasonably available 

information and science approaches. 

• A plan for peer review. 

EPA encourages commenters to 

provide information they believe might 

be missing or may further inform the 

risk evaluation. EPA will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the final 

scope of the risk evaluation within three 

months of publishing the draft scope. 

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

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19392 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0629; FRL–8964–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for Primary and Secondary Emissions 

From Basic Oxygen Furnaces 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NSPS for Primary and Secondary 

Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces 

(EPA ICR Number 1069.13, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0029), to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through December 31, 2021. 

Public comments were previously 

requested, via the Federal Register, on 

February 8, 2021 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An agency may neither conduct nor 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2020–0629 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 


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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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this 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: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit: http://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: This rule applies to Basic 

Oxygen Process Furnaces (BOPFs) in 

iron and steel plants commencing 

construction, modification or 

reconstruction after June 11, 1973 and 

top-blown BOPFs, hot metal transfer 

stations or skimming stations for which 

construction, reconstruction, or 

modification commenced after January 

20, 1983. Respondents are required to 

submit initial notifications, conduct 

performance tests and report test results 

for the primary emission control 

devices, and submit periodic reports. 

Sources also must develop and 

implement a startup, shutdown, and 

malfunction plan (SSMP) and submit 

semiannual reports of any event where 

the procedures in the plan were not 

followed. This information is being 

collected to assure compliance with 40 

CFR part 60, subparts N and Na. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Basic 

oxygen process furnaces (BOPF). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subparts N 

and Na). 

Estimated number of respondents: 13 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 4,560 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $562,000 (per 

year), which includes $21,600 in 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is 

decrease in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR. This decrease is 

due to a decrease in the number of 

sources. The estimate of 13 respondents 

in this ICR reflects a decrease in the 

number of respondents from the prior 

ICR due to the closing or merger of 

existing facilities, as confirmed through 

Agency review of iron and steel 

facilities in related rulemaking 

activities. Since there are no changes in 

the regulatory requirements and there is 

no significant industry growth, there are 

also no changes in the capital/startup or 

operation and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Regular Meeting; Farm Credit System 

Insurance Corporation Board 

AGENCY: Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice, regular meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Article VI of the Bylaws of the Farm 

Credit System Insurance Corporation 

(FCSIC), of a forthcoming regular 

meeting of the Board that a regular 

meeting of the Board of Directors of 

FCSIC will be held. 

DATES: September 14, 2021, at 10:00 

a.m. EDT, until such time as the Board 

may conclude its business. Note: 

Because of the COVID–19 pandemic, we 

will conduct the board meeting 

virtually. If you would like to observe 

the open portion of the virtual meeting, 

see instructions below for board meeting 

visitors. 

ADDRESSES: To observe the open portion 

of the virtual meeting, go to FCSIC.gov, 

select ‘‘News & Events,’’ then ‘‘Board 

Meetings.’’ There you will find a 

description of the meeting and 

‘‘Instructions for board meeting 

visitors.’’ See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for further information 

about attendance requests. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

Aultman, Secretary to the Board of the 

Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation, (703) 883–4009. TTY is 

(703) 883–4056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of 

this meeting of the Board will be open 

to the public and parts will be closed. 

If you wish to observe the open portion, 

follow the instructions above in the 

ADDRESSES section at least 24 hours 

before the meeting. Please note that this 

meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT with 

a session that is closed to the public. 

You may join this meeting at 10:45 a.m. 

EDT. We will begin the open session 

promptly at 11:00 a.m. EDT. 

Assistance: If you need assistance for 

accessibility reasons or if you have any 

questions, contact Dale Aultman, 

Secretary to the Farm Credit 

Administration Board, at (703) 883– 

4009. The matters to be considered at 

the meeting are as follows: 

A. Closed Session 

• Report on Insurance Risk/Premium 

Risk Factors 

B. Approval of Minutes 

• June 17, 2021 

C. Quarterly Business Reports 

• FCSIC Financial Reports 

• Report on Insured Obligations 

• Report on Annual Performance 

Plan 

D. New Business 

• Annual Performance Plan 

• Budget for 2022 and 2023 

• Insurance Fund Progress Review and 

Setting of Premium Range Guidance 

for 2022 

Dated: September 3, 2021. 

Dale Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19474 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FR ID: 45237] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission or 


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