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Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) using the online nomination 

form under ‘‘Public Input on 

Membership’’ on the CASAC web page 

at https://casac.epa.gov. To be 

considered, all 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 by 

September 29, 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 SABSO 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 

process or the public comment process 

described below, or who are unable to 

submit nominations through the CASAC 

website, should contact the DFO, as 

identified above. The names and 

biosketches of qualified nominees 

identified by respondents to this 

Federal Register notice, and additional 

experts identified by the SAB Staff 

Office, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates on the CASAC website at 

https://casac.epa.gov. Public comments 

on each List of Candidates will be 

accepted for 21 days from the date the 

list is posted. 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 this expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the List 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 lack of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; and 

(f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of 

expertise and viewpoints. 

Candidates may be asked to submit 

the ‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110– 

48). This confidential form is required 

for Special Government Employees 

(SGEs) and allows EPA to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between that person’s public 

responsibilities as an SGE 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 CASAC home 

page at https://casac.epa.gov. This form 

should not be submitted as part of a 

nomination. 

V. Khanna Johnston, 

Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19301 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R03–CBP–2021–0235; FRL–8955–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Chesapeake Bay Program Citizen 

Stewardship Index, Diversity Profile, 

and Local Leadership Surveys 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Chesapeake Bay Program Citizen 

Stewardship Index, Diversity Profile, 

and Local Leadership Surveys (EPA ICR 

Number 2679.01, OMB Control Number 

2003–NEW) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

request for approval of a new collection. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

May 3, 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 

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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–CBP–2021–0235 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 

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: 

Tuana Phillips, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region III— 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office, mail 

code: 3CB10, Annapolis City Marina, 

Suite 109, 410 Severn Ave., Annapolis, 

MD 21403; telephone number: (410)– 

267–5704; fax number: 1–410–267– 

5777; email address: Phillips.tuana@

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 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 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 


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public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake 

Bay Program (the Program) is interested 

in tracking its progress at attaining its 

goals under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay 

Watershed Agreement (the Agreement). 

To do this, the Program plans to 

implement three surveys: The Citizen 

Stewardship Survey, the Diversity 

Profile Survey, and the Local 

Leadership Survey. 

EPA has specified the target audience 

and the implementation approach for 

each to maximize the data that can be 

obtained. The Citizen Stewardship 

Survey will be implemented as a multimode survey that includes phone, web, 

and mail components of residents living 

the Chesapeake Bay area, stratified by 

jurisdiction (states and the District of 

Columbia). The Diversity Profile Survey 

will be implemented among people who 

work on partnership efforts within the 

Bay area as a web-based survey. The 

Local Leadership Survey will be 

implemented among state and local 

elected officials involved in policy 

making in the Bay area also as a webbased survey. 

The Program will be using the data 

from these three surveys to track it 

progress under the Stewardship goal of 

the 2014 Agreement. The Stewardship 

goal includes three outcomes: (1) 

Citizen Stewardship, (2) Local 

Leadership, and (3) Diversity. Three 

surveys under this ICR each address one 

of the outcomes and contributes to 

EPA’s Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA) goals (EPA Goal 1, 

A Cleaner, Healthier Environment; 

Objective 1.2: Provide for Clean and 

Safe Water). 

Each of the surveys under this ICR 

were funded and implemented by other 

partners in the Chesapeake Bay area in 

prior years. The Program determined 

that the best approach for continued 

implementation of these surveys would 

be for the EPA assume the responsibility 

for implementing these surveys; thus, 

EPA is seeking approval for 

implementing these surveys under this 

ICR. 

Collecting these data and publishing 

them for public review will allow the 

public to track how well the Agreement 

is working to preserve and protect the 

Chesapeake Bay region from the 

standpoint of the Stewardship goal 

outlined in the Agreement. Overall, the 

Agreement contains 10 goals and their 

associated outcomes; data for the other 

nine goals are collected through other 

means. Combining the data for 

Stewardship goal outcomes from these 

surveys with the data for the other nine 

goals will provide the public will have 

a comprehensive picture of the progress 

being made to preserve and protect 

Chesapeake Bay. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Stewardship survey: Members of the 

general public; Local Leaders survey: 

Individuals in local government 

leadership roles; Diversity Profile 

survey: Individuals working at 

organizations to conserve/restore 

Chesapeake Bay. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

6,430 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once. 

Total estimated burden: 2,298 hours 

(total). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $100,931 (total), 

includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This is a 

new collection. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19334 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0443; FRL–8850–01– 

OCSPP] 

Octamethylcyclotetra-Siloxane (D4); 

Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation To 

Be Conducted Under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act; Notice of 

Availability and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

implementing regulations for the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA), the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is announcing the availability of and 

soliciting public comment on the draft 

scope of the risk evaluation to be 

conducted for octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4). D4 (Cyclotetrasiloxane, 

2,2,4,4,6,6,8,8-octamethyl-; Chemical 

Abstracts Service Registry Number 

(CASRN) 556–67–2), is a chemical 

substance for which EPA received a 

manufacturer request for risk 

evaluation. The draft scope for this 

chemical substance includes the 

conditions of use, hazards, exposures, 

and the potentially exposed or 

susceptible subpopulations that EPA 

plans to consider in conducting the risk 

evaluation for this chemical substance. 

EPA is also opening a 45-calendar day 

comment period on the draft scope to 

allow for the public to provide 

additional data or information that 

could be useful to the Agency in 

finalizing the scope of the risk 

evaluation; comments may be submitted 

to this docket. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0443, 

online using 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 https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets/about-epa-dockets. 

Due to the public health emergency 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and 

Reading Room were closed to public 

visitors on March 31, 2020. Our EPA/DC 

staff will continue to provide customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

For further information on EPA/DC 

services, docket contact information and 

the current status of the EPA/DC and 

Reading Room, please visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Bethany Masten, Existing Chemical Risk 

Management Division, Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(Mailcode 7404T), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8803; 

email address: masten.bethany@

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. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of interest to 

entities that manufacture (including 

import) a chemical substance regulated 

under TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., 

(e.g., entities identified under North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes 325 and 324110). 

The action may also be of interest to 


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