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respondents to this Federal Register 

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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are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible 

for the regulation of pesticides under 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). The EPA regulations at 40 

CFR part 26 protect subjects of ‘‘thirdparty’’ human research (i.e., research 

that is not conducted or supported by 

the EPA). In addition to other 

protections, the regulations require 

affected entities to submit information 

to EPA and an institutional review 

board (IRB) prior to initiating, and to the 

EPA upon the completion of, certain 

studies that involve human research 

participants. The information collection 

activity consists of activity-driven 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for those who intend to 

conduct research for submission to EPA 

under the pesticide laws. If such 

research involves intentional exposure 

of human subjects, these individuals 

(respondents) are required to submit 

study protocols to the EPA and a 

cognizant local Human Subjects IRB 

before such research is initiated so that 

the scientific design and ethical 

standards that will be employed during 

the proposed study may be reviewed 

and approved. Also, respondents are 

required to submit information about 

the ethical conduct of completed 

research that involved human subjects 

when such research is submitted to the 

EPA. This renewal ICR estimates the 

third-party response burden from 

complying with the requirements in 40 

CFR part 26. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 10,242 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are any entities that submits protocols 

and study reports for environmental 

research involving human subjects 

under FIFRA and/or FFDCA. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under 40 CFR part 26. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 5 annually for research 

involving intentional exposure of 

human subjects and 5 annually for all 

other submitted research with human 

subjects. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

10,242 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $ 

1,051,0896. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $ 0 for capital investment 

or maintenance and operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

The estimated respondent burden 

remains 10,242 hours, which is the 

same as that approved by OMB for the 

existing ICR. The anticipated number of 

responses per year is based on the 

submissions to the Agency in the recent 

past and recognition that some of the 

studies underway will be submitted 

prior to the start of the renewal period. 

The annual burden per activity is 

estimated to be 1,446 hours per 

response for research involving 

intentional exposure of human subjects, 

and 12 hours per response for all other 

research with human subjects. 

In addition, OMB has requested that 

EPA move towards using the 18- 

question format for ICR Supporting 

Statements used by other federal 

agencies and departments and that is 

based on the submission instructions 

established by OMB in 1995, replacing 

the alternate format developed by EPA 

and OMB prior to 1995. The Agency 

does not expect this change in format to 

result in substantive changes to the 

information collection activities or 

related estimated burden and costs. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0015; FRL–8820–01– 

OCSPP] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests To 

Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide 

Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing 

a notice of receipt of requests by 

registrants to voluntarily cancel certain 

pesticide registrations. EPA intends to 

grant these requests at the close of the 

comment period for this announcement 

unless the Agency receives substantive 

comments within the comment period 

that would merit its further review of 

the requests, or unless the registrants 

withdraw their requests. If these 

requests are granted, any sale, 

distribution, or use of products listed in 

this notice will be permitted after the 

registrations have been cancelled only if 

such sale, distribution, or use is 

consistent with the terms as described 

in the final order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0015, 

through 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 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Submit written withdrawal request by 

mail to: Registration Division (7502P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. ATTN: Christopher Green. 

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 


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