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accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through November 30, 2021. 

Public comments were previously 

requested, via the Federal Register, on 

April 13, 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 November 1, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2006–0971 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: 

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: The EPA is required under 

section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) to regulate volatile organic 

compound (VOC) emissions from the 

use of consumer and commercial 

products. Pursuant to CAA section 

183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of 

consumer and commercial products and 

a schedule for their regulation (60 FR 

15264). Aerosol coatings are included 

on the list, and the standards for such 

coatings are codified at 40 CFR part 59, 

subpart E. The reports required under 

the standards enable the EPA to identify 

coating formulations manufactured, 

imported, or distributed in the United 

States, and to determine the productweighted reactivity. The ICR addresses 

the burden for activities conducted in 

3-year increments after promulgation of 

the National VOC Emission Standards 

for Aerosol Coatings. Regulated entities 

read instructions to determine how they 

are affected by the rule. They are 

required to submit initial notifications 

when an aerosol coating is 

manufactured and notification of 

changes in the initial report, to report 

formulation data and exemptions 

claimed, and to maintain records. In 

addition, regulated entities are required 

to submit triennial reports that include 

formulation data and VOC usage. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: M 

manufacturers, distributors, and 

importers of aerosol coatings. These 

regulated entities fall within the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) Code 32551, ‘‘Paint and 

Coating Manufacturing,’’ and NAICS 

Code 325998, ‘‘All Other Miscellaneous 

Chemical Production and Preparation 

Manufacturing.’’ 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 59, Subpart E). 

Estimated number of respondents: 67 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual, 

triennial. 

Total estimated burden: 13,600 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $973,000 (per 

year), which includes zero dollars in 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

small increase in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This situation is 

due to two considerations. The 

regulations have not changed over the 

past three years and are not anticipated 

to change over the next three years. The 

estimated growth rate for this industry 

is one new respondent per year, leading 

to a slow increase in burden. We have 

added 1 hour of burden for existing 

sources to re-familiarize themselves 

with the rule each year and adjusted the 

respondent burden to account for 

managerial hours as 5% of technical 

hours and clerical hours as 10% of 

technical hours for industry 

respondents, which reflects the EPA 

standard estimates of burden by labor 

category. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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AGENCY 

[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014–0859; 

FRL–9002–01–ORD] 

Supplement to the 2019 Integrated 

Science Assessment for Particulate 

Matter (External Review Draft) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of a draft document titled, 

‘‘Supplement to the 2019 Integrated 

Science Assessment for Particulate 

Matter (External Review Draft)’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–21/198). The document was 

prepared by the Center for Public Health 

and Environmental Assessment 

(CPHEA) within EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development (ORD) as 

part of the reconsideration of the 2020 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). 

The Supplement represents a targeted 

review of peer-reviewed studies 

published since the literature cutoff date 

(i.e., ∼January 2018) of the 2019 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter (PM ISA). The 

Supplement and the 2019 p.m. ISA 

provide the scientific basis for EPA’s 

decisions, in conjunction with 

additional technical and policy 

assessments, for the reconsideration of 

the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. EPA is releasing this draft 

document to seek review by the Clean 

Air Scientific Advisory Committee 

(CASAC) and the public. In addition, 

the date and location of a public 

meeting for CASAC review of this 

document will be specified in a separate 

Federal Register document. This draft 

document is not final and it does not 


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represent, and should not be construed 

to represent, any final Agency policy or 

views. When revising the document, 

EPA will consider any public comments 

submitted during the public comment 

period specified in this notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Supplement to the 

2019 Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter (External Review 

Draft)’’ will be available primarily via 

the internet on EPA’s Integrated Science 

Assessment Particulate Matter page at 

https://www.epa.gov/isa/integratedscience-assessment-isa-particulatematter or the public docket at http://

www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2014–0859. A limited number 

of CD–ROM copies will be available. 

Contact Ms. Christine Alvarez by phone: 

919–541–3881; fax: 919–541–5078; or 

email: alvarez.christine@epa.gov to 

request a CD–ROM, and please provide 

your name, your mailing address, and 

the document title, ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter’’ to 

facilitate processing of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the ORD Docket at the 

EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 

phone: 202–566–1752; fax: 202–566– 

9744; or email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Mr. 

Jason Sacks, CPHEA; phone: 919–541– 

9729; fax: 919–541–1818; or email: 

sacks.jason@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to identify 

certain pollutants which, among other 

things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria 

for them. These air quality criteria are 

to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge useful in indicating the kind 

and extent of all identifiable effects on 

public health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of [a] 

pollutant in the ambient air . . .’’ Under 

section 109 of the Act, EPA is then to 

establish NAAQS for each pollutant for 

which EPA has issued criteria. Section 

109(d) of the Act subsequently requires 

review every five years and, if 

appropriate, revision of existing air 

quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. EPA is also required to review 

and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, 

based on the revised air quality criteria 

(for more information on the NAAQS 

review process, see http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttn/naaqs/review.html). 

PM is one of six criteria pollutants for 

which EPA has established NAAQS. 

Periodically, EPA reviews the scientific 

basis for these standards by preparing 

an ISA (formerly called an Air Quality 

Criteria Document). The ISA, and this 

Supplement, provide the scientific basis 

for EPA’s decisions, in conjunction with 

additional technical and policy 

assessments, on the adequacy of the 

current NAAQS and the appropriateness 

of possible alternative standards. The 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC), an independent 

science advisory committee whose 

review and advisory functions are 

mandated by Section 109(d)(2) of the 

Clean Air Act, is charged (among other 

things) with independent scientific 

review of the EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On December 3, 2014 (79 FR 71764), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for the 

health and welfare effects of particulate 

matter and the primary (health-based) 

and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. EPA conducted a workshop from 

February 9 to 11, 2015 to gather input 

from invited scientific experts, both 

internal and external to EPA, as well as 

from the public, regarding key science 

and policy issues relevant to the review 

of the primary and secondary NAAQS 

(79 FR 71764). These science and policy 

issues were incorporated into EPA’s 

‘‘Draft Integrated Review Plan for the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

for Particulate Matter,’’ which was 

available for public comment (81 FR 

22977) and discussion by the CASAC 

via publicly accessible teleconference 

consultation (81 FR 13362). The ‘‘Final 

Integrated Review Plan for the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter’’ was released 

December 6, 2016 (81 FR 87933). 

Subsequent webinar workshops were 

held on June 9, 13, 20, and 22, 2016, to 

discuss initial draft materials prepared 

in the development of the particulate 

matter ISA with invited EPA and 

external scientific experts (81 FR 

29262). The input received during these 

webinar workshops aided in the 

development of the materials presented 

in the ‘‘Integrated Science Assessment 

for Particulate Matter (External Review 

Draft), which was released on October 

23, 2018’’ (83 FR 53471), and is 

available at: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/ 

isa/recordisplay.cfm?deid=341593. The 

CASAC met at a public meeting on 

December 12—13, 2018 (83 FR 55529), 

to review the draft PM ISA. A public 

teleconference was then held on March 

28, 2019 for CASAC to review their draft 

letter to the Administrator on the draft 

ISA. This meeting was announced in the 

Federal Register on March 8, 2019 (84 

FR 8523). Subsequently, on April 11, 

2019, the CASAC provided a letter of 

their review to the Administrator of the 

EPA, available at: https://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ 

264cb1227d55e02c85257402007446a4/ 

6CBCBBC3025E13B4852583

D90047B352/$File/EPA-CASAC-19- 

002+.pdf. The letter from the CASAC, as 

well as public comments received on 

the draft PM ISA, can be found in 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014– 

0859. 

The Administrator responded to the 

CASAC’s letter on the External Review 

Draft of the PM ISA on July 25, 2019, 

and is available at: https://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ 

264cb1227d55e02c85257402007446a4/ 

6CBCBBC3025E13B4852583

D90047B352/$File/EPA-CASAC-19-002_

Response.pdf. The PM ISA was 

finalized on December 31, 2019, and its 

availability announced in a January 27, 

2020 Federal Register document (85 FR 

4655). On December 7, 2020, after 

reviewing the most recent available 

scientific evidence and technical 

information, and consulting with the 

Agency’s independent scientific 

advisors, EPA announced its decision to 

retain, without revision, the existing 

primary (health-based) and secondary 

(welfare-based) PM NAAQS. 

On June 10, 2021, EPA announced it 

will reconsider the December 2020 

decision to retain the PM NAAQS and 

as part of this process develop a 

supplement to the 2019 Final Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA), available at: 

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epareexamine-health-standards-harmfulsoot-previous-administration-leftunchanged. 

The ‘‘Supplement to the 2019 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter (External Review 

Draft)’’ will be discussed at a public 

meeting for review by CASAC. In 

addition to the public comment period 

announced in this document, the public 

will have an opportunity to address 

CASAC at this meeting. A separate 

Federal Register document will inform 

the public of the exact date and time of 

the CASAC meeting and of the 

procedures for public participation. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014– 

0859, by one of the following methods: 


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• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. Due to COVID– 

19, there may be a delay in processing 

comments submitted by fax. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. The phone number is 202– 

566–1752. 

Note: The EPA Docket Center and 

Reading Room may be closed to public 

visitors to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Docket Center 

staff will continue to provide remote 

customer service via email, phone, and 

webform. The public can submit 

comments via www.Regulations.gov or 

email. No hand deliveries are currently 

being accepted. 

The EPA Docket Center and Reading 

Room is currently in the reopening 

process. Visitors may be considered on 

an exception basis. Visitors must 

complete docket material requests in 

advance and then make an appointment 

to retrieve the material. Visitors will be 

allowed entrance to the Reading Room 

by appointment only, and no walk-ins 

will be allowed. 

The EPA continues to monitor 

information carefully and continuously 

from the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), local area health 

departments, and our Federal partners 

so that we can respond rapidly as 

conditions change regarding COVID–19. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014– 

0859. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information through 

www.regulations.gov or email that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected. The www.regulations.gov 

website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comment. If you send an 

email comment directly to EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www2.epa.gov/dockets. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically on 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Timothy Watkins, 

Acting Director, Center for Public Health and 

Environmental Assessment. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2021–0608; FRL–9080– 

01–OLEM] 

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest 

System (e-Manifest); Notice of Public 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of virtual public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will host virtual public 

meetings to discuss how to increase 

adoption of electronic manifests and 

solicit feedback from stakeholders. The 

agenda for both meetings will be 

identical and all stakeholders are 

encouraged to attend one of the 

meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

October 27, 2021, and November 3, 

2021, from approximately 1:00 p.m.– 

5:00 p.m. EST. Additional public 

meetings may be added. Please refer to 

the e-Manifest website at https://

www.epa.gov/e-manifest/electronicmanifest-public-meetings. 

ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be 

conducted virtually. Registration is 

required to attend and participate 

during these meetings. EPA can 

accommodate 100 attendees at each 

meeting and may hold additional virtual 

meetings, if needed. Please refer to the 

e-Manifest website at https://

www.epa.gov/e-manifest/electronicmanifest-public-meetings for 

information on how to register. 

Comments. Oral comments will be 

accepted throughout each of the public 

meetings. Written comments will be 

accepted prior to and after the public 

meetings. Any written comments should 

be submitted on or before December 30, 

2021, and should be submitted in the 

public docket under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OLEM–2021–0608 by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery, Docket No. EPA–HQ–OLEM– 

2021–0608, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier (by 

scheduled appointment only): EPA 

Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday (except 

Federal Holidays). 

Comments received may be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/ including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Docket Center and 

Reading Room are open to the public by 

appointment only to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff also continues to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. Hand deliveries 

and couriers may be received by 

scheduled appointment only. For 

further information on EPA Docket 

Center services and the current status, 

please visit us online at https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 


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