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volunteered to participate in either 

Partnership program. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

company, institutional, and publicsector organizations that voluntarily 

participate in the EPA’s Green Power 

Partnership (GPP) or Combined Heat 

and Power Partnership (CHPP). These 

include both service and goods 

providing industries, educational 

institutions and non-governmental 

organizations, commercial and 

industrial organizations, and local, state, 

or federal government agencies. 

Forms: EPA–430–K–013, EPA–430–F– 

05–034; EPA–5900–353. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

761 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually, on 

occasion, one time. 

Total estimated burden: 1,445 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $81,314 (per 

year), includes annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

substantial decrease in hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. Since the last ICR renewal, both 

the GPP and CHPP have updated their 

program requirements to reduce 

program burden and simplified 

collection forms into pre-populated 

spreadsheets or documents. As a result 

of these changes, the average number of 

hours per Partner has decreased from 

2.87 hours to 1.89 hours, additionally 

the total number of partners has been 

drastically reduced in both programs. 

For perspective on the magnitude of 

Partner decline, the number of Partners 

at year-end of 2018 there was an 

estimated 1959 (GPP has 1546, and CHP 

has 413). As of submitting this ICR the 

total of partners reporting annually is 

761 (GPP has 751, and CHP has 10). The 

decrease in cost is due to O&M cost 

being mistakenly included in the past 

ICR. This ICR does not include O&M 

due to them not being relevant. 

Jean Lupinacci Rausch, 

Acting Director, Climate Protection 

Partnership Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20562 Filed 9–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0978; FRL–8994– 

01–OECA] 

Access by United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) Contractor and Subcontractors 

to Information Claimed as Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) Submitted 

Under Clean Air Act (CAA) and Act To 

Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA’s) Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance (OECA) plans to 

authorize a contractor and several 

subcontractors to access information 

that will be submitted to the EPA under 

the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Act to 

Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) 

that may be claimed as, or may be 

determined to be, confidential business 

information (CBI). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 28, 2021. The 

contractor’s and subcontractors’ access 

to information collected under the CAA 

and the APPS, will begin on September 

29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA HQ– 

OECA–2012–0978, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: docket.oeca@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA– 

2012–0978 in the subject line of the 

message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Kimes, Air Enforcement 

Division, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance (Mail Code 

8MSU), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO 

80202; telephone number: (303) 312– 

6445; email address: kimes.jeffrey@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this notice apply to me? 

This action is directed to the general 

public. However, this action may be of 

particular interest to certain parties, 

including the following parties: owners 

and operators of stationary sources 

subject to the CAA including, but not 

limited to, State Implementation Plans 

(SIPs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, 

MACT Rules) under Section 112, 

permits including New Source Review 

and Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (NSR/PSD), New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS), and 

Prevention of Accidental Releases under 

Section 112(r); motor vehicle 

manufacturers and importers; engine 

manufacturers and importers; motor 

vehicle fuel and fuel additive producers 

and importers; manufacturers, 

importers, users and distributors of 

hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); 

manufacturers, importers and 

distributors of motor vehicle and engine 

emission control equipment and parts; 

and any other parties subject to the 

regulations found in 40 CFR parts 52, 

60, 63–80, 85, 86, 89–92, 94, 1033, 1036, 

1037, 1039, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1048, 

1051, 1054, 1060, 1065, 1068, and 1090. 

This Federal Register notice may be 

of particular relevance to parties that 

have submitted data to the EPA under 

the above-listed regulations. Because 

other parties may also be interested, the 

EPA has not attempted to describe all 

the specific parties that may be affected 

by this action. If you have further 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular party, please 

contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A. Electronically 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this Federal Register notice 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA– 

2012–0978. 

All documents in the docket are 

identified in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, such as CBI or 

other information for which disclosure 

is restricted by statute. 

B. EPA Docket Center 

The EPA is temporarily suspending 

its Docket Center and Reading Room for 

public visitors, 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 and updates on 

EPA Docket Center services, please visit 

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

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III. Description of Programs and 

Potential Disclosure of Information 

Claimed as CBI to Contractor and 

Subcontractors 

The EPA’s OECA has responsibility 

for protecting public health and the 

environment by enforcing standards for 

air pollution. In order to implement 

various CAA and APPS programs, 

OECA collects compliance reports and 

other information from the regulated 

industry. Occasionally, the information 

submitted to, or obtained by, the EPA is 

claimed to be CBI by persons submitting 

data to the EPA. Information submitted 

under such a claim is handled in 

accordance with the EPA’s regulations 

at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, and in 

accordance with the EPA procedures 

that are consistent with those 

regulations. When the EPA has 

determined that disclosure of 

information claimed as CBI to EPA 

contractors or subcontractors is 

necessary, the corresponding contract 

must address the appropriate use and 

handling of the information by the EPA 

contractor and subcontractors and the 

EPA contractor and subcontractors must 

require its personnel who require access 

to information claimed as CBI to sign 

written non-disclosure agreements 

before they are granted access to data. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), 

the EPA has determined that EPA 

contractor Eastern Research Group, 

Incorporated (ERG), 14555 Avion 

Parkway, Suite 200, Chantilly, VA 

20151, and ERG subcontractors PG 

Environmental, LLC; Aleksandrich 

Compliance & Engineering Services, 

LLC; Clearstone Engineering Ltd.; 

Process Profiles; and Matrix New World 

Engineering (collectively referred to as 

‘‘subcontractors’’ in this notice) require 

access to CBI submitted to the EPA 

under Section 114 of the CAA, Section 

208 of the CAA, and the APPS for the 

work they perform under Contract 

Number 68HERC21D0007. We are 

providing notice and an opportunity to 

comment on their access to information 

claimed as CBI. We are issuing this 

Federal Register notice to inform all 

affected submitters that we plan to grant 

access to material that may be claimed 

as CBI to ERG and its subcontractors on 

a need-to-know basis. 

Under Contract Number 

68HERC21D0007, ERG provides 

enforcement support for the EPA’s 

regulatory and enforcement activities, 

including field inspections, 

investigations, audits, and other CAA 

regulatory and enforcement support that 

involve access to information claimed as 

CBI. ERG also employs subcontractors, 

who support these activities, under the 

above-listed contract. ERG and its 

subcontractors require access to 

information claimed as CBI to support 

EPA enforcement activities described 

above. Access to data, including 

information claimed as CBI, will 

commence six days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, and will continue until March 

9, 2026. If the contract and associated 

subcontracts are extended, this access 

will continue for the remainder of the 

ERG contract without further notice. If 

the contract expires prior to March 9, 

2026, the access will cease at that time. 

If ERG employs additional 

subcontractors to support the EPA on a 

regular basis or on a limited or one-time 

basis under the above-listed contract, 

and those subcontractors require access 

to CBI, the EPA will notify affected 

companies of the contemplated 

disclosure and provide them with an 

opportunity to comment by either 

sending them a letter or by publishing 

an additional notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Parties who wish to obtain further 

information about this Federal Register 

notice, or about OECA’s disclosure of 

information claimed as CBI to ERG and 

its subcontractors, may contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: September 15, 2021. 

Evan Belser, 

Acting Director, Air Enforcement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20560 Filed 9–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0068; FRL–8732–03– 

OCSPP] 

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information for August 2021 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is required under the 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to 

make information publicly available and 

to publish information in the Federal 

Register pertaining to submissions 

under TSCA, including notice of receipt 

of a Premanufacture notice (PMN), 

Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) or 

Microbial Commercial Activity Notice 

(MCAN), including an amended notice 

or test information; an exemption 

application (Biotech exemption); an 

application for a test marketing 

exemption (TME), both pending and/or 

concluded; a notice of commencement 

(NOC) of manufacture (including 

import) for new chemical substances; 

and a periodic status report on new 

chemical substances that are currently 

under EPA review or have recently 

concluded review. This document 

covers the period from 08/01/2021 to 

08/31/2021. 

DATES: Comments identified by the 

specific case number provided in this 

document must be received on or before 

October 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0068 

and the specific case number for the 

chemical substance related to your 

comment, 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 

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

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: For 

technical information contact: Jim 

Rahai, Project Management and 

Operations Division (MC 7407M), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

564–8593; email address: rahai.jim@

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. Executive Summary 

A. What action is the Agency taking? 

This document provides the receipt 

and status reports for the period from 

08/01/2021 to 08/31/2021. The Agency 

is providing notice of receipt of PMNs, 

SNUNs and MCANs (including 

amended notices and test information); 

an exemption application under 40 CFR 


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