21884 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 13, 2022 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9744–01–OA; EPA–HQ–OA–2022– 

0050] 

White House Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Virtual Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notification for a public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) hereby provides notice that the 

White House Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council (WHEJAC) will meet 

on the dates and times described below. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Members of the public are encouraged 

to provide comments relevant to Federal 

disaster preparedness and relief and 

community resilience. For additional 

information about registering to attend 

the meetings or to provide public 

comment, please see ‘‘Registration’’ 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Preregistration is required. 

DATES: The WHEJAC will hold a virtual 

public meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 

2022, and Thursday, May 12, 2022, from 

approximately 3:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m., 

Eastern Time each day. A public 

comment period relevant to Federal 

disaster preparedness and relief and 

community resilience will be 

considered by the WHEJAC during the 

meeting on May 11, 2022. (See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION) Members 

of the public who wish to participate 

during the public comment period must 

pre-register by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, 

May 4, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen L. Martin, WHEJAC Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. EPA; email: 

whejac@epa.gov; telephone: (202) 564– 

0203. Additional information about the 

WHEJAC is available at https://

www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/ 

white-house-environmental-justiceadvisory-council. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting discussion will focus on 

climate resilience, the beta version of 

the Climate and Economic Justice 

Screening Tool and WHEJAC draft 

recommendations on the 

implementation of the Justice40 

Initiative. 

The Charter of the WHEJAC states that 

the advisory committee will provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations to the Chair of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) and to the White House 

Environmental Justice Interagency 

Council (IAC). The WHEJAC will 

provide advice and recommendations 

about broad cross-cutting issues, related 

but not limited to, issues of 

environmental justice and pollution 

reduction, energy, climate change 

mitigation and resiliency, 

environmental health, and racial 

inequity. The WHEJAC’s efforts will 

include a broad range of strategic, 

scientific, technological, regulatory, 

community engagement, and economic 

issues related to environmental justice. 

Registration: Individual registration is 

required for the virtual public meeting. 

Information on how to register is located 

at https://www.epa.gov/ 

environmentaljustice/white-houseenvironmental-justice-advisory-council. 

Registration for the meeting is available 

through the scheduled end time of the 

meeting. Registration to speak during 

the public comment period will close 

11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 4, 

2022. When registering, please provide 

your name, organization, city and state, 

and email address for follow up. Please 

also indicate whether you would like to 

provide public comment during the 

meeting, and whether you are 

submitting written comments at the 

time of registration. 

A. Public Comment 

The WHEJAC is interested in 

receiving public comments relevant to 

Federal disaster preparedness and relief 

and community resilience. The 

WHEJAC is seeking comments on the 

following questions: 

(1.) What type of support is needed 

for disadvantage communities to 

participate in Federal disaster 

preparedness or relief programs? (2.) 

How can Federal disaster relief and aid 

programs better serve disadvantaged 

communities that have historically 

received fewer Federal benefits? (3.) 

What process steps and information 

would help eliminate these disparities? 

(4.) What steps can Federal agencies and 

the White House take to reduce 

disparities in climate change impacts for 

communities, including, but not limited 

to risks from, extreme heat, flood, 

wildfire, drought, and coastal 

challenges? Every effort will be made to 

hear from as many registered public 

commenters during the time specified 

on the agenda. Individuals or groups 

providing remarks during the public 

comment period will be limited to three 

(3) minutes. Please be prepared to 

briefly describe your comments and 

recommendations on what you want the 

WHEJAC to advise CEQ and IAC to do 

regarding climate Federal disaster 

preparedness and relief and community 

resilience. Submitting written 

comments for the record are strongly 

encouraged. You can submit your 

written comments in three different 

ways, (1.) by creating comments in the 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2022–0050 

at https://www.regulations.gov, (2.) by 

using the webform at https://

www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/ 

forms/white-house-environmentaljustice-advisory-council-whejac-publiccomment, and (3.) by sending comments 

via email to wheja@epa.gov. Written 

comments can be submitted through 

May 25, 2022. 

B. Information About Services for 

Individuals With Disabilities or 

Requiring English Language 

Translation Assistance 

For information about access or 

services for individuals requiring 

assistance, please contact Karen L. 

Martin, via email at whejac@epa.gov or 

contact by phone at (202) 564–0203. To 

request special accommodations for a 

disability or other assistance, please 

submit your request at least seven (7) 

working days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA sufficient time to process your 

request. All requests should be sent to 

the email listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Matthew Tejada, 

Director for the Office of Environmental 

Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07867 Filed 4–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9715–01–R6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petitions for Objection to 

State Operating Permit for ExxonMobil 

Corp, Baytown Chemical Plant, Harris 

County, Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final Order on Petition 

for objection to Clean Air Act title V 

operating permit. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an 

Order dated March 18, 2022, granting in 

part and denying in part a Petition dated 

September 30, 2020 from the 

Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra 

Club, and Texas Campaign for the 

Environment. The Petition requested 

that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act 

(CAA) title V operating permit issued by 

the Texas Commission on 


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Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to 

ExxonMobil Corp. for its Baytown 

Chemical Plant located in Harris 

County, Texas. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you 

contact the individual listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

view copies of the final Order, the 

Petition, and other supporting 

information. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Region 6 office is 

currently closed to the public to reduce 

the risk of transmitting COVID–19. 

Please call or email the contact listed 

below if you need alternative access to 

the final Order and Petition, which are 

available electronically at: https://

www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ 

title-v-petition-database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air 

Permits Section, (214) 665–7596, 

wilson.aimee@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object to, as appropriate, operating 

permits proposed by state permitting 

authorities under title V of the CAA. 

Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes 

any person to petition the EPA 

Administrator to object to a title V 

operating permit within 60 days after 

the expiration of the EPA’s 45-day 

review period if the EPA has not 

objected on its own initiative. Petitions 

must be based only on objections to the 

permit that were raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period provided by the state, unless the 

petitioner demonstrates that it was 

impracticable to raise these issues 

during the comment period or unless 

the grounds for the issue arose after this 

period. 

The EPA received the Petition from 

the Environmental Integrity Project, 

Sierra Club, and Texas Campaign for the 

Environment dated September 30, 2020, 

requesting that the EPA object to the 

issuance of operating permit no. O2269, 

issued by TCEQ to the Baytown 

Chemical Plant in Harris County, Texas. 

The Petition claims the TCEQ Executive 

Director failed to adjust ExxonMobil’s 

Plantwide Applicability Limits (PAL) 

for NOx and VOC downward to account 

for Harris County’s recent designation as 

a serious Ozone nonattainment area and 

the revised proposed permit improperly 

incorporates a Major NSR permit by 

reference, fails to assure compliance 

with the PAL, fails to establish a 

compliance schedule for ExxonMobil to 

comply with its commitment to obtain 

a SIP-approved Chapter 116, Subchapter 

B permit for units and emissions 

authorized by state-only flexible permit 

No. 20211/PAL16, improperly 

incorporates confidential permit terms, 

and fails to specify monitoring, testing, 

and recordkeeping requirements 

sufficient to assure compliance with 

applicable requirements for projects 

authorized by permits by rule (PBR). 

On March 18, 2022, the EPA 

Administrator issued an Order granting 

in part and denying in part the Petition. 

The Order explains the basis for EPA’s 

decision. 

Dated: April 4, 2022. 

David Garcia, 

Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 

6. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07823 Filed 4–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9718–01–OA] 

Request for Nominations for the 

Science Advisory Board IRIS 

Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) Review 

Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

a Panel to review the draft EPA 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) Toxicological Review of 

Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)). EPA’s 

draft assessment includes a hazard 

identification analysis, which 

summarizes the chemical properties, 

toxicokinetics, and health effects 

associated exposure, and dose-response 

analysis, which characterizes the 

quantitative relationship between 

chemical exposure and each credible 

health hazard. These quantitative 

relationships are then used to derive 

cancer and non-cancer toxicity values 

(e.g., inhalation unit risk, oral slope 

factor, reference concentration, 

reference dose). The SAB Hexavalent 

Chromium Review Panel will consider 

whether the conclusions found in the 

EPA’s draft assessment are clearly 

presented and scientifically supported. 

The Panel will also be asked to provide 

recommendations on how the 

assessment may be strengthened. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by May 4, 2022 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board via telephone/voice mail (202) 

564–2057, or email at shallal.suhair@

epa.gov. General information 

concerning the EPA SAB can be found 

at the EPA SAB website at https://

sab.epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice, and recommendations to the 

EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. app. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Staff Office is forming an 

expert panel, the SAB Hexavalent 

Chromium Review Panel, under the 

auspices of the Chartered SAB. The SAB 

Hexavalent Chromium Review Panel 

will provide advice through the 

chartered SAB. The SAB and the SAB 

Hexavalent Chromium Review Panel 

will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

The SAB Hexavalent Chromium 

Review Panel will conduct a review of 

the draft EPA IRIS Toxicological Review 

of Hexavalent Chromium. EPA’s draft 

assessment includes a hazard 

identification analysis, which 

summarizes the chemical properties, 

toxicokinetics, and health effects 

associated exposure, and dose-response 

analysis, which characterizes the 

quantitative relationship between 

chemical exposure and each credible 

health hazard. These quantitative 

relationships are then used to derive 

cancer and non-cancer toxicity values 

(e.g., inhalation unit risk, oral slope 

factor, reference concentration, 

reference dose). The SAB Hexavalent 

Chromium Review Panel will consider 

whether the conclusions found in the 

EPA’s draft assessment are clearly 

presented and scientifically supported. 

The Panel will also be asked to provide 

recommendations on how the 

assessment may be strengthened. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise in the following disciplines: 

Toxicology, specifically inhalation 

toxicology/dosimetry, hepatic 

nephrological, genetic toxicology; 

epidemiology; systematic review; 

physiologically-based pharmacokinetic 

(PBPK) modeling; carcinogenesis, 


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