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previous unreasonable risk 

determinations made for TCE by 

individual conditions of use, supersede 

the determinations (and withdraw the 

associated order) of no unreasonable 

risk for the conditions of use identified 

in the TSCA section 6(i)(1) no 

unreasonable risk order, and clarify the 

lack of reliance on assumed use of PPE 

as part of the risk determination. 

These draft revisions do not alter any 

of the underlying technical or scientific 

information that informs the risk 

characterization, and as such the 

hazard, exposure, and risk 

characterization sections are not 

changed except to the extent that 

statements about PPE assumptions in 

sections 2.3.1.2.5 (Dermal Exposure 

Modeling) and section 4.2.2 (Risk 

Estimation for Occupational Exposures), 

Table 4–9 (Inhalation Exposure Data 

Summary and PPE Use Determination), 

of the TCE risk evaluation would be 

superseded. The discussion of the issues 

in this notice and in the accompanying 

draft revision to the risk determination 

would supersede any conflicting 

statements in the prior executive 

summary and sections 2.3.1.2.5 and 

4.2.2 from the TCE risk evaluation and 

the response to comments document 

(Refs. 2 and 10). Additional policy 

changes to other chemical risk 

evaluations, including any 

consideration of potentially exposed or 

susceptible subpopulations and/or 

inclusion of additional exposure 

pathways, are not necessarily reflected 

in these draft revisions to the risk 

determination. 

C. Will the draft revised risk 

determination be peer reviewed? 

The risk determination (section 5 in 

the November 2020 risk evaluation) was 

not part of the scope of the peer reviews 

of the TCE risk evaluation by the 

Science Advisory Committee on 

Chemicals (SACC). Thus, consistent 

with that approach, EPA does not 

intend to conduct peer review of the 

draft revised unreasonable risk 

determination for the TCE risk 

evaluation because no technical or 

scientific changes will be made to the 

hazard or exposure assessments or the 

risk characterization. 

D. What are the next steps for finalizing 

revisions to the risk determination? 

EPA will review and consider public 

comment received on the draft revised 

risk determination for the TCE risk 

evaluation and, after considering those 

public comments, issue the revised final 

TCE risk determination. If finalized as 

drafted, EPA would also issue a new 

order to withdraw the TSCA section 

6(i)(1) no unreasonable risk order issued 

in Section 5.4.1 of the 2020 TCE risk 

evaluation. This final revised risk 

determination would supersede the 

November 2020 risk determinations of 

no unreasonable risk. Consistent with 

the statutory requirements of TSCA 

section 6(a), the Agency would then 

propose risk management actions to 

address the unreasonable risk 

determined in the TCE risk evaluation. 

IV. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this document. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. EPA Draft Revised Unreasonable Risk 

Determination for TCE, Section 5, July 

2022. 

2. EPA Risk Evaluation for Trichloroethylene. 

EPA Document #740–R–18–008. 

November 2020. https://www.epa.gov/ 

sites/default/files/2020-11/documents/ 

1._risk_evaluation_for_

trichloroethylene_tce_casrn_79-01-6.pdf. 

3. Executive Order 13990. Protecting Public 

Health and the Environment and 

Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate 

Crisis. Federal Register. 86 FR 7037, 

January 25, 2021. 

4. Executive Order 13985. Advancing Racial 

Equity and Support for Underserved 

Communities Through the Federal 

Government. Federal Register. 86 FR 

7009, January 25, 2021. 

5. Executive Order 14008. Tackling the 

Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 

Federal Register. 86 FR 7619, February 

1, 2021. 

6. Presidential Memorandum. Memorandum 

on Restoring Trust in Government 

Through Scientific Integrity and 

Evidence-Based Policymaking. Federal 

Register. 86 FR 8845, February 10, 2021. 

7. EPA Press Release. EPA Announces Path 

Forward for TSCA Chemical Risk 

Evaluations. June 2021. https://

www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epaannounces-path-forward-tsca-chemicalrisk-evaluations. 

8. EPA. Proposed Rule; Procedures for 

Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the 

Amended Toxic Substances Control Act. 

Federal Register. 82 FR 7562, January 

19, 2017 (FRL–9957–75). 

9. EPA. Final Rule; Procedures for Chemical 

Risk Evaluation Under the Amended 

Toxic Substances Control Act. Federal 

Register. 82 FR 33726, July 20, 2017 

(FRL–9964–38). 

10. EPA. Summary of External Peer Review 

and Public Comments and Disposition 

for Trichloroethylene (TCE). November 

2020. https://www.regulations.gov/ 

document/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0500- 

0114. 

11. Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration. Permissible Exposure 

Limits—Annotated Tables. Accessed 

June 13, 2022. https://www.osha.gov/ 

annotated-pels. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: July 1, 2022. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0105, FRL–10000– 

01–OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Oil 

Pollution Act Facility Response Plans 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), Oil 

Pollution Act Facility Response Plans 

(EPA ICR Number 1630.14, OMB 

Control Number 2050–0135) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through July 31, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on November 

10, 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 August 8, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2018–0105, to EPA 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 


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including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

profanity, threats, information claimed 

to be Proprietary Business Information 

(PBI) 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: 

J. Troy Swackhammer, Office of 

Emergency Management, Mail Code 

5104A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–1966; email address: 

swackhammer.j-troy@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 

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

dockets. 

Abstract: The authority for EPA’s 

facility response plan (FRP) 

requirements is derived from section 

311(j)(5) of the Clean Water Act, as 

amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 

1990. EPA’s regulation is codified at 40 

CFR 112.20 and 112.21 and related 

appendices. The purpose of an FRP is to 

help an owner or operator identify the 

necessary resources to respond to an oil 

discharge in a timely manner. If 

implemented effectively, the FRP will 

reduce the impact and severity of oil 

discharges and may prevent discharges 

because of the identification of risks at 

the facility. Although the owner or 

operator is the primary data user, EPA 

also uses the data in certain situations 

to ensure that facilities comply with the 

regulation and to help allocate response 

resources. State and local governments 

may use the data, which are not 

generally available elsewhere, and can 

greatly assist local emergency 

preparedness planning efforts. The EPA 

reviews all submitted FRPs and must 

approve FRPs for those facilities whose 

discharges may cause significant and 

substantial harm to the environment to 

ensure that facilities believed to pose 

the highest risk have planned for 

adequate resources and procedures to 

respond to oil discharges (See 40 CFR 

112.20(f)(3) for further information 

about the criteria for significant and 

substantial harm.). No information 

collected under the FRP rule is expected 

to be confidential. One of the criteria 

necessary for information to be 

classified as ‘‘proprietary business 

information’’ (40 CFR 2.208) is that a 

business must show that it has 

previously taken reasonable measures to 

protect the confidentiality of the 

information and that it intends to 

continue to take such measures. EPA 

provides no assurances of 

confidentiality to facility owners or 

operators when they file their FRPs. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners or operators of facilities 

required to have Spill Prevention, 

Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 

plans under the Oil Pollution 

Prevention regulation (40 CFR part 112) 

and that, because of their location, 

could reasonably be expected to cause 

substantial harm to the environment. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under section 311(j)(5) of the 

Clean Water Act, as amended by the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

16,027 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 385,784 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $17,751,436 (per 

year), includes $25,954 annualized 

capital or operation and maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

estimate showed an annualized increase 

of 1,975 hours over the prior inventory 

due to the projected increase in the 

facility universe for the ICR renewal 

period. The capital cost increase reflects 

printing and travel costs based on the 

ICR consultations. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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AGENCY 

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OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Microbial Rules (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR) for 

the Microbial Rules (EPA ICR Number 

1895.11, OMB Control Number 2040– 

0205) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through July 31, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on December 

15, 2021, during a 60-day comment 

period. The ICR, a copy of which is in 

the docket and briefly summarized in 

this document, describes the covered 

information collection activities, along 

with the Agency’s estimated burden and 

cost. 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 August 8, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2011–0442, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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: 

Kevin Roland, Drinking Water 

Protection Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, (4606M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

4588: fax number: 202–564–3755; email 

address: roland.kevin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that EPA will 

be collecting, are available in the public 


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