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The filings are accessible in the 

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fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. Any person desiring to 

intervene or protest in any of the above 

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Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

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Dated: June 22, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0660; FRL–9980–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; TSCA 

Section 5 Premanufacture Review of 

New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Rules for New and 

Existing Chemical Substances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture Review 

of New Chemical Substances and 

Significant New Use Rules for New and 

Existing Chemical Substances’’ (EPA 

ICR Number 1188.13, OMB Control 

Number 2070–0038) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

request that will rename and 

consolidate two currently approved 

collections under OMB Control No. 

2070–0038. Public comments were 

previously requested on a new 

consolidated ICR identified as EPA ICR 

No. 2702.01 via the Federal Register on 

December 27, 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 July 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2021–0660, online using 

https://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: 

Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support 

Branch (7101M), Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 566– 

1204; email address: 

sleasman.katherine@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

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, 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 

dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request consolidates the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements associated 

with the premanufacture review of new 

chemical substances and those 

associated with new and existing 

chemical substances that are subject to 

significant new use rules, which are 

programs administered by EPA under 

section 5 of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 2604). 

Originally identified as a new ICR and 

assigned EPA ICR No. 2702.01 (OMB 

Control No. 2070–NEW), this request 

consolidates two currently approved 

collections identified as EPA ICR No. 

0574.18 (OMB Control No. 2070–0012) 

and EPA ICR No. 1188.12 (OMB Control 

No. 2070–0038). Based on discussions 

with OMB, EPA subsequently 

determined that the consolidated ICR 

should be submitted as a revision to the 

existing ICR approved under OMB 

Control No. 2070–0038. The 

consolidation ICR is now identified as 

EPA ICR No. 1188.13 and includes a 

change in its title. 

TSCA section 5 requires that any 

person who proposes to manufacture 

(which includes import) a ‘‘new 

chemical’’ (i.e., a chemical not listed on 

the TSCA section 8(b) Inventory) must 

provide a premanufacture notice (PMN), 

a Microbial Commercial Activity Notice 

(MCAN) or an exemption application to 

EPA at least 90 days prior to 

commencing manufacture of that 

chemical and that EPA review such 

notice and take action as appropriate. In 

addition, if EPA determines that a nonongoing use of a new or existing 

chemical substance is a significant new 

use, EPA may promulgate a significant 

new use rule (SNUR) under TSCA 

section 5 to require any person who 

intends to manufacture (import) or 

process the chemical substance for that 

designated ‘‘significant new use’’ must 

first submit a significant new use notice 

(SNUN) to EPA at least 90 days prior to 

commencing the manufacture or 

processing of that chemical for that use, 

which allows EPA to review such notice 

and take action as appropriate. TSCA 

section 5 also requires EPA to make 

determinations before the conclusion of 

its 90-day review of the submitted 

notices regarding whether the 

manufacture, processing, distribution in 

commerce, use and/or disposal of the 

new chemical substances or the 

significant new use of the existing 

chemical substances may present 

unreasonable risk to health or the 

environment. EPA’s determination on a 

chemical substance or new use will 

dictate how and to what extent the 

chemical’s manufacture, use, processing 

and/or disposal may be restricted. 

Persons who intend to export a 

substance identified in a proposed or 

final SNUR are subject to the export 

notification provisions of TSCA section 

12(b), and regulations that interpret 

TSCA section 12(b) appear at 40 CFR 


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part 707 and the associated paperwork 

activities and burdens are approved 

under OMB Control No. 2070–0030, ICR 

entitled ‘‘Notification of Chemical 

Exports—TSCA Section 12(b),’’ 

identified by EPA ICR No. 0795.16. 

Form Numbers: 7710–23, 7710–25, 

7710–56 and 6300–7. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Chemical manufacturers (defined by 

statute to include importers) and 

processors, e.g., entities identified by 

the North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

325, Chemicals and Allied Products 

Manufacturers, and 324, Petroleum 

Refining. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory, 15 U.S.C 2604. 40 CFR parts 

720, 721, 723 and 725. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

234 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 136,292 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $37,354,814 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: The 

consolidation of the currently approved 

ICRs is expected to result in an overall 

decrease of 56,001 burden hours and 

$17,188,154 burden costs when 

compared to the total combined burden 

and costs that is currently approved by 

OMB. Discussed in more detail in the 

ICR, this decrease is an adjustment. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2021–0254; FRL–9347–02– 

OCSPP] 

Asbestos Part 2 Supplemental 

Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and 

Associated Disposals of Asbestos; 

Final Scope of the Risk Evaluation To 

Be Conducted Under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

implementing regulations for the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is 

announcing the availability of the final 

scope of the risk evaluation to be 

conducted for Asbestos Part 2: 

Supplemental Evaluation Including 

Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals 

of Asbestos. In the Part 2 risk evaluation 

for asbestos, EPA will evaluate the 

conditions of use of asbestos (including 

other types of asbestos fibers in addition 

to chrysotile) that EPA had excluded 

from Part 1 as legacy uses and 

associated disposals, as well as any 

conditions of use of asbestos-containing 

talc. The final scope for this chemical 

substance includes the conditions of 

use, hazards, exposures, and the 

potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulations that EPA plans to 

consider in conducting the risk 

evaluation for this chemical substance. 

ADDRESSES: The docket, identified by 

docket identification (ID) number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2021–0254, is available 

online at https://www.regulations.gov or 

in-person at the Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics Docket (OPPT 

Docket), Environmental Protection 

Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), West 

William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. Additional 

information about visiting the docket is 

available at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Peter 

Gimlin, Existing Chemical Risk 

Management Division, Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(Mailcode 7404T), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 566–0515; 

email address: gimlin.peter@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. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of interest to 

entities that manufacture (including 

import) a chemical substance regulated 

under TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., 

(e.g., entities identified under North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes 325 and 324110). 

The action may also be of interest to 

chemical processors, distributors in 

commerce, and users; non-governmental 

organizations in the environmental and 

public health sectors; state and local 

government agencies; and members of 

the public. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities and corresponding NAICS codes 

for entities that may be interested in or 

affected by this action. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The final scope document is issued 

pursuant to TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D) and 

TSCA implementing regulations at 40 

CFR 702.41(c)(8). 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is publishing the final scope of 

the risk evaluation for Asbestos Part 2: 

Supplemental Evaluation Including 

Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals 

of Asbestos. Through the TSCA risk 

evaluation process, EPA will determine 

whether the chemical substance 

presents an unreasonable risk of injury 

to health or the environment without 

consideration of costs or other nonrisk 

factors, including an unreasonable risk 

to a potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulation identified as relevant to 

the risk evaluation by the 

Administrator, in accordance with 

TSCA section 6(b)(4). 

II. Background 

In June 2016, EPA designated asbestos 

as one the first 10 chemicals to undergo 

risk evaluation under TSCA, as 

amended by Frank R. Lautenberg 

Chemical Safety for the 21st Century 

Act. EPA initially focused the risk 

evaluation for asbestos on chrysotile 

asbestos as this is the only asbestos fiber 

type that is currently imported, 

processed, or distributed in the United 

States. However, in late 2019, the court 

in Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families v. 

EPA, 943 F.3d 397 (9th Cir. 2019) held 

that EPA’s Risk Evaluation Procedural 

Rule (82 FR 33726, July 20, 2017 (FRL– 

9964–38)) should not have excluded 

‘‘legacy uses’’ (i.e., uses without ongoing 

or prospective manufacturing, 

processing, or distribution) or 

‘‘associated disposals’’ (i.e., future 

disposal of legacy uses) from the 

definition of conditions of use, although 

the court did uphold EPA’s exclusion of 

‘‘legacy disposals’’ (i.e., past disposal). 

Following this court ruling, EPA 

continued development of the risk 

evaluation focused on chrysotile 

asbestos and determined that the risk 

evaluation for asbestos would be issued 

in two parts. The risk evaluation for 

Asbestos Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos was 

released in January 2021 (86 FR 89, 

January 4, 2021; FRL–10017–43), 

allowing the Agency to expeditiously 

move into risk management for the 

unreasonable risk identified in Part 1. 

Under the consent decree in the case 

Asbestos Disease Awareness 

Organization et al v. Regan et al, 4:21– 


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