41748 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 133 / Wednesday, July 13, 2022 / Notices 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: July 14, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the market dominant or 

the competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the market 

dominant or the competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern market dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2022–79 and 

CP2022–85; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express Contract 

95 to Competitive Product List and 

Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; 

Filing Acceptance Date: July 6, 2022; 

Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Kenneth R. Moeller; Comments Due: 

July 14, 2022. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14858 Filed 7–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2022–80 and CP2022–86] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: July 15, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the market dominant or 

the competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the market 

dominant or the competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern market dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2022–80 and 

CP2022–86; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail, First-Class Package Service & 

Parcel Select Contract 15 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: July 7, 2022; Filing Authority: 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 133 / Wednesday, July 13, 2022 / Notices 41749 

1FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration 

Launches Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution | The 

White House. 

2FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration 

Combatting PFAS Pollution to Safeguard Clean 

Drinking Water for All Americans | The White 

House. 

3https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1490. 

4https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/ 

2021-10/pfas-roadmap_final-508.pdf. 

Representative: Jennaca D. Upperman; 

Comments Due: July 15, 2022. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14933 Filed 7–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Request for Information; Identifying 

Critical Data Gaps and Needs To 

Inform Federal Strategic Plan for PFAS 

Research and Development 

AGENCY: Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP). 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP) requests 

input from all interested parties to 

identify data gaps in research and 

development regarding several aspects 

of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

(PFAS). This information will be used to 

inform a strategic plan for Federal 

coordination of PFAS research and 

development and, in compliance with 

Section 332 of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

(FY21 NDAA), the interagency strategy 

team on PFAS will also develop an 

implementation plan for Federal 

agencies. 

DATES: Interested persons and 

organizations are invited to submit 

comments on or before 5:00 p.m. ET, 

August 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals and 

organizations should submit comments 

electronically to JEEP@ostp.eop.gov and 

include ‘‘RFI Response: PFAS Strategic 

Plan’’ in the subject line of the email. 

Email submissions should be machinereadable [PDF, Word] and should not be 

copy-protected. Submissions received 

after the deadline may not be taken into 

consideration. 

Instructions: Response to this RFI is 

voluntary. Each individual or 

organization is requested to submit only 

one response. Commenters can respond 

to one or many questions. However, 

responses must not exceed a total of five 

(5) pages in 12 point or larger font, with 

a page number provided on each page. 

Submissions should clearly indicate 

which questions are being addressed. A 

bibliography does not count towards the 

page limit. Responses should include 

the name of the person(s) or 

organization(s) filing the response. 

Responses containing references, 

studies, research, and other empirical 

data that are not widely published 

should include copies of or electronic 

links to the referenced materials. 

Responses containing profanity, 

vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate 

language or content will not be 

considered. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice are subject to the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). No business 

proprietary information, copyrighted 

information, or personally identifiable 

information should be submitted in 

response to this RFI. Please be aware 

that comments submitted in response to 

this RFI, including the submitter’s 

identification (as noted above), may be 

posted, without change, on OSTP’s or 

another Federal website or otherwise 

released publicly. 

In accordance with FAR 15–202(3), 

responses to this notice are not offers 

and cannot be accepted by the U.S. 

Government to form a binding contract. 

Additionally, the U.S. Government will 

not pay for response preparation or for 

the use of any information contained in 

the response. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, please direct 

questions to Melanie Buser at JEEP@

ostp.eop.gov or 202–456–4444. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Biden-Harris 

Administration is committed to 

combatting PFAS pollution and to 

ensuring access to clean drinking water 

for all Americans.1 2 OSTP has been 

tasked under Section 332 of the William 

M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

(FY21 NDAA) (Pub. L. 116–283) with 

developing a strategic plan for PFAS 

research and development. This 

strategic plan should identify ‘‘scientific 

and technological challenges that must 

be addressed to understand and to 

significantly reduce the environmental 

and human health impacts of PFAS and 

to identify cost-effective— 

(i) alternatives to PFAS that are 

designed to be safer and more 

environmentally friendly; 

(ii) methods for removal of PFAS from 

the environment; and 

(iii) methods to safely destroy or 

degrade PFAS;’’ and subsequently to 

establish ‘‘goals, priorities, and metrics 

for federally funded PFAS research and 

development that takes into account the 

current state of research and 

development.’’ 

This strategic plan will be the 

precursor to an R&D implementation 

plan for Federal agencies. Two agencies 

currently have existing agency plans 

that speak to PFAS R&D: the USGS 

Strategic Science Vision 3 and the EPA 

PFAS Strategic Roadmap.4 Other 

Federal agencies may develop their own 

PFAS R&D plans and may use answers 

from this RFI to inform future 

directions. 

For purposes of this RFI, the term perand polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS 

has the definition provided in Section 

332(g)(1) of the FY21 NDAA: ‘‘(A) manmade chemicals of which all of the 

carbon atoms are fully fluorinated 

carbon atoms; and (B) man-made 

chemicals containing a mix of fully 

fluorinated carbon atoms, partially 

fluorinated carbon atoms, and 

nonfluorinated carbon atoms’’. PFAS 

have been widely used in industry and 

consumer products since the 1940s 

because of their useful properties. 

Examples of products that use PFAS 

include food contact materials (e.g., 

packaging, cookware), stain and waterrepellant fabrics and carpets, and 

firefighting foams. PFAS may be present 

in water, soil, air, food, and other 

materials. Research has shown that 

PFAS are highly stable chemicals that 

accumulate in people, animals, and the 

environment over time, and in several 

cases, have been shown to cause adverse 

health effects. 

Scope: OSTP invites input from 

States; Tribes; territories; individuals, 

including those belonging to groups that 

have been historically underserved, 

marginalized, or subject to 

discrimination or systemic 

disadvantage; local governments; 

appropriate industries; academic 

institutions; nongovernmental 

organizations; and international 

organizations with expertise in PFAS 

research and development, treatment, 

management, and alternative 

development. 

Information Requested: Respondents 

may provide information for one or as 

many topics below as they choose. 

Submissions should clearly indicate 

which questions are being addressed. 

For the purpose of this RFI, ‘‘PFAS 

research and development’’ includes 

any research or project meeting one or 

more of the following goals: 

(A) The removal of PFAS from the 

environment, in part or in total; 


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