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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0585 and EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2017–0586; FRL–9970–34] 

New Chemicals Review Program 

Implementation and Approaches for 

Identifying Potential Candidates for 

Prioritization for Existing Chemical 

Risk Evaluations Under the Amended 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); 

Notice of Public Meetings and 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is holding two meetings 

to discuss implementation activities 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg 

Chemical Safety for the 21st Century 

Act (TSCA). The first meeting is to 

update and engage with the public on 

the Agency’s progress in implementing 

changes to the New Chemicals Review 

Program as a result of the 2016 

amendments to TSCA, including 

discussion of EPA’s draft New 

Chemicals Decision-Making Framework. 

EPA will describe its review process for 

new chemical substances under the 

amended statute and interested parties 

will have the opportunity to provide 

input and to ask questions. The Agency 

plans to utilize the feedback it receives 

from the public meeting and comments 

received to improve policy and 

processes relating to the review of new 

chemicals under TSCA. The second 

meeting will focus on possible 

approaches for identifying potential 

candidate chemical substances for 

EPA’s prioritization process under 

TSCA. As amended, TSCA required that 

EPA establish processes for prioritizing 

and evaluating risks from existing 

chemical substances. EPA will describe 

and take comment on a number of 

possible approaches that could guide 

the Agency in the identification of 

potential candidate chemical substances 

for prioritization. 

DATES: The New Chemicals Review 

Program Implementation meeting will 

be held on December 6, 2017 from 9:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting regarding 

approaches for identifying potential 

candidates for prioritization will be held 

on December 11, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. EPA will accept questions 

from the public in advance of the 

meetings, and the Agency will respond 

to these questions at each meeting as 

time allows, if such questions are 

received by November 20, 2017 (see 

Unit III under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). 

Members of the public who register to 

speak at either meeting may make 

comments and may ask additional 

questions. Online requests to participate 

in either meeting must be received on or 

before December 5, 2017. On-site 

registration will be permitted, but 

seating and speaking priority will be 

given to those who pre-register by the 

deadline. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the meetings 

logistics person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

EPA will hear oral comments at these 

meetings. EPA will accept written 

comments and materials submitted to 

the docket for the New Chemicals 

Review Program Implementation 

meeting on or before January 20, 2018. 

EPA will accept written comments and 

materials submitted to the docket for the 

meeting regarding approaches for 

identifying potential candidates for 

prioritization on or before January 25, 

2018. The dockets will remain open to 

receive comments and materials until 

these dates. When submitting comments 

to the dockets, please be as specific as 

possible, and please include any 

supporting data or other information. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will both be 

held at the Ronald Reagan Building and 

International Trade Center, Horizon 

Ballroom, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. The 

meetings will also be available by 

remote access for registered 

participants. For further information, 

see Unit III under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

To participate in the New Chemicals 

Review Program Implementation 

meeting on December 6 (identified by 

docket identification (ID) number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2017–0585) you may register 

online (preferred) or in person at the 

meeting. To register online, go to 

https://epa-ncrp.eventbrite.com. 

To participate in the meeting 

regarding approaches for identifying 

potential candidates for prioritization 

on December 11 (identified by docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0586) 

you may register online (preferred) or in 

person at the meeting. To register 

online, go to https://epaprioritization.eventbrite.com. See Unit 

III under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for information about submitting 

questions in advance of the meetings. 

Written comments, identified by the 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2017–0585 (for the New Chemicals 

Review Program meeting) or EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2017–0586 (for the meeting 

regarding approaches for identifying 

potential candidates for prioritization), 

can be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets in general is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information about the 

New Chemicals Review Program 

Implementation meeting contact: Greg 

Schweer, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8469; email address: 

schweer.greg@epa.gov. 

For technical information about the 

meeting regarding approaches for 

identifying potential candidates for 

prioritization contact: Ryan Schmit, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (7101M), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–0610; 

email address: schmit.ryan@epa.gov. 

For meeting logistics or registration 

contact: Klara Zimmerman, Abt 

Associates; telephone number: (301) 

634–1722; email address: klara_

zimmerman@abtassoc.com. 

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 a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

chemical manufacturers, processors and 


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users, consumer product companies, 

non-profit organizations in the 

environmental and public health 

sectors, state and local government 

agencies, and members of the public 

interested in the environmental and 

human health assessment and 

regulation of chemical substances. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for the New Chemical 

Program Implementation meeting 

(identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2017–0585) and the docket 

for the meeting regarding approaches for 

identifying potential candidates for 

prioritization (identified by docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0586) 

are available at http://

www.regulations.gov or 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. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Please review the visitor 

instructions and additional information 

about the docket available at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Background 

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical 

Safety for the 21st Century Act, 

amending the Toxic Substances Control 

Act of 1976, was signed into law on 

June 22, 2016. The amendments have 

enhanced EPA’s authority to evaluate 

chemical substances. 

EPA’s New Chemicals Review 

Program has and will continue to 

support innovation while managing 

potential risks to human health and the 

environment from chemical substances 

new to the marketplace. Under section 

5 of TSCA, anyone who plans to 

manufacture (including import) a new 

chemical substance for a non-exempt 

commercial purpose is required to 

provide EPA with notice before 

initiating the activity. 

Additionally, EPA must also be 

notified before chemical substances are 

manufactured or processed for a use that 

the Agency has designated, by rule, as 

a significant new use. Under the 

amended law, EPA is now required to 

make one of several determinations 

regarding whether the new use or new 

chemical presents an unreasonable risk 

of injury to health or the environment, 

whether there is insufficient 

information to allow for a reasoned 

evaluation of the health and 

environmental effects of the chemical 

substance, or whether the substance is 

produced in substantial quantities and 

may either enter into the environment 

in substantial quantities or have 

significant or substantial human 

exposure. 

The amended statute has resulted in 

significant changes for both the EPA’s 

New Chemicals Review Program and 

those manufacturers submitting notices 

prior to commercialization. EPA has 

worked to keep stakeholders informed 

of its efforts to implement the statutory 

changes and will continue this dialogue 

during the meeting on December 6, 

2017. Information obtained during this 

meeting and collected in the docket will 

be considered as the Agency works to 

increase efficiency in its review process 

under TSCA. An agenda for the meeting 

and supporting materials will be made 

available in the docket and on the 

Agency’s Web site in advance of the 

meeting. 

TSCA, as amended, also required that 

EPA establish procedures for 

prioritizing and evaluating risks from 

existing chemical substances. EPA 

announced its final procedures on June 

22, 2017 (see https://www.epa.gov/

assessing-and-managing-chemicalsunder-tsca/federal-register-noticeprocedures-prioritization), and the final 

procedural rule addressing the 

prioritization process published in the 

Federal Register on July 20 2017 (82 FR 

33753) (FRL–9964–24). The 

prioritization process involves a 9- 

month to 12-month public process, 

including multiple opportunities for 

public comment, to designate a 

chemical substance as either HighPriority for further risk evaluation, or 

Low-Priority for which risk evaluation 

is not warranted at the time. In the 

proposed Prioritization rule, EPA 

included several provisions intended to 

convey activities the Agency would 

expect to undertake prior to initiating 

prioritization (e.g., potential candidate 

identification, information gathering/ 

review, etc.). Based on public comments 

received, EPA determined not to finalize 

those particular provisions at the time 

and to engage in further discussions 

with interested stakeholders. 

The purpose of the second meeting is 

to describe and take comment on a 

number of possible approaches that 

could guide the Agency in the 

identification of potential candidate 

chemical substances for prioritization. 

More information on these possible 

approaches will be made available in 

the docket and on EPA’s Web site prior 

to the meeting. EPA is fully committed 

to further dialogue on best practices for 

these activities, and to carrying out 

these activities in a transparent, sciencebased manner, to ensure successful 

implementation of the prioritization and 

risk evaluation processes required by 

section 6 of TSCA. 

Additional information on the TSCA 

amendments can be found at https://

www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managingchemicals-under-tsca/frank-rlautenberg-chemical-safety-21stcentury-act. 

III. Meetings 

A. Remote Access 

The meetings will both be accessible 

remotely for registered participants. 

Registered participants will receive 

information on how to connect to the 

meetings prior to their start. 

B. Public Participation at the Meetings 

Members of the public may register to 

attend either or both the New Chemicals 

Review Program Implementation 

meeting and or the meeting regarding 

approaches for identifying potential 

candidates for prioritization as 

observers and may also register to 

provide oral comments and ask 

questions on the day of the respective 

meetings, using one of the registration 

methods described under ADDRESSES. A 

registered speaker is encouraged to 

focus on issues directly relevant to the 

meeting’s subject matter. Each speaker 

is allowed no more than five minutes at 

each meeting to provide oral comments 

and ask questions. A speaker must be 

registered in order to provide oral 

comments or ask questions during the 

meetings. To accommodate as many 

registered speakers as possible, speakers 

may present oral comments and 

questions only, without visual aids or 

written material. Persons registered to 

speak (as well as others) may submit 

written materials to the dockets as 

described under ADDRESSES. Agendas 

for the meetings and supporting 

materials will be made available in the 

dockets and on EPA’s Web site in 

advance of the respective meetings. 

Additionally, EPA will accept questions 

from the public in advance of the 

meetings, and will respond to these 

questions at the meetings as time 

allows, if such questions are received by 

November 20, 2017. Additional 

information regarding methods of 

submission of advance questions will be 

available on EPA’s Web site and in the 


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dockets along with the supporting 

materials. 

IV. How can I request to participate in 

these meetings? 

A. Registration 

To attend the meetings in person or to 

receive remote access, you must register 

online no later than December 5, 2017, 

using one of the methods described 

under ADDRESSES. While on-site 

registration will be available, seating 

will be on a first-come, first-served 

basis, with priority given to early 

registrants, until room capacity is 

reached. For registrants not able to 

attend in person, the meetings will also 

provide remote access capabilities; 

registered participants will be provided 

information on how to connect to the 

meetings prior to its start. 

B. Required Registration Information 

Members of the public may register to 

attend as observers or to speak if 

planning to offer oral comments during 

the scheduled public comment periods. 

To register for the meetings online, you 

must provide your full name, 

organization or affiliation, and contact 

information. 

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

Dated: October 27, 2017. 

Nancy Beck, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24112 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[GN Docket No. 12–268; MB Docket No. 16– 

306; DA 17–1015] 

Incentive Auction Task Force and 

Media Bureau Announce the Initial 

Reimbursement Allocation for Eligible 

Broadcasters and MVPDs 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document the 

Incentive Auction Task Force and the 

Media Bureau of the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announce the issuance of 

an initial allocation of the TV 

Broadcaster Relocation Fund (Fund) in 

the amount of $1 billion to begin to 

reimburse eligible television 

broadcasters and multichannel video 

programming distributors (MVPDs), for 

reasonably incurred expenses related to 

the post-incentive auction repacking. 

DATES: November 6, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raphael Sznajder at (202) 418–1648 or 

Raphael.Sznajder@fcc.gov, or Jeffrey 

Neumann at (202) 418–2046 or 

Jeffrey.Neumann@fcc.gov, of the Media 

Bureau. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Spectrum Act requires the Commission 

to ‘‘reimburse costs reasonably 

incurred’’ by broadcast television 

licensees that are involuntarily 

reassigned to new channels as a result 

of the repacking process and by MVPDs 

in order to continue carrying the signals 

of licensees reassigned to new channels 

as a result of the incentive auction and 

repacking process (together, Eligible 

Entities). The Incentive Auction Report 

and Order (FCC–14–50) set forth the 

process for reimbursing these Eligible 

Entities. Pursuant to the process 

established therein, this Public Notice 

(DA 17–1015) announces an initial 

allocation of approximately $1 billion, 

which is based on the total verified 

demand on the Fund, as of October 10, 

2017. Eligible Entities submitted 

estimates of the expenditures they 

expect to incur as a result of the postauction repack. After the Fund 

Administrator completed its 

reasonableness review of the estimates, 

and the Bureau reviewed and verified 

its recommendations, the total 

reimbursement demand for the purposes 

of the initial allocation, as of October 

10, 2017, was $1,863,971,470.42. Based 

on this demand, the initial allocation 

will give commercial stations and 

MVPDs access to approximately 52 

percent of their currently estimated and 

verified costs, and noncommercial 

educational stations access to 

approximately 62 percent of their 

currently estimated and verified costs. 

This Public Notice also announces that 

each Eligible Entity will receive an 

email on behalf of the Bureau describing 

the specific results of the reasonableness 

review of its estimated costs, which 

included: The aggregate verified amount 

for that entity’s submitted estimate; 

where adjustments (if any) were made; 

and the rationale and amount of the 

modification to any cost estimate line 

items. Eligible Entities may view their 

individual allocations in the CORES 

Incentive Auction Financial Module 

pursuant to the procedures outlined in 

the Financial Procedures Public Notice 

(DA–17–282). The initial allocation does 

not reflect the total estimated cost of a 

station’s anticipated expenditures. All 

stations that are transitioning to new 

channels should be aware of the 

applicable phase transition deadlines 

and plan for and initiate the various 

stages of their construction project in a 

timely manner to satisfy them. We have 

provided several tools that allow us to 

provide relief to stations that are 

ultimately unable to satisfy certain 

deadlines due to circumstances beyond 

their control, but failure to timely 

initiate a construction project or 

undertake necessary steps to complete 

the transition by the phase transition 

date due to the amount of the initial 

allocation or any subsequent allocation 

will not be weighed favorably as a factor 

in considering such relief. This is a 

summary of the FCC’s document GN 

Docket No. 12–268; MB Docket No. 16– 

306; DA 17–1015 (released Oct. 16, 

2017). 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Barbara A. Kreisman, 

Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24024 Filed 11–3–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreements to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within twelve 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. Copies of the 

agreements are available through the 

Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) 

or by contacting the Office of 

Agreements at (202)–523–5793 or 

tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 012479–001. 

Title: HSDG/CMA CGM WCCA Vessel 

Sharing Agreement. 

Parties: Hamburg Sud and CMA CGM 

S.A. 

Filing Party: Wayne Rohde; Cozen 

O’Connor; 1200 19th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Synopsis: The amendment revises the 

space allocations of the parties under 

the agreement. 

Agreement No.: 012208–004. 

Title: Hoegh/Grimaldi Space Charter 

Agreement. 

Parties: Hoegh Autoliners AS; 

Grimaldi Deep Sea S.p.A.; and Grimaldi 

Euromed S.p.A. (acting as a single 

party). 

Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; 

Cozen O’Connor; 1200 19th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Synopsis: The amendment adds the 

trade between the East Coast of the U.S. 

on the one hand, and Mexico and 

Canada on the other hand to the 

geographic scope of the agreement. 


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