Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0061-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Certain New Chemicals: Receipt and Status Information for January 2023; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2023-03-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16630-16631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05760]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0061; FRL-10581-13-OCSPP]

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for January 
2023; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice, extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of February 17, 2023, announced the 
receipt and status information for certain new chemical actions that 
are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review as 
required by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). That document also 
provided an opportunity for public comment and this document extends 
the comment period for 60 days from March 20, 2023, to May 19, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the notice that published on February 17, 
2023, at 88 FR 10320, is extended. Comments must be received on or 
before May 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0061,

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through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://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. Additional instructions on commenting and visiting the 
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is 
available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For technical information contact: Jim Rahai, Project Management 
and Operations Division (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8593; email 
address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register of February 17, 2023 (88 FR 
10320) (FRL-10581-02-OCSPP) for 60 days, from March 20, 2023, to May 
19, 2023. In that document, the Agency provided notice of receipt of 
new chemical actions and a periodic status report of actions that are 
currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review. 
Information about cases reviewed under the amended TSCA is also 
available on the EPA website at: https://www.epa.gov/reviewing-new-chemicals-under-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca/status-pre-manufacture-notices. The information is updated on a weekly basis. The 
Federal Register of February 17, 2023, identifies the new chemical 
actions and solicitation of comment to which this extension applies.
    EPA received requests to extend the comment period and believes it 
is appropriate to do so in order to give stakeholders additional time 
to review the notices and prepare comments. If you have questions, 
consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

    Dated: March 16, 2023.
Pamela Myrick,
Director, Project Management and Operations Division, Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2023-05760 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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