Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0597-0053
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Chemical Data Reporting; Requirements for Inorganic Byproduct Chemical Substances: Negotiated Rulemaking CommitteeMeeting
Posted Date: 2017-08-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39402-39403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17416]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0597; FRL-9965-96]

40 CFR Part 711

RIN 2070-AK31

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Chemical Data Reporting; 

Requirements for Inorganic Byproduct Chemical Substances; Notice of 

Public Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Rulemaking committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: EPA is giving notice that it is holding two additional 

meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee) established 

on June 5, 2017. The objective of the Committee is to negotiate a 

proposed rule that would limit chemical data reporting requirements 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank 

R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, for 

manufacturers of any inorganic byproduct chemical substances when such 

byproduct chemical substances are subsequently recycled, reused, or 

reprocessed. The purpose of the Committee is to conduct discussions in 

a good faith attempt to reach consensus on proposed regulatory 

language. This negotiation process is required by the TSCA. This notice 

announces the details of two upcoming meetings of the Committee, which 

are both open to the public, and which serve as the third and fourth 

meetings of the Committee.

DATES: The third Committee meeting will be held on September 13, 2017, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on September 14, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

The fourth Committee meeting will be held on October 25, 2017, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and on October 26, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The third meeting will take place at Ronald Reagan Building 

and International Trade Center, Oceanic Suite, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave 

NW., Washington, DC 20004, while the fourth meeting will be held at 

William Jefferson Clinton East Building, Room 1153, 1201 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 

obtain information concerning the public meetings may contact Jonah 

Richmond, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Conflict Prevention and 

Resolution Center, Office of General Counsel, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-0210; email 

address: Richmond.jonah@epa.gov. General information about the 

Committee, as well as any updates concerning the meetings announced in 

this notice, may be found at https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting/negotiated-rulemaking-committee-chemical-data-reporting-requirements.

    For information on access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request accommodation for a disability, please 

contact the DFO, preferably at least ten days prior to the meetings to 

give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    For technical information contact: Susan Sharkey, Chemical Control 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8789; email 

address: Sharkey.susan@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?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you manufacture 

(including manufacture as a byproduct chemical substance and including 

import) chemical substances listed on the TSCA Inventory. The following 

list of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 

are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide to help 

readers determine whether this action may apply to them:

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    1. Chemical manufacturers and importers (NAICS codes 325 and 

324110; e.g., chemical manufacturing and processing and petroleum 

refineries).

    2. Chemical users and processors who may manufacture a byproduct 

chemical substance (NAICS codes 22, 322, 331, and 3344; e.g., 

utilities, paper manufacturing, primary metal manufacturing, and 

semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing).

    If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 

action to a particular entity, consult the technical person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How can i get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification 

(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0597, is 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

A. What action is the agency taking?

    As required by the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1996 (NRA), EPA is 

giving notice that the agency is holding two additional meetings of the 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. The objective of this Committee is to 

develop a proposed rule providing for limiting chemical data reporting 

requirements, under TSCA section 8(a), for manufacturers of any 

inorganic byproduct chemical substances when such byproduct chemical 

substances are subsequently recycled, reused, or reprocessed. This 

negotiation process, which includes the establishment of a federal 

advisory committee, is required by TSCA section 8(a)(6), as amended by 

the Frank. R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act 

(Lautenberg Act).

    This Committee is a statutory advisory committee under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec.  9(a)(1). In accordance 

with Section 9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

I Sec.  9(c), EPA prepared a charter for the establishment of the 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. Copies of the Committee's charter have 

been filed with the appropriate congressional committees, the Library 

of Congress. The first two meetings of the Committee were on June 8 and 

9, 2017, and August 16 and 17, 2017 (82 FR 25790) (FRL-9961-92). The 

Committee's charter and those meetings' agendas and materials are 

available in the docket supporting this activity [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-

0597] and available online at https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting/negotiated-rulemaking-committee-chemical-data-reporting-requirements.

    This notice announces the details of the third and fourth meetings 

of the Committee. These meetings have been scheduled for the dates 

indicated under DATES, and are open to the public. A notice of any 

Committee meeting must be published no later than 15 days before the 

date of that meeting. Delay in having these meetings will result in 

challenges in meeting the statutory deadline for the negotiated 

rulemaking.

III. Participation by Non-Members

A. Attending Meetings

    EPA values public input during this process. The meetings announced 

in this notice are open to the public, so interested parties may 

observe the meetings and communicate their views in the appropriate 

time and manner, as defined in each meeting's agenda. Consistent with 

the requirements of FACA, formal meeting materials and summaries will 

be available online.

B. Oral Statements

    In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation 

at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes. Each person making 

an oral statement should consider providing written comments as well as 

their oral statement so that the points presented orally can be 

expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should submit requests by 

email to ecdrweb@epa.gov one week prior to the meeting dates, in order 

to be placed on the list of public speakers.

C. Written Statements

    Written statements will be accepted throughout the advisory 

process; however, for timely consideration, statements should be 

supplied by email to ecdrweb@epa.gov one week prior to the meeting 

dates. Members of the public should be aware that written comments, 

including personal contact information, if included, may be posted to 

the Committee Web site as well as placed in the EPA docket supporting 

this activity. Copyrighted material will not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. Additionally, EPA will invite 

public comment on any proposed rule resulting from the Committee's 

deliberations.

IV. Meeting Schedule and Agenda

A. Meeting Schedule

    Committee meetings are one and a half days each, and held in 

Washington, DC, unless the Committee decides otherwise. If any 

additional meetings are required, the Committee will separately 

announce those meetings subsequent to the meetings being announced in 

this notice.

B. The Third and Fourth Committee Meetings

    The third Committee meeting will be held on September 13, 2017, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on September 14, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

The fourth Committee meeting will be held on October 25, 2017, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. and on October 26, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both 

meetings are open to the public. Meeting details and agenda information 

will be available online at https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting/negotiated-rulemaking-committee-chemical-data-reporting-requirements, as well as in the EPA docket supporting this activity.

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

    Dated: August 8, 2017,

Wendy Cleland-Hamnett,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention.

[FR Doc. 2017-17416 Filed 8-17-17; 8:45 am]

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