Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0026-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Statutory Requirements for Substantiation of Confidential Business Information Claims under Toxic Substances Control Act; Delay of Effective Date
Posted Date: 2017-02-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03352]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0026; FRL-9959-39]

Statutory Requirements for Substantiation of Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) Claims Under the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (TSCA); Delay of Effective Date

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in 
the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President 
and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review'', this 
action delays until March 21, 2017, the effective date of the Federal 
Register Notice entitled ``Statutory Requirements for Substantiation of 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) Claims Under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA)'', published in the Federal Register on 
January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6522, FRL-9958-34).

DATES: This action is effective February 21, 2017. The effective date 
of the Federal Register Notice entitled ``Statutory Requirements for 
Substantiation of Confidential Business Information (CBI) Claims Under 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)'', published in the Federal 
Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6522, FRL-9958-34), is delayed from 
March 20, 2017 to a new effective date of March 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott M. Sherlock, Attorney Advisor, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8257; email 
address: sherlock.scott@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA bases this action on the Presidential 
directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the 
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory 
Freeze Pending Review''. That memorandum directed the heads of 
Executive Departments and Agencies to temporarily postpone for sixty 
days from the date of the memorandum the effective dates of all 
regulations (defined in the January 20, 2017 memorandum to include ``an 
interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue'') that had been 
published in the Federal Register but had not yet taken effect. The 
Federal Register Notice entitled ``Statutory Requirements for 
Substantiation of Confidential Business Information (CBI) Claims Under 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)'' is subject to the effective 
date delay. The new effective date for this action is March 21, 2017.
    If deemed appropriate, EPA may consider delaying the effective date 
of this action beyond March 21, 2017.

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

    Dated: February 13, 2017.
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-03352 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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