Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-1081-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Tier 1 Screening of Certain Chemicals Under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP); EPA ICR No. 2249.01, OMB Control No. 2070-new; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2008-02-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 25)]
[Notices]               
[Page 6962]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-1081; FRL-8351-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Tier 1 Screening of Certain Chemicals Under the 
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP); EPA ICR No. 2249.01, OMB 
Control No. 2070-new; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of December 13, 
2007, announcing EPA's plan to submit a request for a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
This ICR is entitled: ``Tier 1 Screening of Certain Chemicals Under the 
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP)'' and identified by EPA 
ICR No. 2249.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-new. The December 13, 2007 
document provided for a 60 day public comment period ending February 
11, 2008. EPA received several requests from the public to extend this 
comment period. This document extends the comment period for 30 days, 
from February 11, 2008, to March 12, 2008.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2007-1081, must be received on or before March 12, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of December 13, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Wooge, Office of Science 
Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-8476; e-mail address: wooge.william@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register of December 13, 2007 (72 FR 
70839) (FRL-8155-8). In that document, EPA solicited comments and 
information on its request for a new ICR entitled ``Tier 1 Screening of 
Certain Chemicals Under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program 
(EDSP).'' On December 17, 2007, EPA held a workshop to discuss the ICR. 
EPA intends to convene a second half-day public meeting to discuss this 
ICR and answer questions from the public. A separate Federal Register 
document will announce the details of the meeting. EPA is hereby 
extending the comment period, which was set to end on February 11, 
2008, to March 12, 2008.
    To submit comments, or access the public docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES in the December 13, 
2007 Federal Register document. If you have questions, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: January 30, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances.
[FR Doc. E8-2169 Filed 2-5-08; 8:45 am]

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