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75010 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 24, 2020 / Notices docket and made available on the evaluations under TSCA is to determine 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@ internet. If you submit an electronic whether a chemical substance presents epa.gov. comment, EPA recommends that you an unreasonable risk of injury to health SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: include your name and other contact or the environment under the information in the body of your conditions of use, including an I. General Information comment and with any disk or CD–ROM unreasonable risk to a relevant A. Does this action apply to me? you submit. If EPA cannot read your potentially exposed or susceptible comment due to technical difficulties subpopulation, without consideration of This action is directed to the public and cannot contact you for clarification, costs or other nonrisk factors. EPA has in general. This action may be of EPA may not be able to consider your determined that specific conditions of interest to persons who are or may be comment. Electronic files should avoid use of TCE present an unreasonable risk interested in risk evaluations of the use of special characters, any form of injury to health or the environment. chemical substances under TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Since other entities of encryption, and be free of any defects For those conditions of use for which may also be interested in this final risk or viruses. EPA has found an unreasonable risk, evaluation, the EPA has not attempted Docket: All documents in the docket EPA must take regulatory action to to describe all the specific entities that are listed in the www.regulations.gov address that unreasonable risk through may be affected by this action. index. Although listed in the index, risk management measures enumerated some information is not publicly in TSCA. EPA has also determined that B. What is EPA’s authority for taking available, e.g., CBI or other information specific conditions of use do not present this action? whose disclosure is restricted by statute. unreasonable risk of injury to health or TSCA section 6, 15 U.S.C. 2605, Certain other material, such as the environment. For those conditions requires EPA to conduct risk copyrighted material, will be publicly of use for which EPA has found no evaluations to ‘‘determine whether a available only in hard copy. Publicly unreasonable risk to health or the chemical substance presents an available docket materials are available environment, the Agency’s unreasonable risk of injury to health or either electronically in determination is a final Agency action the environment, without consideration www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at and is issued via order in the risk of costs or other nonrisk factors, Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OMS–2020– evaluation. including an unreasonable risk to a 0348, OMS Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, potentially exposed or susceptible Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, identified by docket identification (ID) subpopulation identified as relevant to Washington, DC. The Public Reading number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0500, is the risk evaluation by the Room is open by appointment only due available online at http:// Administrator, under the conditions of to restrictions arising from the COVID– www.regulations.gov or in-person at the use.’’ 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(A). TSCA 19 public health emergency. Additional Office of Pollution Prevention and sections 6(b)(4)(A) through (H) information on how to obtain an Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), enumerate the deadlines and minimum appointment is available at https:// Environmental Protection Agency requirements applicable to this process, www.epa.gov/dockets/epa-docket- Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William including provisions that provide center-and-reading-room-closed-public- Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 instruction on chemical substances that limited-exceptions. The telephone Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. must undergo evaluation, the minimum number for the Public Reading Room is The Public Reading Room is open from components of a TSCA risk evaluation, (202) 566–1744, and the telephone 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through and the timelines for public comment number for the OMS Docket is (202) Friday, excluding legal holidays. The and completion of the risk evaluation. 566–1752. telephone number for the Public TSCA also requires that EPA operate in Donna Vizian, Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and a manner that is consistent with the best Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, the telephone number for the OPPT available science, make decisions based Office of Mission Support. Docket is (202) 566–0280. on the weight of the scientific evidence Due to the public health concerns [FR Doc. 2020–25968 Filed 11–23–20; 8:45 am] and consider reasonably available related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket information. 15 U.S.C. 2625(h), (i), and BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Center (EPA/DC) and Public Reading (k). TSCA section 6(i) directs that a Room are closed to visitors with limited determination of ‘‘no unreasonable risk’’ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION exceptions. The EPA/DC staff continue shall be issued by order and considered AGENCY to provide remote customer service via to be a final Agency action, while a email, phone, and webform. For the determination of ‘‘unreasonable risk’’ is [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2019–0500; FRL–10016– latest status information on EPA/DC not considered to be a final Agency 91] services and docket access, visit https:// action. 15 U.S.C. 2605(i). www.epa.gov/dockets. Trichloroethylene (TCE); Final Toxic The statute identifies the minimum Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For components for all chemical substance Evaluation; Notice of Availability technical information contact: Yvette risk evaluations. For each risk Selby-Mohamadu, Office of Pollution evaluation, EPA must publish a AGENCY: Environmental Protection Prevention and Toxics (7403M), document that outlines the scope of the Agency (EPA). Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 risk evaluation to be conducted, which ACTION: Notice. Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC includes the hazards, exposures, 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) conditions of use, and the potentially SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 564–5245; email address: selby- exposed or susceptible subpopulations Agency (EPA) is announcing the [email protected]. that EPA expects to consider. 15 U.S.C. availability of the final Toxic For general information contact: The 2605(b)(4)(D). The statute further Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 provides that each risk evaluation must evaluation of Trichloroethylene (TCE). South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY also: (1) Integrate and assess available The purpose of conducting risk 14620; telephone number: (202) 554– information on hazards and exposures VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:48 Nov 23, 2020 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM 24NON1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 24, 2020 / Notices 75011 for the conditions of use of the chemical for which EPA has found an EPA must evaluate both hazard and substance, including information that is unreasonable risk of injury to health or exposure, not consider costs or other relevant to specific risks of injury to the environment, EPA must initiate nonrisk factors, use reasonably available health or the environment and regulatory action to address those risks information and approaches in a information on relevant potentially through risk management measures manner that is consistent with the exposed or susceptible subpopulations; enumerated in 15 U.S.C. 2605(a). requirements in TSCA for the use of the (2) describe whether aggregate or EPA also is announcing the best available science, and ensure sentinel exposures were considered and availability of the information required decisions are based on the weight of the the basis for that consideration; (3) take to be provided publicly with each risk scientific evidence. into account, where relevant, the likely evaluation, which is available online at The specific risk evaluation process duration, intensity, frequency, and http://www.regulations.gov in the that EPA has established by rule to number of exposures under the dockets identified. 40 CFR 702.51. implement the statutory process is set conditions of use; and (4) describe the Specifically, EPA has provided: out in 40 CFR part 702 and summarized weight of the scientific evidence for the • The scope document and problem on EPA’s website at http:// identified hazards and exposures. 15 formulation (in Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing- U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)(i) through (ii) and OPPT–2016–0737); chemicals-under-tsca/risk-evaluations- (iv) through (v). Each risk evaluation • Draft risk evaluation, and final risk existing-chemicals-under-tsca. As must not consider costs or other nonrisk evaluation (in Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– explained in the preamble to EPA’s final factors. 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)(iii). OPPT–2019–0500); The statute requires that the risk • All notices, determinations, rule on procedures for risk evaluation evaluation process be completed within findings, consent agreements, and (82 FR 33726, July 20, 2017) (FRL– a specified timeframe and provide an orders (in Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 9964–38), the specific regulatory opportunity for public comment on a OPPT–2019–0500); process set out in 40 CFR part 702, draft risk evaluation prior to publishing • Any information required to be subpart B is being followed for the first a final risk evaluation. 15 U.S.C. provided to the Agency under 15 U.S.C. ten chemical substances undergoing risk 2605(b)(4). 2603 (in Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OPPT– evaluation to the maximum extent Subsection 5.3.1 of the final risk 2016–0737 and Docket ID No.

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