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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 159 / Friday, August 20, 2021 / Notices Dated: August 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for July 2021
Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

EPA is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA to make information publicly available and to publish information in the Federal Register pertaining to certain submissions under TSCA, including notice of receipt of a Premanufacture notice PMN, Significant New Use Notice SNUN or Microbial Commercial Activity Notice MCAN, including an amended notice or test information; an exemption application Biotech exemption; an application for a test marketing exemption TME, both pending and/or concluded; a notice of commencement NOC of manufacture including import for new chemical substances; and a periodic status report on new chemical substances that are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review. This document covers the period from 07/01/
2021 to 07/31/2021.
DATES: Comments identified by the specific case number provided in this document must be received on or before September 20, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification ID
number EPAHQOPPT20210068
and the specific case number for the chemical substance related to your comment, using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http
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 or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http www.epa.gov/dockets.
Due to the public health concerns related to COVID19, the EPA Docket Center EPA/DC and Reading Room is closed to visitors with limited
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exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status information on EPA/DC
services and docket access, visit https
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: Jim Rahai, Project Management and Operations Division MC 7407M, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
204600001; telephone number: 202
5648593; email address: rahai.jim@
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. Executive Summary A. What action is the Agency taking?
This document provides the receipt and status reports for the period from 07/01/2021 to 07/31/2021. The Agency is providing notice of receipt of PMNs, SNUNs and MCANs including amended notices and test information;
an exemption application under 40 CFR
part 725 Biotech exemption; TMEs, both pending and/or concluded; NOCs to manufacture a new chemical substance; and a periodic status report on new chemical substances that are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review.
EPA is also providing information on its website about cases reviewed under the amended TSCA, including the section 5 PMN/SNUN/MCAN and exemption notices received, the date of receipt, the final EPA determination on the notice, and the effective date of EPAs determination for PMN/SNUN/
MCAN notices on its website at: https
www.epa.gov/reviewing-new-chemicalsunder-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca/
status-pre-manufacture-notices. This information is updated on a weekly basis.
B. What is the Agencys authority for taking this action?
Under TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., a chemical substance may be either an existing chemical substance or a new chemical substance. Any chemical substance that is not on EPAs TSCA Inventory of Chemical Substances TSCA Inventory is classified as a new chemical substance, while a chemical substance that is listed on the TSCA
Inventory is classified as an existing chemical substance. See TSCA section
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311. For more information about the TSCA Inventory please go to: https
www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory.
Any person who intends to manufacture including import a new chemical substance for a non-exempt commercial purpose, or to manufacture or process a chemical substance in a non-exempt manner for a use that EPA
has determined is a significant new use, is required by TSCA section 5 to provide EPA with a PMN, MCAN or SNUN, as appropriate, before initiating the activity. EPA will review the notice, make a risk determination on the chemical substance or significant new use, and take appropriate action as described in TSCA section 5a3.
TSCA section 5h1 authorizes EPA
to allow persons, upon application and under appropriate restrictions, to manufacture or process a new chemical substance, or a chemical substance subject to a significant new use rule SNUR issued under TSCA section 5a2, for test marketing purposes, upon a showing that the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, and disposal of the chemical will not present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
This is referred to as a test marketing exemption, or TME. For more information about the requirements applicable to a new chemical go to:
http www.epa.gov/oppt/newchems.
Under TSCA sections 5 and 8 and EPA regulations, EPA is required to publish in the Federal Register certain information, including notice of receipt of a PMN/SNUN/MCAN including amended notices and test information;
an exemption application under 40 CFR
part 725 biotech exemption; an application for a TME, both pending and concluded; NOCs to manufacture a new chemical substance; and a periodic status report on the new chemical substances that are currently under EPA
review or have recently concluded review.
C. Does this action apply to me?
This action provides information that is directed to the public in general.
D. Does this action have any incremental economic impacts or paperwork burdens?
No.
E. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting confidential business information CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI

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