[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 63 (Monday, April 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06495]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0738; FRL-10021-81]


Chemical Category for Octahydro-Tetramethyl-Naphthalenyl-Ethanone 
(OTNE); Manufacturer Request for Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA); Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In the Federal Register notice of February 19, 2021, EPA 
announced the availability of and solicited public comment on a 
manufacturer request for a risk evaluation of ethanone, 1-
(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,5,5-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl), 
ethanone, 1-(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-
naphthalenyl), ethanone, 1-(1,2,3,4,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-2,3,8,8-
tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl), and ethanone, 1-(1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-
octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl) (collectively, ``OTNE'') 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This document extends 
the comment period for 30 days from April 5, 2021 to May 5, 2021.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published February 19, 2021, 
at 86 FR 10267, is extended. Comments, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0738, must be received on 
or before May 5, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0738, through 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. To make special 
arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please 
follow the instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Please note that due to the public health emergency the EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room were closed to public visitors on 
March 31, 2020. Our EPA/DC staff will continue to provide customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. For further information on EPA/
DC services, docket contact information and the current status of the 
EPA/DC and Reading Room, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For technical information contact: Jeffrey Putt, Existing Chemicals 
Risk Management Division (Mail Code 7404T), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-3703; email address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of February 19, 
2021 (86 FR 10267) (FRL-10019-82), for 30 days, from April 5, 2021 to 
May 5, 2021. In that document, EPA announced the availability of and 
solicited public comment on a manufacturer request for a risk 
evaluation of OTNE under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). More 
information on the manufacturer request, risk evaluations under TSCA, 
and EPA's solicitation of comment can be found in the Federal Register 
issue of February 19, 2021.
    An extension of the comment period was requested by stakeholders to 
allow interested parties additional time to thoroughly review the 
inclusion of any additional conditions of use and potentially exposed 
or susceptible subpopulations. The Agency is in the process of broadly 
re-examining how it intends to implement these and other provisions of 
amended TSCA including determining how new executive orders and other 
direction provided by the Biden-Harris Administration will be 
addressed. EPA agrees that an extension of the comment period is 
warranted.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions, 
consult the technical persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

    Dated: March 24, 2021.
Michal Freedhoff,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-06495 Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P