[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: [email protected].
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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