Not to my knowledge, Julius.  So I believe that if you would like to, we could either take somebody who may want to speak now or we could advance to group 6.  It's your call as the chair.
Julius Banks
02:38:57
We have some time.  Is there anyone who hasn't had a chance to speak who wishes to?  We can take them now, or take one or two.
Kellie Dubay
02:39:09
We could do a hand raise.  I believe Gabby can give people the ability to raise a hand if you wish to make a comment.  Oh, Glenn is with us now, Julius, and his hand is up.
Julius Banks
02:39:19
Okay.  Glen, as soon as your audio is ready, feel free, you can start.  You'll have 4 minutes, sir.
Glenn Wikle
02:39:31
Just getting my video.  Am I on?  I can't tell.
Julius Banks
02:39:46
We can hear you.  There's no video but I can hear you.
Glenn Wikle
02:39:51
How about this?
Julius Banks
02:39:52
There you go.
Glenn Wikle
02:39:54
Hi.  I'm Glenn Wikle, retired engineer from New Mexico.  It's -- there's a good reason you're hearing from a lot of people from New Mexico, because we are, along with Texas, the hot spot of drilling in the United States.  I have some experience building operating sensors that measure toxic emissions during my career, so I have some knowledge in that area.  New Mexico has one of the highest poverty rates in the U.S., and it's this hot spot of oil and gas activity right now on both ends of our state. We've heard about both basins where there's drilling, there are front-line people like Mr. Schreiber and Ms. Zuniga, who apparently didn't make it just now.  These people are exposed to high levels of dangerous emissions from ever growing oil and gas wells.  Just when we need oil and gas production to ramp down here in New Mexico, it's ramping up.  Since everyone here is being so calm and so orderly, at least most of us, it's important to frame this context of the global crisis which is now clearly unfolding around the world.  We shouldn't forget that extreme events caused by climate change are killing people and taking away thousands of homes.  This summer is just the beginning.  The amount of suffering will increase as decades go by.  We all have a duty to do more to mitigate our country's contribution to the global climate crisis.  Everyone at the EPA has a duty to do more to mitigate this worldwide crisis.  Everyone at the EPA has a duty to resist pressure from operators to do less.
Glenn Wikle
02:41:36
The EPA is in a position of global leadership.  Many other countries will follow what the EPA does.  To follow through on your leadership position, I ask you to reduce the greenhouse gas reporting limit to 10,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, as was specified in the Inflation Reduction Act, require optical gas imaging as we've heard about from so many people.  It's faster and more reliable than the original proposal.  Require reporting of large release events, require fence line air monitors to track methane emissions for facilities that are required to report emissions or experience a super emitter event, and integrate top-down basin level data to provide the full picture of total emissions in a region or basin.  Thank you for your time and attention.
Julius Banks
02:42:37
Any comments or Glenn from the EPA staff?  Thank you.  No one has joined from group 5 who was already scheduled but let's move on to group 6. Last call for group 5.
Kellie Dubay
02:43:01
We haven't seen anyone show up.
Julius Banks
02:43:04
All right. Thank you all.  Let's move on to group 6.
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:43:09
Thanks, Julius. While we transition to group 6, as a quick reminder for providing testimony, when you get called on to speak, you'll receive an invitation to become a panelist on Zoom.  You'll need to accept that invitation when it pops up on your screen, and then you'll have the ability to unmute your line.  If you're joining by phone, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand to let us know that you're here and press star 6 to unmute.  With that, we'll get started with speaker group 6, our first speaker is Etta Albright.  Ms. Albright, whenever you're ready to get started, you'll have 4 minutes.
Etta Albright
02:43:45
Can you hear me?
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:43:47
We can hear you.  Please go ahead.
Etta Albright
02:43:50
My name is Etta Albright.  I live in the beautiful, resourceful state of Pennsylvania.  I am testifying as a private citizen with a lifetime interest and sensitivity for creation and our dependency on to survive and thrive.  I am a retired registered nurse whose career was serving a population then labeled mentally retarded.  Among the many causes of those permanently damaged with lifelong malfunctioning of brain and neurocognitive processing was unknown prenatal influences.  I now recognize the influences as epigenetic.  Commonalities in all epigenetic influences are air, water, and soil - Earth origin.  There is outstanding evidence of the adversarial impact industry has had on the air, water, and soil in Pennsylvania.  And the subsequent impact on public health, well-being, and safety.  Fast forward to the present reality of the impact on human and environmental health by the fossil fuel industry by greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent exacerbation of global warming and climate change.  The egregiousness nature of the fossil fuel industry is not to be trusted for self-regulation.  Any resistance to partnering with EPA to modify changes needed for accurate reporting emissions of methane would be testimony to that egregiousness.  Because accurate reporting of the methane emission is critical to engage the public through knowledge and understanding of actions needed to contain global warming, such reports of emissions must be public information and not concealed.  Such concealing of truth from the public is like the fracking industry not having to disclose the toxic chemicals used by the industry and remaining in our water, our air, and our soil.  The EPA must fulfill the role of the agency to protect the environment, and thus the public, and not submit to the egregiousness of the industry.  Thank you for what you do, and know that I support many organizations that are on the path to hopefully be able to contain global warming.  We know we cannot stop it but we must do all we can to contain it, and we are all stakeholders.  The industry is a stakeholder.  We are, I especially, am very grateful for the comforts and pleasures and conveniences that have been provided me and afforded me throughout my lifetime, but that was without recognizing this consequence that we must face now collectively as global warming and climate change.  It going to take many partnerships, and the public has to understand that.  So all the information relevant to greenhouse gases, and that that is responsible for this condition, which we're all contributing to, must be made known, must be made public, and must seek the cooperation of the public to do their part.  Thank you for this opportunity to provide this testimony.
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:47:41
Thank you for your service, and thank you for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  Thank you again.  Our next four speakers, it does not appear that they're online but they may be on the phone.  If you are joining via phone and I call your name, please press star 9 to raise your digital hands to let us know that you're here.  Our next speaker is Marta Guttenberg.  Miss Guttenberg, are you here?  If you're joining by phone, again, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand.
Kellie Dubay
02:48:36
I'm not seeing a hand go up, Mark.
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:48:38
All right, thanks, Kellie.  We'll come back to Marta if you're here at the end of the speaker group.  Our next speaker, Jerry Rivers.  Jerry, again, if you're online, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand if you've joined via phone.  With that, we'll move on to the next speaker, Shanna Edberg.
Kellie Dubay
02:49:15
Shanna is here.  Shauna, you'll get an invite to be a panelist.
Shanna Edberg
02:49:31
Hi.  Thank you so much for having me here.  My name is Shanna Edberg. I'm the Director of Conservation for Hispanic Access Foundation. We are a Latino-led, Latino-serving non-profit with a mission to connect Latinos with partners and opportunities to improve lives and create an equitable society.  And I'm speaking here today because from start to finish, the oil and gas system has harmed our Latino communities and communities of color, from the on and offshore drilling that overwhelmingly pollutes our communities; to the burning of oil and gas on our highways and power plants and in dangerous pipelines located disproportionately close to neighborhoods of color; to, as has been vividly seen these past weeks, the storms, drought, extreme heat and out of control wildfires caused by the climate crisis.  We're harmed at every step.  So I'm here today to begin to remedy this injustice because better data is the foundation for better policy and accountability.  And this is also a critical rule for furthering the goals of the Inflation Reduction Act.  Recognizing the disproportionate harm that the oil and gas system has historically inflicted on communities of color, it is imperative that this rule be further strengthened to protect current and future generations from the devastating effects of climate change and local air pollution caused by methane and greenhouse gas emissions.  We are grateful to the EPA for adding new reporting requirements for large release and super emitter events, updating emissions factors that will better capture intermittent emissions, and accounting for emissions from equipment failures and malfunctions.  With that said, there are more improvements to be made to cover gaps in our measurements of oil and gas emissions.  Studies show the current emissions inventories are really underestimating methane pollution, which must be corrected now for us to have any hope of reducing those emissions.  So for example, EPA should integrate top-down basin-level measurement data to provide a full picture of emissions in a region, and strengthen the accuracy of reported emissions.  EPA should ensure robust statistical analysis and methods finalized to account for intermittent emissions events.  EPA should require independent verification of self-reported measurements from companies to ensure that their data is accurate and not misrepresented.  We recommend EPA reduce the current reporting limit and methane emissions charge threshold to 2,000 metric tons of CO2e as originally proposed in the Build Back Better Act.  We recommend requiring approaches like continuous optical gas imaging and continuous aerial monitoring to ensure more frequent and accurate data and to catch emissions data for super emitter incidents, reduce the proposed threshold for a super emitter event to 14 kilograms per hour, and after a super emitter event has occurred, operators should be required to repair the leak as quickly as possible, report greenhouse gas emissions monthly going forward, and submit a compliance plan to demonstrate how they will prevent additional incidents from occurring.  Operators should be required to follow up and test after a leak takes place to ensure that the incident has been addressed.  And we also ask that reported data remain publicly available.  It is really critical that oil and gas companies reported emissions reflect their actual real world pollution in order for us to address it.  Our health is at risk and it will only worsen as emissions from oil and gas development continues.  For that reason, we are urgently requesting the EPA to set a strong and comprehensive reporting rule without loopholes and allowances before our climate and our families run out of time.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:53:15
Thank you very much for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  All right.  Thank you again.  Our next speaker is Mr. Thomas Smith.  Mr. Smith, we don't see your name in the list of participants.  You may have joined via phone.  If so, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand to let us know that you're here.  We'll give you a minute.
Seeing nothing, we will move on to our next speaker at the end of the speaker group; we'll come back to anyone we missed.  Our next speaker is Scott Yager.  Mr. Yager, you'll have 4 minutes.  You'll see a panelist invitation pop up on your screen, and you can get started whenever you're ready.
Scott Yager
02:54:22
Okay, thank you.  Appreciate it.  My name is Scott Yager, VP of Environment for the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America or INGAA.  And INGAA is the trade association that represents interstate natural gas pipeline operators.  We advocate for regulatory and legislative positions on a variety of topics.  I mostly stay on air issues and EPA issues specifically.  So appreciate the opportunity to come and talk here with you.  Earlier in this session, Lisa Beal of BHE GT&S actually provided some talking points and some issues on this topic, so I'm not going to overlap with her, but there are a couple issues I wanted to add on to the important points that she made.  That is really two points, might be a third here, but the first is that -- is regarding methane measurement and monitoring technology, we all know that it's improving, it's changing on an almost monthly basis, and there's better technology out there.  It seems like, you know, every month.  So we want to make sure that there are streamlined pathways to implement new technology.  In essence, to quantify leak rates.  The proposal does not address this topic, and limits technology options to those that have been listed already in Subpart W since initial promulgation over a decade ago.  Best available monitoring methods or BAMM were allowed to facilitate implementation when Subpart W is promulgated and when previous Subpart W amendments were adopted, since the final rule will not likely be promulgated until sometime in the year 2024, in essence within the 2024 reporting year, BAMM options should be included through the initial one to two years of reporting years.  These are initial thoughts.  We're still taking a look through the proposal to better understand the implications.  There's a lot of nuance in the proposal that's taking us some additional time to think through and understand also.  There are a number of other regulatory proposals out there in the air space as well that are taking a lot of bandwidth and time, so INGAA is requesting an additional 60 days to comment on the Subpart W proposal, understanding that EPA is trying to meet a Congressional deadline, which we can certainly appreciate.  That deadline of August 24th, 2024, EPA would still be in line with meeting that deadline even with additional 60 days added to the public comment period so we would ask that you seriously consider granting that.  That would allow us, INGAA and our members, to really put forward some insightful comments that are supported by data and helpful, I think, to the process.  So appreciate the opportunity to speak here, and happy to continue the discussion.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:57:43
Thanks, Scott, for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  All right.  Thank you again.  Our next speaker is Thomas Pike.  Thomas, you'll have four minutes and can get started whenever you're ready.  You'll see a panelist invitation when it pops up on your screen.
Thomas Pike
02:58:11
All right.  Can you all hear me?
Mark DeFigueiredo
02:58:14
Yes, we can.
Thomas Pike
02:58:15
Great.  Hello, and thank you for the opportunity to comment.  My name is Tom Pike.  I'm an Environmental Policy Advocate with Protect PT, an organization dedicated to ensuring the safety, security and quality of life of residents of Westmoreland County and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  We support the rule as written but would also like to see the EPA incorporate the revisions suggested by the Environmental Defense Fund, the strongest possible version of this rule should be passed.  So our organization is based in southwestern Pennsylvania.  We've lived in an industry designated sacrifice zone, and our region there are thousands of abandoned and orphaned wells documented by EPA and the PA Department of Environmental Protection or DEP.  From personal experience, I can also assure you there are even more that are not on the books.  Emissions from these sources are serious.  Methane is 82 times as potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide.  Abandoned wells are not the only sources of methane leaks.  All gas infrastructure leaks to some extent, and industry standard operating practice is to ignore leaks that are deemed to be insignificant.  Right now, my organization is doing air monitoring instead of the EPA or the PA Department of Environmental Protection.  These agencies are publicly charged with safeguarding public health, but both are falling short.  We are an 8-person non-profit that cannot fill the gap left by a regulatory agency.  You must step in and do this.  In Pennsylvania, we are granted the right to clean air and water under article 1 section 27 of the state constitution.
Thomas Pike
02:59:44
The state of Pennsylvania has not delivered on their obligations under our state constitution.  While we recognize EPA is a federal agency, because of the inaction and harmful actions of our state government, we must request that EPA take this small step toward filling that gap the state has left by passing these rules.  The proposed rule would cover gaps in the current way we currently measure methane emissions.  Methane is 82 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide.  This gives EPA a tool and an argument for future restrictions on proliferation of methane infrastructure.  This rule would be one step along that long path.  Long term the solution is to create such a burden on the industry to comply with the new rules that it reflects the true cost of doing business.  The gas industry has been socializing costs and privatizing profits for a century and a half.  If they are forced to account for a true cost of their business model, the industry will cease to be profitable, which is precisely the outcome we must seek if my community or even our biosphere is to survive.  My parents' drinking water and that of 80,000 other people comes from a reservoir called Beaver Run.  You aren't allowed to fish there or boat there, but if industry wants to frack right next to it, regulators roll out a red carpet.  There are at least seven methane fracking wells located immediately next to the reservoir.  I will include pictures of this in my written comment.  The images are horrific, so I'm not going to mince words.  My parents are being poisoned.  My parents are being killed.  If you cannot hold their assailants liable criminally as I believe personally they ought to be, then at least pass regulations to make the assailants admit to what they are doing to people, to the planet, and to my parents.  To the industry shills who joined this call arguing for less frequent measurements and less stringent rules, if you're still listening or if you're reading this comment in the Federal Register, I hope you quit your jobs and stop carrying water for the industry that is poisoning mine.  It's not too late to walk away and save what is left of your soul.  For the reasons enumerated, Protect PT supports the rule as written, and would be even more heartened to see the EPA incorporate revisions suggested by the Environmental Defense Fund.  We shouldn't settle for good enough, and this rule can be made stronger by taking the EDF's suggestions.  Please pass the strongest possible version of this rule.  Thank you for your time.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:02:06
Thank you for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?
Julius Banks
03:02:11
I have one request, Mark.  Julius Banks.  Mr. Pike, would you be willing to share results of your monitoring in the air docket for this rulemaking?
Thomas Pike
03:02:23
I am not an Environmental Scientist.  We have one on staff.  We do air monitoring mostly for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  I have already submitted our written our comment but we can; I can talk to her and I can see what I can include in an additional comment.  We do monitoring in Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties, Pennsylvania.
Julius Banks
03:02:46
Thank you very much.
Thomas Pike
03:02:48
Thank you.  I appreciate it.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:02:51
Thank you for your testimony.  I'm going to now call on any group 6 speakers who were not here when their name was originally called.  A quick reminder on providing testimony, you'll receive an invitation to become a panelist on zoom.  You'll need to accept that invitation when it pops up on your screen and you'll then have the ability to unmute your line.  If you're joining by phone, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand to let us know that you're here.  We're running a little ahead of schedule, so also if we have any speakers who would like to speak earlier or if we have any unregistered participants who would like to speak, please send a note in the chat and we'll try to accommodate.
So I'll call on Marta Guttenberg again.  And if you've registered by phone, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand.
Okay, next, we will go to Jerry Rivers.  Again, Mr. Rivers, if you are online, and joined by phone, again, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand to let us know that you're here.
And then I'll call again on Thomas Smith.  Mr. Smith, if you are here and have joined by phone, please press star 9.
Okay.  I think with that, we will conclude speaker group 6.  And move on to speaker group 7.  Again, if you have not registered and would like to speak, please send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or you can send a chat.
We'll get started with Pattrice Tomcik.  Pattrice, are you on the line?  We'll come back.  The next speaker, speaker number two, is Katie Muth.
Next, I will call in Lisa Finley-DeVille.
Kellie Dubay
03:06:15
From what I understand, Lisa Finley-DeVille is with Lisa Anderson.  If we can elevate Lisa Anderson to a panelist, Lisa Finley-Deville will be able to provide testimony -- or Liz Anderson, I'm sorry, Liz Anderson is with Lisa Finley-DeVille.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:06:34
Great, thank you.  You'll be receiving an invitation to become a panelist on zoom.  You can accept that panelist invitation when it pops up on your screen.  And you'll have 4 minutes for your testimony.
Lisa Finley-DeVille
03:06:54
Hello.  Can you hear me?
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:06:56
We can.  Welcome.
Lisa Finley-DeVille
03:06:58
Thank you.  So my name is Lisa Finley-DeVille.  I'm a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation and I am a lifelong resident of Fort Bristle in the heart of North Dakota -- I'm a parent, a grandparent and a state representative for North Dakota District 4A.  Me, my family and community are living in a doubly sacrificed zone.  First, we are negatively impacted by the immediate effects from living in proximity to oil and gas activity.  Second, in dealing with impacts of climate change that have been felt throughout my community including drought, fire, and extreme weather events.  Mitigating these impacts will ensure that our future generations have clean water, clean air, and clean land to grow food and to live.  Native American land has been under attack since the arrival of Europeans.  Mother Earth is our identity and when we hurt Mother Earth, we hurt ourselves.  Climate change will be the end of us all.  My ancestors fought to protect Mother Earth for their future generations just as I fight today for future generations.  Transparency and clear communications from industry to my community has never been good.  So I am pleased to see some of the updates in this proposal.  Anything that improves accuracy of information coming from industry regarding large releases and everyday emissions will be an improvement.  Those of us who live near oil and gas activity know that we are being affected.  Our lived experience does not match what's being reported by industry.  EPA should strengthen reporting and requirements in the final rule and should integrate top-down basin-level measurement data, which provides a full picture of reported emissions.  Including intermittent emissions which are often not caught because they do not happen all the time.  In order to ensure accuracy in reported numbers, EPA must require independent verification of what industry is reporting, and what locations industry is getting their numbers, so not just the least polluting sites and equipment are used.  Changes I would like to see include EPA requiring reporting of other large release events, as these emissions are not reflected in Subpart W. I support EPA moving toward major equipment-based emission factors that use recent real world data adjusted for frequent large emitters.
Lisa Finley-DeVille
03:09:41
This would simplify an increased accuracy of the reporting.  Finally I'd like to have the higher emissions due to malfunctioning equipment be required because currently Subpart W does not accurately account for emissions from equipment malfunctions or failures.  This is a major environmental justice issue from EPA.  Mine is not the only marginalized community to pay with our health, our land, and our future, and I appreciate the opportunity to speak and I hope your changes to Subpart W are strong, lasting, and just.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:10:17
Thank you very much for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  All right, thank you very much.  I'm going to take things a little out of order to accommodate Liz Anderson.  Liz, if you're there, we can go to you next.
Liz Anderson
03:10:41
Okay.  If Mr. Digiulio is ready, I would appreciate -- sorry.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:10:49
Of course.  No problem.  We'll go to Chris Digiulio.  Mr. Digiulio, you'll be receiving an invitation to become a panelist on zoom when you see that, please accept the invite and you can go ahead whenever you're ready. You'll have four minutes.
Christina Digiulio
03:11:10
Hello, my name is Christina Digiulio actually.  So hello, my name is Christina Digiulio, and I am a retired Analytical Chemist who helped to develop sensor systems for the Department of Defense.  Currently I'm working for Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania as a Field Scientist.  As a part of my work as a Field Scientist, I'm working on air monitoring and impacted communities across the state, and optical gas imaging of facilities here in Pennsylvania in order to help others understand what is released into the air in order to correlate the health outcomes related to methane exposure caused by oil and gas drilling or fracking in Pennsylvania.  I'm also a certified thermographer of optical gas imaging.  So basically the harmful effects of fracking -- has on public health of our communities are detrimental, as we've seen here in Pennsylvania.  By reducing methane emissions and advocating for methane safeguards we can improve air quality, water quality, and our health, and especially for those living nearby oil and gas operations, these methane emissions can increase the risk of heart disease, lung disease, asthma, infertility for men and women, cancer such as lymphatic leukemia, Ewing's sarcoma and reduce life, longevity in comparison to those who do not live within close proximity to an oil and gas site according to the compendium that was published by PSR and Concerned Health Professionals of New York with scientific medical and medical and media findings demonstrating risk and harms of the oil and gas drilling.  Climate change is a health issue and the agency must use all of the scientific knowledge that's currently available and prioritize protecting the health and safety of the public and our environment above all else.  The issues we're supporting are actually the emissions must have -- emission factors have to have an empirical basis.  Also the incidence of large emissions being included is, -- large events or super emitters can be a significant source of GHG-- will be required to be reported, that is something we are thankful for having as an addition.  However, there's other things that I would like to bring up and it would be to require optical gas imaging for all affected facilities.  Stationary and continuous OGI is an available technology for leak monitoring. OGI is a simple noninvasive qualitative process that consists of surveying a facility with specialized infrared cameras that make gas leaks readily apparent on the screen.  This technology will result in more frequent and accurate data that would help catch emissions data from potential super emitter incidents.  The ease of this testing method means it is not unreasonable to conduct testing more frequently than once per quarter.  In comparison, EPA's Method 21 is a long intensive quantitative method of leak detection that requires readings to be taken by hand with the sensitive gas monitor-- by virtue of it being a long process performed by hand, it can also be susceptible to human error.  We also would like to require -- we would like the EPA to require operators covered by the reporting threshold to use data from OGI and inspections that will be required under EPA's forthcoming methane rule to more accurately account for methane emissions. And EPA should definitely use top-down approaches such as continuous aerial monitoring to detect and quantify especially large emissions particularly super emitters from oil and gas sources and these emission events generally do not have empirical emission factors and calculating their magnitude would likely not be accurate.
Christina Digiulio
03:14:54
Reported data including those under the proposed revisions to the onshore and oil gas production and gathering and boosting industries should remain publicly available.  And we also support reduce, to reduce the current reporting limit and methane emissions charge threshold of 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent or CO2e to 10,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents CO2e as originally proposed in the Build Back Better Act.
Kellie Dubay
03:15:23
Christina, your time is up, if you could wrap up.
Christina Digiulio
03:15:26
I'm good.  That's the last thing I wanted to say anyway.  Thank you so much for your time.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:15:30
Thanks for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  All right, great.  Thank you.  With that, we will go to Liz Anderson.  Whenever you're ready, you'll have 4 minutes.
Liz Anderson
03:16:07

Apologies.  Computer is a little slow today.  I understand.  My name is Liz Anderson.  I'm Lead Organizer for Dakota Resource Council.  A statewide membership led group that's been around for almost 45 years, and I work in the oil and gas campaigns and particularly work within the boundaries of Fort Berthold reservation.  I also live east of Bismarck and so I am downwind of a lot of the power plants and emissions that come through North Dakota.  We, at Dakota Resource Council, just installed air monitors within the boundaries of Fort Berthold and they are the first to go in within tens of miles, probably 50s of miles because the state and the federal government do not have any monitoring.  And so this, to reduce emissions and to track what emissions industry is reporting to make sure that it's verified are really important tools.  These emissions, as Lisa mentioned, affect immediately, due to living near oil and gas extraction activities, and then also the secondary impact of climate change, which affects all of us.  I feel that the proposed updates to Subpart W are going to increase accuracy of the reported emissions and would include requirements to report large releases. That absolutely should happen and we know from imaging from airplanes and satellite that what is being reported by companies is an underestimation, and that just makes sense.  They're not going to accurately report what they're emitting unless they have to.  So I want to see these changes, and strict policies and guidelines for how they report it, how they're checked on, and what locations they're reporting from.  So I appreciate the accountability for super emitter events.  It's a really important addition.  They are not currently reflected, and a lot of them are really large, and basically go unnoticed by the public.  The update of emission factors, industry can calculate their emissions using the default assumptions for pollution from different types of equipment, and it's critical that these emission factors accurately reflect real pollution, because that is what real people are really breathing.  And this is all about the people.  We need to move away from supporting industry and start supporting the health and well-being of the people directly affected.  And frankly all of us are going to be affected by these greenhouse gases as climate change becomes more and more real.
The proposal of multiple changes that would require operators to report higher emissions when they discover malfunctioning equipment such as a stuck dump valve or open hatches, that's important too, we support the changes because Subpart W does not currently address, as you know, doesn't address emissions from equipment failures and malfunctions.  So I appreciate this effort.  I think there are some good pieces and I look forward to seeing what the final rule is, and I just urge you all to keep people in proximity to these operations in the forefront of your mind as you're making these rules.  Thank you very much.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:19:55
Thank you for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the panel?  Thank you again for your time.
Liz Anderson
03:20:04
Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:20:05
Our next speaker is Bill Sabey.  Bill, you'll see a panelist invitation pop up on your screen where you'll have the ability to unmute yourself.
Bill Sabey
03:20:31
Yes, thank you.  Hi.  I'm Bill Sabey.  I'm a Volunteer Community Advocate for the Transition to Clean Energy with PAcleanenergy.com.  There are more than 200 similar volunteers in southeast Pennsylvania advocating for clean air and clean energy.  It is vitally important for the survivability of our planet and humanity that we eliminate all sources of methane emissions to the atmosphere.  Recent reports of natural tipping points of carbon and methane emissions from melting and previously frozen tundra, peat, and other underground caverns that are now finding their way to the surface, it is vitally important that we eliminate any man-made methane emissions that we can.  I fully support the rule improvements that tracking - that are proposed and in addition, I would like to see the Clean Air Council's recommendations included, and they have previously submitted those so I won't repeat them, but there were two additions to the rule they recommend and eight strengthening rule improvements.  So I would submit those if I can still through written comments.  I'll release my time back.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:21:54
Thank you, sir.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:21:56
Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  All right.  Thank you again for your testimony.
Our next speaker is Gertrude Glazer.  I don't believe we see her on the participants list.  Gertrude, if you are here and have joined by phone, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand to let us know that you're here.  We'll give you a minute.
Kellie Dubay
03:22:27
Mark, we don't even have any phone participants at the moment if you'd like to continue.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:22:31
Okay, great.  I'm going to double back to any group 7 speakers who weren't here when their name was originally called.  We'll start with Pattrice Tomcik.  You'll receive an invitation to become a panelist on zoom and you can accept that invitation when it pops up on your screen.
Pattrice Tomcik
03:22:58
All right.  Hello.  Can you all hear me?
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:23:01
We can.
Pattrice Tomcik
03:23:02
All right.  Thank you so much.  Thank you for this opportunity to speak today and my name is Pattrice Tomcik.  I'm the mother of two boys living in the town of Gibsonia in southwest Pennsylvania on top of the Marcellus shale.  I'm a National Field Director for Moms Clean Air Force, a community of over 1.5 million parents, united nationwide to protect our children's health from air pollution and climate change.  I support the EPA's proposed updates to Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program that would improve the tracking of greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry.  Now while we're all vulnerable to air pollution and climate change, certain populations are impacted more such as children and front-line communities located the closest to oil and gas operations.  Over nine years ago, parents in my community protested the proposal to frack unconventional gas wells approximately half a mile from our children's school campus, where there's 3,200 students in attendance.  As I was doing research on the subject, I remembered how absolutely shocked and in disbelief I was to find out that emissions from oil and gas operations are based on industry self-reported emissions estimates and not on empirical measurements.  I think the general public is amazed at this too.  This is what began my advocacy work to protect children from air pollution and climate change.  Through my science background, I knew that the accuracy of emissions data is so important and serves as a foundation for critical rules and policies to protect communities from air pollution and climate change.  EPA should define guardrails and require independent verification of self-reported measurements to ensure any company reported data accurately represents emissions and is not limited to under, unrepresentative sites or equipment that typically have lower emissions.  Today in the U.S., more than 3 million children go to school within a half mile of oil and gas operations that puts their health at risk.  We already have the technology and knowledge to get more accurate data and I would like to recommend the EPA further strengthen reporting requirements in the final rule by more comprehensively incorporating measurement data, including from aerial observations, and account for intermittent emissions with statistical methods.  Families like mine who live with oil and gas operations in their communities support the addition of reporting large emission events.  Front-line community members are often the first to detect leaks through sight, smell, and sound.  I urge you to provide clear guidance for reporting these super emitter events and a clear pathway for community members to participate by ensuring that approved monitoring technologies and data are accessible to all.  Addressing large pollution leaks from the oil and gas operations in a timely manner can really help to protect our children's health and the climate.  In summary, I support the EPA's proposed updates to Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program that would improve the tracking in greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:26:17
Thank you.  You had mentioned some oil and gas activities near a particular school.  What was the name of that school?
Pattrice Tomcik
03:26:24
That is the school that my children attend, and that's the Mars Area School District.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:26:31
Great.  Thank you very much.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  All right, thank you again for your testimony.
Pattrice Tomcik
03:26:41
Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:26:42
We'll move on to our next speaker, Katie Muth.  Katie, you'll receive an invitation to become a panelist.  Once you accept that, you can unmute yourself and you'll have 4 minutes for your testimony.
Katie Muth
03:27:06
Can you hear me okay?  My computer froze briefly so I just want to make sure before I start talking.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:27:11
Yes, we can hear you.  Thank you.
Katie Muth
03:27:13
Thank you, Mark.  Thank you very much.  Thank you to the EPA for allowing this opportunity for public comment on the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems.  I'm State Senator Katie Muth, I represent portions of Chester, Montgomery and, Berks county out in southeastern Pennsylvania, and while my district is in southeastern Pennsylvania, currently where there are no actual frack pads which are high methane emitters, we have gas and oil infrastructure galore via pipelines, pump stations, pigging stations, all sorts of infrastructure for the cradle to grave process of oil and gas, as Pennsylvania is the number two producer in the nation and also one of the most polluted states in the country.  I also grew up in Westmoreland County, so I have lived on the other side of the state for over two decades before I went to Penn State and now I'm on the other side of the state, and currently my elementary school that I attended also which would be in the Franklin Regional School District has a frack pad near it, another one recently approved, so to the previous speaker who's in Gibsonia, I appreciate her mentioning that.  I've spoken to dozens of Pennsylvania families, property owners, farmers, all who have had their quality of life, their property, their health, and their drinking water ruined by the Marcellus Shale industry, and its also associated partners in the petrochemical industry.  Oil and gas is one of the leading sources of methane pollution in the United States emitting roughly 16 million metric tons of methane every year and that's just what is reported as mentioned by a previous speaker. The self-reporting method is a complete failure and allows for loopholes and dishonest data and a year delayed time frame here in Pennsylvania; we don't get emissions reporting until a year after the date of when a pollution event would've occurred.  Pollution from small wells is also a problem, we know we have many, many abandoned wells here in Pennsylvania and some that apparently the DEP and other regulators aren't aware if they're abandoned or still active.  In fact, while low producing wells account for just 6% of production nationwide, these wells are responsible for over 50% of [inaudible] at these oil and gas well sites.  You drive down the Pennsylvania turnpike, get off a few exits, you can see some of these abandoned structures all along the roadways.  According to data by the Clean Air Council, the north or east region of the United States, these wells emit 1.2 million tons of methane annually.  We know that methane traps about 80 times as much heat, more heat as carbon dioxide on average and over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere, it's responsible for approximately one-third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today.  The international energy agency estimates that methane is responsible for about 30% of the rise in global temperature since the industrial revolution in rapid and sustained reduction in methane emissions are the absolute critical key and imperative factor to limit near-term warming and improve air quality.  To be blunt, if the EPA does not take action immediately and put more stringent regulations on methane, the existential threat of climate change in this climate crisis is no longer a threat but a reality.  And we know that 80% of people may endure heat waves, we've seen floods, we've seen wildfires, we had the deadliest wildfire in this country's history in over a hundred years in Maui, and with hundreds of people missing and over a hundred killed.  We know that it impacts croplands and our ability to produce food, and every level of government should be working to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions, but what I hear lately on the state level is hydrogen hubs galore and carbon capture, carbon capture, carbon capture - and what carbon capture does not capture is methane.  I know my time is up.  I can submit the remainder of my remarks in written format and I also would just reiterate the previous request to have an extension deadline for these comments because this is a very detailed change and it's an important one and also that there would be real time data implementation available if we can find where an Amazon package is located and look at the purple air monitor system with real time data, then our government should also provide real time data of the permits and the emissions that those permits pollute out into the air so we can see that in real time, not a year later. And make all information accessible to the public.  There should be no confidentiality for this industry as they've hidden enough secrets that have caused a lot of harm.  If it's not harmful, then why can't we all know the information is the question I would ask.  So thank you again to the agency for your work today to put this together and hopefully you'll extend the submission period so that additional stakeholders can provide more detailed comment on this change.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:32:24
Thank you, Senator, for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  Thank you again.  I'll call again on Gertrude Glazer.  Gertrude, if you're here, please, I don't believe we see you in the participant list, so please send a message to the chat if you are here.
Kellie Dubay
03:32:52
We also do have one person on the phone, so it's possible Gertrude is on the line.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:32:56
Ah, yes.  If you are on the phone, please press star 9 to raise your digital hand.
Not hearing her, I'll open it up to any participants who have not registered to speak, if you are interested in testifying today, please send a message in the chat to attendee support, or you can send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
And with that, again, my name is Mark DeFigueiredo.  I've been chairing this public hearing session.  I want to thank everyone who has shared comments so far today on EPA's proposed action.  We don't have any more registered speakers.  I invite anyone who is participating as an observer to speak before we close this hearing.  Again, please send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>if you would like to speak.  At this time, we're going to take a short recess.  We'll recess for 10 minutes to ensure everyone has been given the opportunity to testify today.  So we'll come back to you in 10 minutes.  Thank you.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:34:34
Welcome back from the break.  My name is Mark DeFigueiredo.  I've been chairing today's public hearing session.  We do have one additional speaker, Jozee Zuniga, who has requested to testify today.  If anyone else would like to testify today and hasn't spoken yet, please send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or you can send a chat to "Attendee Support" if you wish to speak.  And with that, we will go to Jozee Zuniga.  Jozee, you'll receive an invitation to become a panelist on zoom.  You'll need to accept that panelist invitation when it pops up on your screen and from there, you'll have the ability to unmute your line.  You'll have four minutes and you can start whenever you're ready.
Jozee Zuniga
03:35:21
Hello.  My name is Jozee Zuniga and I'm an organizer with Citizens Caring for the Future, which is a small grassroots organization based out of the Permian basin, more specifically the Carlsbad area. High oil export areas like the Permian basin could greatly benefit from the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.  In Carlsbad alone, since the beginning of 2023, we have surpassed the nationwide limit for pollution multiple times over, meaning Carlsbad is an unsafe area for citizens with such high pollution levels.  When we've seen from the various PFAS reports that these chemicals being released into our air are unsafe for citizens.  Holding these companies accountable by reporting unsafe levels will keep New Mexicans and others living in front-line areas safe.  Thank you for your time.
Mark DeFigueiredo
03:36:12
Thank you very much for your testimony.  Do we have any questions from the EPA panel?  Thank you again.  It does not appear that we have anybody else who has requested to speak.

 Again, my name is Mark DeFigueiredo.  I've been chairing this hearing session.  At this time, I'd like to thank my fellow panelists and everyone who offered testimony today, and all of you who have taken time out of your schedules to listen in to today's hearing on EPA's proposed Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems.  Remember you can continue to submit comments on this proposed rule through October 2nd, 2023.  EPA will be holding a technical outreach webinar to present on this recently proposed rule that will take place on September 7th, 2023 from 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time.  Information about this webinar and how to register is available on the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program website at epa.gov/ghgreporting, and also, we'll be sending information via email following the conclusion of today's hearing.  Thank you again for joining us today, and this hearing is now adjourned.


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0992; FRL-9331-9]

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include
import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Chemical
Substances Inventory (TSCA Inventory)) to notify EPA and comply with
the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new
chemicals. Under TSCA sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3), EPA is required to
publish in the Federal Register a notice of receipt of a premanufacture
notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME),
and to publish in the Federal Register periodic status reports on the
new chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement
(NOC) to manufacture those chemicals. This document, which covers the
period from November 1, 2011 to December 2, 2011, and provides the
required notice and status report, consists of the PMNs and TME, both
pending or expired, and the NOC to manufacture a new chemical that the
Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.

DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number,
must be received on or before March 2, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0992, and the specific PMN number or TME
number for the chemical related to your comment, by one of the
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The
DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
    Instructions: EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line
at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or
email. The regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email
comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of
the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only
in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in
hard copy, at the OPPT Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of
operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is
(202) 566-0280. Docket visitors are required to show photographic
identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor
log. All visitor bags are processed through an X-ray machine and
subject to search. Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must
be visible at all times in the building and returned upon departure.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact:
Bernice Mudd, Information Management Division (7407M), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-8951; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. As such, the
Agency has not attempted to describe the specific entities that this
action may apply to. Although others may be affected, this action
applies directly to the submitter of the PMNs addressed in this action.
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to
a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Why is EPA taking this action?

    EPA classifies a chemical substance as either an ``existing''
chemical or a ``new'' chemical. Any chemical substance that is not on
EPA's TSCA Inventory is classified as a ``new chemical,'' while those
that are on the TSCA Inventory are classified as an ``existing
chemical.'' For more information about the TSCA Inventory go to: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/newchems/pubs/inventory.htm. Anyone who plans to
manufacture or import a new chemical substance for a non-exempt
commercial purpose is required by TSCA section 5 to provide EPA with a
PMN, before initiating the activity. Section 5(h)(1) of TSCA authorizes
EPA to allow persons, upon application, to manufacture (includes
import) or process a new chemical substance, or a chemical substance
subject to a significant new use rule (SNUR) issued under TSCA section
5(a), for ``test marketing'' purposes, which 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(d)(2) and 5(d)(3), EPA is required to publish
in the Federal Register a notice of receipt of a PMN or an application
for a TME and to publish in the Federal Register periodic status
reports on the new chemicals under review and the receipt of NOCs to
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the
period from November 1, 2011 to December 2, 2011, consists of the PMNs
and TME, both pending or expired, and the NOCs to manufacture a new
chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this
time period.

III. Receipt and Status Reports

    In Table I. of this unit, EPA provides the following information
(to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the PMNs
received by EPA during this period: The EPA case number assigned to the
PMN, the date the PMN was received by EPA, the projected end date for
EPA's review of the PMN, the submitting manufacturer/importer, the
potential uses identified by the manufacturer/importer in the PMN, and
the chemical identity.

                                           Table I--43 PMNs Received From November 1, 2011 to December 2, 2011
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                                           Projected
       Case No.          Received Date    Notice End      Manufacturer/Importer                Use                               Chemical
                                             Date
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P-12-0040.............      11/01/2011      01/29/2012  Essential Industries....  (S) A polymer in printing      (S) Hexanedioic acid, polymer with 2,2-
                                                                                applications; a polymer for    dimethyl-1,3-propanediol,
                                                                                pigment and or ink             diethylamine, 1,2-etahne diamine, 3-
                                                                                dispersions.                   hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl
                                                                                propanoic acid and 1,1'-methylenebis[4-
                                                                                isocyanatocyclohexane], compd. with
                                                                                n,n-diethylethanamine
P-12-0041.............      11/01/2011      01/29/2012  Zydex Industries........  (S) Waterproofing inorganic    (G) Silane quats.
                                                                                substrates. trade name
                                                                                zycosil; asphalt binder
                                                                                modifier. Trade name
                                                                                Zycosoil and Nanotac;
                                                                                waterproofing of soil.
P-12-0042.............      11/01/2011      01/29/2012  Clariant Corporation....  (G) A component in leather     (G) Polyurethane aqueous dispersion.
                                                                                finishing formulations.
P-12-0043.............      11/03/2011      01/31/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Additive, open, non-       (G) 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methyl-2-
                                                                                dispersive use.                propanoate, polymer with alkyl-
                                                                                substituted methyl-2-propanoate, salt
                                                                                with mono(alkyl-substituted
                                                                                polyalkoxyether)butanedioates.
P-12-0044.............      11/04/2011      02/01/2012  CBI.....................  (G) This product has utility   (G) Multi-wall carbon nanotubes.
                                                                                as an intermediate for
                                                                                formulation in industrial
                                                                                and manufacturing uses in a
                                                                                wide range of polymers and
                                                                                materials including rubber,
                                                                                thermoplatics, engineered
                                                                                plastics, cement, latexes,
                                                                                ceramics, photovoltaic
                                                                                materials, capacitor
                                                                                materials, battery
                                                                                materials, and electrostatic
                                                                                and heat transfer coatings.
P-12-0045.............      11/04/2011      02/01/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Additive, open, non-       (G) Epoxy resin, reaction product with
                                                                                dispersive use.                amines.
P-12-0046.............      11/08/2011      02/05/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Silicone antifoam........  (G) Aryl functional silicone.
P-12-0047.............      11/08/2011      02/05/2012  Eastman Kodak Company...  (S) Use as a chemical          (S) Benzoic acid, 4-(1,3-dihydro-1,3-
                                                                                intermediate..                 dioxo-2h-isoindol-2-yl)-2-hydroxy-,
                                                                                methyl ester.

P-12-0048.............      11/08/2011      02/05/2012  CBI.....................  (S) Additive for electrolyte   (G) Dioxolane fluoropropoxymethyl.
                                                                                mixtures for batteries and
                                                                                other electrical and other
                                                                                electronic devices.
P-12-0049.............      11/08/2011      02/05/2012  Marshallton Research      (G) Waste remediation........  (G) Alkylcatechol-substituted alkoxy-
                                                         Laboratories, Inc..                                      substituted calixarene.
P-12-0050.............      11/09/2011      02/06/2012  Indulor America, L......  (G) Optical brightener.......  (G) Sulfonated stilbene derivative.
P-12-0051.............      11/10/2011      02/07/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Polymer foam additive....  (G) Substituted alkylamide.
P-12-0052.............      11/10/2011      02/07/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Polymer foam additive....  (G) Substituted alkylamide.
P-12-0053.............      11/10/2011      02/07/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Chemical intermediate....  (G) Substituted alkylester.
P-12-0054.............      11/17/2011      02/14/2012  CBI.....................  (S) Ultraviolet curable        (G) Urethane acrylate.
                                                                                polymer for clear coatings
                                                                                for wood, plastic and metal.
P-12-0055.............      11/17/2011      02/14/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Foam stabilizer and        (G) Partially fluorinated acrylic
                                                                                coating additive.              copolymer.
P-12-0056.............      11/18/2011      02/15/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Component of coatings....  (G) Isocyanate polymer, alcohol-
                                                                                blocked.
P-12-0057.............      11/18/2011      02/15/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Component of coatings....  (G) Hydroxyalkenoate, polymer with
                                                                                isocyanate and diglycol, alcohol-
                                                                                blocked.
P-12-0058.............      11/18/2011      02/15/2012  Innovative Science        (S) Placticizer for polyvinyl  (S) Waste plastics, poly(ethylene
                                                         Technology.               chloride resin.                terephthalate), depolymented with by-
                                                                                products from manuf. of 2-
                                                                                butoxyethanol, and isotridecanol,
                                                                                ethylene glycol-free fraction.
P-12-0059.............      11/21/2011      02/18/2012  CBI.....................  (S) Binder for metal coatings  (G) Epoxy urethane.
P-12-0060.............      11/23/2011      02/20/2012  Henkel Corporation......  (S) A polymerizable component  (S) 2-propenoic acid, sodium salt,
                                                                                in novel adhesive/sealant      reaction products with 1,3-bis(1-
                                                                                formulations.                  chloro-1-methylethyl)benzene and
                                                                                butadiene-isobutylene polymer.
P-12-0061.............      11/23/2011      02/20/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Ink vehicle..............  (G) Modified acrylic copolymer.
P-12-0062.............      11/23/2011      02/20/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Sealants and adhesives...  (G) Dimethylalkoxylated
                                                                                polydimethylsiloxane and methoxy
                                                                                functional silica.
P-12-0063.............      11/24/2011      02/21/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Sealants and adhesives...  (G) Acryloxy functional siloxane.
P-12-0064.............      11/23/2011      02/20/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Pmn substance used as an   (G) Green line emitting phosphor.
                                                                                illuminating phosphor.
P-12-0065.............      11/25/2011      02/22/2012  Western Iowa Energy.....  (G) Petrochemical replacement  (S) Fatty acids, animal, me esters.
P-12-0066.............      11/25/2011      02/22/2012  Western Iowa Energy.....  (G) Petrochemical replacement  (S) Fatty acids, cooking oil wastes, me
                                                                                esters.
P-12-0067.............      11/25/2011      02/22/2012  Western Iowa Energy.....  (G) Petrochemical replacement  (S) Fatty acids, poultry, me esters.
P-12-0068.............      11/28/2011      02/25/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Open, non-dispersive       (G) Modified fluorinated urethane.
                                                                                textile finish.
P-12-0069.............      11/15/2011      02/12/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Lubricity additive.......  (G) Fatty acids compounds with
                                                                                cyclohexanamine.
P-12-0070.............      11/15/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Lubricity additive.......  (G) Fatty acids compounds with
                                                                                butanamine.
P-12-0071.............      11/11/2011      02/08/2012  CBI.....................  (S) Used as a food additive;   (S) Disphosphoric acid, magnesium salt
                                                                                foaming agent used in the      (1:1).
                                                                                manufacture of plastic parts.
P-12-0072.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  Corsitech...............  (G) Clay and shale formation   (G) Quaternary ammonium compound.
                                                                                stabilizer in well
                                                                                stimulation and drilling mud
                                                                                formulations.
P-12-0073.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  H.B. Fuller Company.....  (G) Industrial adhesive......  (G) Castor oil, polymer with
                                                                                hydrogenated vegetable oil, 1,1'-
                                                                                methylenebis[isocyanatobenzene] and
                                                                                isocynate.
P-12-0074.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Intermediate for           (G) Halogenated substituted alkane,
                                                                                lubricating oil.               potassium salt.
P-12-0075.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Intermediate for           (G) Halogenated substituted alkane,
                                                                                lubricating oil.               potassium salt.
P-12-0076.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Intermediate for           (G) Halide salt of alkyl-substituted
                                                                                lubricating oil.               nitrogen heterocycle.
P-12-0077.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Lubricating oil..........  (G) Salt of alkyl-substituted nitrogen
                                                                                heterocycle.
P-12-0078.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Polymer additive.........  (S) 1-octanesulfonic acid,
                                                                                3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-
                                                                                tridecafluoro-, barium salt (2:1).

P-12-0079.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (G) Polymerization aid.......  (S) 1-octanesulfonic acid,
                                                                                3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-
                                                                                tridecafluoro-, potassium salt (1:1).
P-12-0080.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  CBI.....................  (S) Paint or coating           (G) Fluoroethylene-vinylether
                                                                                component.                     copolymer.
P-12-0081.............      11/29/2011      02/26/2012  Icx Agentase............  (G) The PMN substance is used  (G) Aromatic substituted
                                                                                in liquid and polymer-based    isobenzofuranone.
                                                                                sensors that change color in
                                                                                the presence of hazardous
                                                                                chemical contamination
                                                                                (chemical weapons).
P-12-0082.............      11/30/2011      02/27/2012  Tk Holdings, Inc........  (S) Fuel for gas generant in   (S) Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-3,5-dinitro-
                                                                                automotive air bag inflators.  , ammonium salt (1:1).
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    In Table II of this unit, EPA provides the following information
(to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the TMEs
received by EPA during this period: The EPA case number assigned to the
TME, the date the TME was received by EPA, the projected end date for
EPA's review of the TME, the submitting manufacturer/importer, the
potential uses identified by the manufacturer/importer in the TME, and
the chemical identity.

                                           Table II-1--TME Received From November 1, 2011 to December 2, 2011
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                                           Projected
       Case No.          Received date    notice end     Manufacturer/ Importer                Use                               Chemical
                                             date
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T-12-0003.............      11/18/2011      01/01/2012  Innovative science        (S) Plasticizer for polyvinyl  (S) Carboxylic acids. di-, c4-6,
                                                         technology.               chloride resin.                polymers with ethylene glycol and 2-(2-
                                                                                phenoxyethoxy) ethanol
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    In Table III. of this unit, EPA provides the following information
(to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the NOCs
received by EPA during this period: The EPA case number assigned to the
NOC, the date the NOC was received by EPA, the projected end date for
EPA's review of the NOC, and chemical identity.

                      Table III--37 NOCs Received From November 1, 2011 to December 2, 2011
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                                                              Commencement
                  Case No.                    Received date    notice end                  Chemical
                                                                  date
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P-95-1949..................................      11/01/2011      06/27/1997  (G) Aromatic dianhydride and
                                                                              aliphatic esters, compound with
                                                                              aromatic diamines.
P-07-0554..................................      11/10/2011      10/18/2011  (G) Fatty acid ester, alcohol
                                                                              alkoxylate.
P-10-0273..................................      11/02/2011      09/30/2011  (G) Perfluoroalkylethyl
                                                                              methacrylate copolymer.
P-10-0290..................................      11/29/2011      10/17/2011  (G) Methacrylate terminated
                                                                              polyester.
P-10-0464..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) 9-octadecenoic acid, 2-
                                                                              ethylhexyl ester, (9e).
P-10-0465..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) 9-octadecenoic acid (9z)-,
                                                                              dimer, 2-ethylhexyl ester,
                                                                              isomerized.
P-10-0466..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) 9-octadecenoic acid (9z)-,
                                                                              homopolymer, 2-ethylhexyl ester,
                                                                              isomerized.
P-10-0566..................................      11/17/2011      10/26/2011  (S) Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-,
                                                                              reaction products with
                                                                              triethylenetetramine.
P-11-0033..................................      11/17/2011      10/26/2011  (S) Formaldehyde, polymer with 4-
                                                                              (1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol,
                                                                              reactions products with 1-
                                                                              piperazineethanamine.
P-11-0034..................................      11/17/2011      10/26/2011  (S) Formaldehyde, polymer with
                                                                              .alpha.-(2-aminomethylethyl)-
                                                                              .omega.-(2-
                                                                              aminomethylethoxy]poly[oxy(methyl-
                                                                              1,2-ethandiyl)] and 4-(1,1-
                                                                              dimethylethyl)phenol.
P-11-0042..................................      11/17/2011      10/26/2011  (S) 1,2-ethanediamine, N1,N2-bis(2-
                                                                              aminoethyl)-, reaction products
                                                                              with bu glycidyl ether.
P-11-0050..................................      11/23/2011      11/01/2011  (G) Organic-n,p-compound.
P-11-0059..................................      11/09/2011      11/01/2011  (G) Trialkylsilyl acrylate
                                                                              copolymer.
P-11-0174..................................      11/28/2011      11/03/2011  (G) Polyurethane dispersion in
                                                                              water.
P-11-0201..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) Fatty acids, C8	18 and C18-
                                                                              unsaturated., reaction products
                                                                              with isomerized oleic acid
                                                                              homopolymer.
P-11-0202..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) Fatty acids, coco, reaction
                                                                              products with isomerized oleic
                                                                              acid homopolymer.
P-11-0208..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) Fatty acids, C8	18 and C18-
                                                                              unsaturated., reaction products
                                                                              with isomerized oleic acid
                                                                              homopolymer 2-ethylhexyl ester.
P-11-0209..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) Fatty acids, coco, reaction
                                                                              products with isomerized oleic
                                                                              acid homopolymer 2-ethylhexyl
                                                                              ester.
P-11-0210..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) Fatty acids, C8	18 and C18-
                                                                              unsaturated., reaction products
                                                                              with isomerized oleic acid dimer 2-
                                                                              ethylhexyl ester.

P-11-0211..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) Fatty acids, coco, reaction
                                                                              products with isomerized oleic
                                                                              acid dimer 2-ethylhexyl ester.
P-11-0212..................................      11/04/2011      11/01/2011  (S) 9-octadecenoic acid (9z)-,
                                                                              homopolymer, isomerized.
P-11-0234..................................      11/21/2011      11/09/2011  (G) Oligmeric phenolic ether.
P-11-0316..................................      11/29/2011      11/28/2011  (S) Cyclohexane, oxidized, by-
                                                                              products from, distillation
                                                                              residues.
P-11-0333..................................      11/03/2011      10/06/2011  (G) Phosphated polyester.
P-11-0340..................................      11/17/2011      10/26/2011  (G) Formaldehyde polymer with
                                                                              reaction products of alkylated
                                                                              phenol and polyalkyltriamine.
P-11-0360..................................      11/03/2011      10/23/2011  (G) Quaternized polyvinylimidazole.
P-11-0383..................................      11/29/2011      11/24/2011  (G) Calcium alkyl salicylate.
P-11-0415..................................      11/21/2011      10/28/2011  (G) Hydrogenated tallow alkyl amine
                                                                              polymer with substituted siloxanes
                                                                              and substituted glycol ether salt.
P-11-0445..................................      11/02/2011      10/17/2011  (G) Polyalkyacrylate copolymer.
P-11-0468..................................      11/08/2011      11/03/2011  (G) Polyether amine derivative.
P-11-0473..................................      11/07/2011      11/02/2011  (S) Boron,
                                                                              trifluoro(tetrahydrofuran)-, (t-4)-
                                                                              , polymer with .alpha.-hydro-
                                                                              .omega.-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-
                                                                              ethanediyl) and 3-methyl-3-
                                                                              [(2,2,3,3,3-
                                                                              pentafluoropropoxy)methyl]oxetane.
P-11-0475..................................      11/15/2011      10/14/2011  (G) Alkylidene bisphenol, polymer
                                                                              with 2-(chloromethyl)oxirane,
                                                                              alkyl-oxo-2-propen-1-yl)oxy]alkyl
                                                                              4-cycloalkene-1,2-dicarboxylate.
P-11-0477..................................      11/01/2011      10/17/2011  (G) Dicarboxylic acid, compd. with
                                                                              1,6-hexanediamine alkyldioate,
                                                                              homopolymer.
P-11-0504..................................      11/25/2011      11/11/2011  (G) Ultra violet curable
                                                                              polyurethane acrylate.
P-11-0564..................................      11/16/2011      11/14/2011  (S) D-glucopyranose, oligomeric,
                                                                              c10-16-alkyl decyl octyl
                                                                              glycosides, 3-
                                                                              [(carboxymethyl)bis(2-
                                                                              hydroxyethyl)ammonio]-2-
                                                                              hydroxypropyl ethers, inner salts,
                                                                              polymers with 1,3-dichloro-2-
                                                                              propanol.
P-11-0572..................................      11/21/2011      11/15/2011  (S) 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol,
                                                                              polymer with 2-hydroxymethylethyl-
                                                                              terminated polybutadiene and 1,1'-
                                                                              methylenebis[4-isocyanatobenzene],
                                                                              C>14 alcs.-blocked.
P-11-0596..................................      11/22/2011      11/21/2011  (G) Hexanedioic acid, compd. with
                                                                              polyalkylenepolyamine.
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    If you are interested in information that is not included in these
tables, you may contact EPA as described in Unit II. to access
additional non-CBI information that may be available.

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    Dated: January 3, 2012.
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Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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