Notice2025-06571
Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS); Extension of Comment Period
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Published
April 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This document extends the comment period for the notice published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 73 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16128-16129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06571]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0504; FRL-12451-02-OW]
Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid
(PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS); Extension of Comment
Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the notice
published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal
Register on January 15, 2025.
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DATES: The comment period for the notice published in the Federal
Register on January 15, 2025 (90 FR 3859), which was extended on
February 21, 2025 (90 FR 10078), is further extended in response to
stakeholder requests for more time. The EPA is extending the comment
period, and the comments must be received on or before August 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2024-0504, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Tobias, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water
(Mail Code 4304T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8534;
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aac8c3c5d9c5c6c3ced9dad8c5cdd8cbc7eacfdacb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07656e6874686b6e63747775686075666a4762776629606871">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the comment period for
a draft risk assessment published on January 15, 2025 (90 FR 3859), and
the extension of comment period published on February 21, 2025 (90 FR
10078). Comments for notice FRL-12451-01-OW (90 FR 3859, January 15,
2025) must now be received on or before August 14, 2025.
This document extends the public comment period for the notice
``Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)
and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS),'' published in the Federal
Register document on January 15, 2025 (90 FR 3859) (FRL-12451-01-OW),
for an additional 120 days. In that document, the EPA announced the
availability of the ``Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid
(PFOS)'' for a 60-day public comment period. On February 21, 2025, the
EPA extended the public comment period for an additional 30 days (90 FR
10078) (FRL-12587-02-OA).
The draft risk assessment reflects the agency's latest scientific
understanding of the potential risks to human health and the
environment posed by the presence of PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge
that is land applied as a soil conditioner or fertilizer (on
agricultural, forested, and other lands), surface disposed, or
incinerated. The draft risk assessment focuses on those living on or
near impacted sites or those that rely primarily on their products
(e.g., food crops, animal products, drinking water); the draft risk
assessment does not model risks for the general public. The draft risk
assessment underwent independent external peer review, and the EPA
revised the draft document accordingly. Once finalized, the risk
assessment will provide information on risk from use or disposal of
sewage sludge and will inform the EPA's potential future regulatory
actions under the Clean Water Act.
The EPA is extending the comment period to allow interested parties
additional time to thoroughly review and analyze this draft science
document. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they
are already incorporated into the public record and will be considered
in the final risk assessment as appropriate.
To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions,
consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Tanya Hodge Mottley,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2025-06571 Filed 4-14-25; 4:15 pm]
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