[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1616]
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[Federal Register: January 26, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 761
[OPPTS-66015A; FRL-4752-6]
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Notice of Informal Hearing on
the Reclassification of PCB and PCB-Contaminated Transformers
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Informal Hearing.
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SUMMARY: On November 18, 1993 EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics published a proposed rule to amend the requirements that govern
the reclassification of certain PCB and PCB-Contaminated Transformers
to a lower regulatory status as a PCB-Contaminated (50 to
<500 ppm="" pcbs)="" or="" a="" non-pcb=""><50 ppm="" pcbs)="" transformer.="" in="" that="" notice,="" epa="" said="" it="" would="" hold="" an="" informal="" hearing="" if="" requested.="" epa="" received="" a="" request="" for="" a="" hearing="" on="" the="" proposed="" rule="" from="" the="" electric="" apparatus="" service="" association="" (easa).="" therefore,="" epa="" will="" hold="" a="" half-day="" informal,="" public="" hearing.="" dates:="" the="" hearing="" will="" take="" place="" on="" march="" 9,="" 1994="" from="" 9="" a.m.="" to="" 1="" p.m.="" reply="" comments="" should="" be="" received="" on="" or="" before="" march="" 23,="" 1994.="" written="" requests="" to="" participate="" in="" the="" hearing="" must="" be="" received="" on="" or="" before="" february="" 16,="" 1994.="" addresses:="" the="" hearing="" will="" be="" held="" at="" epa="" headquarters,="" 401="" m="" st.,="" sw.,="" washington="" dc,="" in="" conference="" room="" number="" 17="" in="" the="" washington="" information="" center="" (wic).="" three="" copies="" of="" the="" request="" to="" participate="" in="" the="" informal="" hearing,="" identified="" with="" the="" docket="" number="" oppts-66015a="" must="" be="" submitted="" to:="" oppt="" document="" control="" officer,="" attn:="" tsca="" docket="" receipts="" (7407),="" office="" of="" pollution="" prevention="" and="" toxics,="" rm.="" g-99,="" environmental="" protection="" agency,="" 401="" m="" st.,="" sw.,="" washington,="" dc="" 20460.="" see="" supplementary="" information="" for="" the="" type="" of="" information="" that="" must="" be="" included="" in="" the="" request="" and="" who="" may="" participate.="" requests="" for="" a="" waiver="" to="" participate="" in="" the="" informal="" hearing="" by="" those="" organizations="" that="" did="" not="" file="" main="" comments="" must="" be="" sent="" to="" epa="" headquarters="" hearing="" clerk,="" mail="" code="" 1900,="" 401="" m="" st.,="" sw.,="" washington,="" dc="" 20460.="" for="" further="" information="" contact:="" susan="" b.="" hazen,="" director,="" environmental="" assistance="" division="" (7408),="" office="" of="" pollution="" prevention="" and="" toxics,="" rm.="" e-543b,="" environmental="" protection="" agency,="" 401="" m="" st.,="" sw.,="" washington,="" dc="" 20460,="" telephone:="" (202)="" 554-1404,="" tdd:="" (202)="" 554-0551,="" fax:="" (202)="" 554-5603="" (document="" requests="" only).="" supplementary="" information:="" the="" procedures="" for="" rulemaking="" under="" section="" 6="" of="" the="" toxic="" substances="" control="" act="" (tsca)="" are="" identified="" in="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 750,="" subpart="" a.="" the="" following="" summarizes="" the="" procedures="" and="" logistics="" associated="" with="" this="" informal="" hearing="" pursuant="" to="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 750.="" participants="" and/or="" commenters="" are="" advised="" to="" see="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 750="" for="" greater="" detail.="" each="" person="" or="" organization="" desiring="" to="" participate="" in="" the="" informal="" hearing="" shall="" file="" a="" written="" request="" to="" participate="" with="" the="" oppt="" document="" control="" officer,="" tsca="" docket="" receipts="" (see="" addresses="" above).="" the="" request="" shall="" be="" received="" on="" or="" before="" february="" 16,="" 1994.="" the="" request="" shall="" include:="" (1)="" a="" brief="" statement="" of="" the="" interest="" of="" the="" person="" or="" organization="" in="" the="" proceeding;="" (2)="" a="" brief="" outline="" of="" the="" points="" to="" be="" addressed;="" (3)="" an="" estimate="" of="" the="" time="" required;="" and="" (4)="" if="" the="" request="" comes="" from="" an="" organization,="" a="" nonbinding="" list="" of="" the="" persons="" to="" take="" part="" in="" the="" presentation.="" an="" organization="" that="" has="" not="" filed="" main="" comments="" on="" the="" rulemaking="" will="" not="" be="" allowed="" to="" participate="" in="" the="" hearing,="" unless="" a="" waiver="" of="" this="" requirement="" is="" granted="" by="" the="" record="" and="" hearing="" clerk="" (see="" addresses="" above)="" or="" the="" organization="" is="" appearing="" at="" the="" request="" of="" epa="" or="" under="" subpoena="" (40="" cfr="" 750.6(a)).="" a="" panel="" of="" epa="" employees="" shall="" preside="" at="" the="" hearing,="" and="" one="" panel="" member="" will="" chair="" the="" proceedings.="" the="" panel="" may="" question="" any="" individual="" or="" group="" participating="" in="" the="" hearing="" on="" any="" subject="" relating="" to="" the="" rulemaking.="" cross-examination="" will="" normally="" not="" be="" permitted="" at="" this="" stage.="" however,="" persons="" in="" the="" hearing="" audience="" may="" submit="" questions="" in="" writing="" for="" the="" hearing="" panel="" to="" ask="" the="" participants,="" and="" the="" hearing="" panel="" may,="" at="" their="" discretion,="" ask="" these="" questions="" (40="" cfr="" 750.7(a)="" and="" (b)).="" see="" 40="" cfr="" 750.7(c)="" for="" the="" rule="" governing="" the="" submission="" of="" additional="" material="" by="" the="" hearing="" participants.="" after="" the="" close="" of="" the="" hearing,="" any="" participant="" in="" the="" hearing="" may="" submit="" a="" written="" request="" for="" cross-examination.="" the="" request="" shall="" be="" received="" by="" epa="" no="" later="" than="" 1="" week="" after="" a="" full="" transcript="" of="" the="" hearing="" becomes="" available="" (to="" determine="" when="" the="" transcript="" is="" available,="" interested="" persons="" may="" contact="" the="" environmental="" assistance="" division="" (see="" for="" further="" information="" contact="" above)).="" see="" 40="" cfr="" 750.8="" for="" a="" description="" of="" the="" information="" that="" shall="" be="" included="" in="" such="" a="" request.="" interested="" persons="" may="" file="" reply="" comments.="" reply="" comments="" shall="" be="" received="" on="" or="" before="" march="" 23,="" 1994,="" and="" shall="" be="" restricted="" to="" comments="" on:="" (1)="" other="" comments;="" (2)="" material="" in="" the="" hearing="" record;="" and="" (3)="" material="" which="" was="" not="" and="" could="" not="" possibly="" have="" been="" available="" to="" the="" commenting="" party="" a="" sufficient="" time="" before="" main="" comments="" were="" due="" on="" january="" 3,="" 1994.="" (40="" cfr="" 750.4(a)="" and="" (b)).="" extensions="" of="" time="" for="" filing="" reply="" comments="" may="" be="" granted="" pursuant="" to="" 40="" cfr="" 750.4(c).="" reply="" comments="" and="" a="" transcript="" of="" the="" hearing="" will="" be="" placed="" in="" the="" nonconfidential="" information="" center="" as="" part="" of="" the="" rulemaking="" record="" for="" the="" proposed="" rule="" (docket="" number="" oppts-66015).="" a="" full="" list="" of="" these="" materials="" is="" available="" for="" inspection="" and="" copying="" in="" the="" tsca="" nonconfidential="" information="" center="" from="" 12="" noon="" to="" 4="" p.m.="" however,="" any="" information="" claimed="" as="" confidential="" business="" information="" (cbi)="" that="" is="" part="" of="" the="" record="" for="" this="" rulemaking="" is="" not="" available="" for="" public="" review.="" a="" public="" version="" of="" the="" record,="" from="" which="" information="" claimed="" as="" cbi="" has="" been="" excluded,="" is="" available="" for="" inspection.="" the="" address="" for="" the="" tsca="" docket="" receipts="" appears="" under="" the="" ``addresses''="" section="" of="" this="" notice.="" list="" of="" subjects="" in="" 40="" cfr="" part="" 761="" environmental="" protection,="" hazardous="" substances,="" labeling,="" polychlorinated="" biphenyls,="" reporting="" and="" recordkeeping="" requirements.="" dated:="" january="" 18,="" 1994.="" mark="" greenwood,="" director,="" office="" of="" pollution="" prevention="" and="" toxics.="" [fr="" doc.="" 94-1616="" filed="" 1-25-94;="" 8:45="" am]="" billing="" code="" 6560-50-f="">
