94-1618. Thirty-Third Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments; Notice  

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    Thirty-Third Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the 
    Administrator; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments; Notice
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [OPPTS-41040; FRL-4750-9]
    
     
    Thirty-Third Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to 
    the Administrator; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee (ITC), established 
    under section 4(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 
    transmitted its Thirty-Third Report to the Administrator of EPA on 
    November 29, 1993. As noted in this Report, which is included with this 
    notice, the ITC revised the Priority Testing List by removing 2 
    chemicals and 4 chemical groups from the List for priority 
    consideration by the EPA Administrator for promulgation of test rules 
    under section 4(a) of the Act. The chemicals being removed are 2,4-
    dinitrophenol and 3,4-dimethylphenol. The groups being removed are 
    imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds (8 
    chemicals), brominated flame retardants (23 chemicals), and alkyl 
    phosphates (20 chemicals). The Report indicates that removal of these 
    chemicals and chemical groups from the List should be interpreted only 
    as a reordering of priorities and not a statement that the testing 
    recommended earlier has been completed or is not needed. Prior to 
    removing chemicals from the List, the ITC reviewed about 80 TSCA 
    section 8(a) reports and 850 TSCA section 8(d) studies. The ITC is 
    sharing summaries of these reviews with appropriate EPA programs 
    offices and other concerned Federal agencies to assist them in risk 
    assessment and management activities.
        There are no additions to the Priority Testing List.
        EPA invites interested persons to submit written comments on the 
    Report.
    
    DATES: Written comments on the Thirty-third ITC Report should be 
    submitted by February 25, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Send six copies of written submissions to: TSCA Docket 
    Receipts (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
    Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. ET G-99, 401 M St., SW., 
    Washington, DC 20460. Submissions should bear the document control 
    number (OPPTS-41040; FRL-4750-9). The public record supporting this 
    action, including comments, is available for public inspection in Rm. 
    ET G-102 at the address noted above from 12:00 noon to 4 p.m., Monday 
    through Friday, except legal holidays.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director, 
    Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
    Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
    SW., Rm. E-543B, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-
    0551.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has received the TSCA Interagency 
    Testing Committee's Thirty-Third Report to the Administrator.
    
    I. Background
    
        TSCA (Pub. L. 94-469, 90 Stat. 2003 et seq; 15 U.S.C. 260l et seq.) 
    authorizes the Administrator of EPA to promulgate regulations under 
    section 4(a) requiring testing of chemicals and chemical groups in 
    order to develop data relevant to determining the risks that such 
    chemicals and chemical groups may present to health or the environment. 
    Section 4(e) of TSCA established the Interagency Testing Committee to 
    recommend chemicals and chemical groups to the Administrator of EPA for 
    priority testing consideration. Section 4(e) directs the ITC to revise 
    the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List at least every 6 months. 
    The most recent revisions to this List are included in the ITC's 
    Thirty-Third Report. The Report was received by the Administrator on 
    November 29, 1993, and is included in this Notice. The Report removes 
    two chemicals and four chemical groups from the TSCA section 4(e) 
    Priority Testing List.
        These chemical substances and chemical groups were previously added 
    to the TSCA section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule (40 CFR 
    part 716) in response to the ITC testing recommendations. These 
    substances will be considered for removal from the 8(d) rule during the 
    next 8(d) rule ``biennial review,'' scheduled to occur during 1995. See 
    40 CFR 716.65(b).
    
    II. Written and Oral Comments
    
        EPA invites interested persons to submit detailed comments on the 
    ITC's Report. All submissions should bear the identifying docket number 
    (OPPT-41040).
    
    III. Status of List
    
        The ITC's Thirty-Third Report notes the removal of 2 chemicals and 
    4 chemical groups from the Priority Testing List. The current TSCA 
    section 4(e) Priority Testing List contains 16 chemicals and 12 
    chemical groups, with two chemical groups and 7 chemicals designated 
    for testing.
    
        Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603.
    
        Dated: January 11, 1994.
    
    Charles M. Auer,
    Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
    Toxics.
    
    Thirty-Third Report Of The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee To 
    The Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    
        Summary: This is the 33rd Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing 
    Committee (ITC) to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental 
    Protection Agency (EPA). The ITC is revising its Priority Testing List 
    by removing two chemicals and four chemical groups. The chemicals being 
    removed are 2,4-dinitrophenol and 3,4-dimethylphenol. The groups being 
    removed are imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds, 
    brominated flame retardants, and alkyl phosphates. These revisions are 
    based on current priorities of ITC Member agencies and a review of 
    production and exposure reports and health and safety studies submitted 
    by manufacturers, processors, and distributors for these chemicals and 
    chemical groups.
    
    I. Background
    
        The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) was established by 
    subsection 4(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ``to make 
    recommendations to the Administrator respecting the chemical substances 
    and mixtures to which the Administrator should give priority 
    consideration for the promulgation of a rule for testing under 
    subsection 4(a)... At least every 6 months..., the Committee shall make 
    such revisions in the List as it determines to be necessary and to 
    transmit them to the Administrator together with the Committee's 
    reasons for the revisions'' (Public Law 94-469, 90 Stat. 2003 et seq., 
    15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). Since its creation in 1976, the ITC has 
    submitted 32 semi-annual Reports to the EPA Administrator transmitting 
    the Priority Testing List and its revisions. These Reports have been 
    published in the Federal Register and are available from the ITC. The 
    ITC meets monthly and produces its revisions with the help of staff and 
    technical contract support provided by EPA. ITC membership and support 
    personnel are listed at the end of this Report.
        Following receipt of the ITC's Report, the EPA's Office of 
    Pollution Prevention and Toxics may promulgate TSCA subsection 8(a) and 
    8(d) rules that require manufacturers, processors, and/or distributors 
    of chemicals on the Priority Testing List to submit production and 
    exposure data (8a), and health and safety studies (8d), within 2 months 
    of the rules' effective dates. The submissions are indexed and 
    maintained by EPA. The ITC reviews the 8(a) and 8(d) information and 
    other available data on chemicals and chemical groups to determine if 
    revisions to the Priority Testing List are necessary. Revisions include 
    changing a recommendation to a designation for action by the 
    Administrator within 12 months, modifying the recommended testing, or 
    removing the chemical or group from the List.
        The substituted phenols were recommended for testing in 1990 and 
    the chemical groups were added to the Priority Testing List following 
    the Committee's 1986 sixth scoring exercise (Ref. 1). The sixth scoring 
    exercise was a systematic, computerized chemical selection procedure 
    for identifying chemicals of concern, further defined by chemical 
    substructural features (Ref. 5).
    
    II. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List
    
        The ITC removes the following chemicals and chemical groups from 
    the TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List (Table 1). 
    
      Table 1.--Chemicals and chemical groups removed from the TSCA Section 
                 4(e) Priority Testing List in ITC's 33rd Report            
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         CAS No.          Chemical/Group           Action            Date   
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    51-28-5...........  2,4-Dinitrophenol..  Remove Previously         11/93
                                              Recommended                   
                                              Chemical.                     
                                                                            
    95-65-8...........  3,4-Dimethylphenol.  Remove Previously        11/93 
                                              Recommended                   
                                              Chemical.                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          Imidazolium and    Remove Previously         11/93
                             ethoxylated      Recommended                   
                             quaternary       Chemical Group.               
                         ammonium compounds                                 
                                                                            
    68122-86-1........  Imidazolium                                         
                         compounds, 4,5-                                    
                         dihydro-1-methyl-.                                 
                                                                            
    68153-35-5........  Ethanaminium, 2-                                    
                         amino-N-(2-                                        
                         aminoethyl).                                       
                                                                            
    68389-88-8........  Poly(oxy-1,2-                                       
                         ethanediyl), a-[2-                                 
                         [bis(2-aminoethyl)-                                
                          methylammonio]-                                   
                         ethyl]--                                 
                         hydroxy-,N,N'-                                     
                         dicoco acyl)                                       
                         derivs., methyl                                    
                         sulfates (salts).                                  
                                                                            
    68389-89-9........  Poly(oxy-1,2-                                       
                         ethanediyl), a-[2-                                 
                         [bis(2-aminoethyl)-                                
                          methylammonio]-                                   
                         ethyl]--                                 
                         hydroxy-,N,N'-                                     
                         bis(hydrogenated                                   
                         tallow acyl)                                       
                         derivs., methyl                                    
                         sulfates (salts).                                  
                                                                            
    68410-69-5........  Poly(oxy-1,2-                                       
                         ethanediyl), a-[2-                                 
                         [bis(2-aminoethyl)-                                
                          methylammonio]-                                   
                         ethyl]--                                 
                         hydroxy-, N,N'-                                    
                         ditallow acyl                                      
                         derivs., methyl                                    
                         sulfates (salts).                                  
                                                                            
    68413-04-7........  Poly(oxy-1,2-                                       
                         ethanediyl), a-[2-                                 
                         [bis(2-aminoethyl)-                                
                          methylammonio]-                                   
                         methylethyl]-                                      
                         -hydroxy-                                
                         , N,N'-di tallow                                   
                         acyl derivs.,                                      
                         methyl sulfates                                    
                         (salts).                                           
                                                                            
    68554-06-3........  Poly(oxy-1,2-                                       
                         ethanediyl), a-[3-                                 
                         [bis(2-aminoethyl)-                                
                          methylammonio]-2-                                 
                         hydroxypropyl]-                                    
                         -hydroxy-                                
                         , N- coco acyl                                     
                         derivs., methyl                                    
                         sulfates (salts).                                  
                                                                            
    70914-09-9........  Poly(oxy-1,2-                                       
                         ethanediyl), a-[2-                                 
                         [bis(2-aminoethyl)-                                
                          methylammonio]-                                   
                         ethyl]--                                 
                         hydroxy-, N,N'-di-                                 
                         C14-16 acyl                                        
                         derivs., methyl                                    
                         sulfates (salts) .                                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          Brominated flame   Remove Previously         11/93
                            retardants a      Recommended                   
                                              Chemical Group.               
                                                                            
    118-79-6..........  2,4,6-                                              
                         Tribromophenol.                                    
                                                                            
    632-79-1..........  Tetrabromophthalic                                  
                         anhydride.                                         
                                                                            
    3296-90-0.........  Dibromoneopentyl                                    
                         glycol.                                            
                                                                            
    32588-76-4........  Ethylene                                            
                         bis(tetrabromophth                                 
                         alimide).                                          
                                                                            
    41291-34-3........  Ethylene bis(5,6-                                   
                         dibromonorbornane-                                 
                         2,3-                                               
                         dicarboximide).                                    
                                                                            
    57137-10-7........  Tribrominated                                       
                         polystyrene.                                       
                                                                            
    61262-53-1........  Ethylene                                            
                         bis(pentabromophen                                 
                         oxide).                                            
                                                                            
                          Brominated flame   Remove Previously         11/93
                            retardants a      Recommended                   
                                              Chemical Group.               
                                                                            
    74-97-5...........  Bromochloromethane.                                 
                                                                            
    87-10-5...........  3,4',5-                                             
                         Tribromosalicylani                                 
                         lide.                                              
                                                                            
    87-83-2...........  2,3,4,5,6-                                          
                         Pentabromotoluene.                                 
                                                                            
    87-84-3...........  1,2,3,4,5-                                          
                         Pentabromo-6-                                      
                         chlorocyclohexane.                                 
                                                                            
    96-13-9...........  2,3-Dibromopropanol                                 
                                                                            
    593-60-2..........  Vinyl bromide......                                 
                                                                            
    615-58-7..........  2,4-Dibromophenol..                                 
                                                                            
    4162-45-2.........  Ethoxylated                                         
                         tetrabromobispheno                                 
                         l A.                                               
                                                                            
    25327-89-3........  Tetrabromobisphenol                                 
                         A, bis(allyl                                       
                         ether).                                            
                                                                            
    30554-72-4........  Tetrabromodichloroc                                 
                         yclohexane.                                        
                                                                            
    30554-73-5........  Tribromotrichlorocy                                 
                         clohexane.                                         
                                                                            
    36483-57-5........  Tribromoneopentyl                                   
                         alcohol.                                           
                                                                            
    55205-38-4........  Tetrabromobisphenol                                 
                         A diacrylate.                                      
                                                                            
    68955-41-9........  Alkanes, C10-C16,                                   
                         bromochloro.                                       
                                                                            
    69882-11-7........  2,4-(or 2,6)-                                       
                         Dibromophenol,                                     
                         homopolymer.                                       
                                                                            
    88497-56-7........  Benzene, ethenyl-,                                  
                         homopolymer,                                       
                         brominated.                                        
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          Alkyl phosphates   Remove Previously         11/93
                                              Recommended                   
                                              Chemical Group.               
                                                                            
    78-40-0...........  Triethyl phosphate.                                 
                                                                            
    78-42-2...........  Tris(2-ethylhexyl)                                  
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    78-51-3...........  Tris(2-butoxyethyl)                                 
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    107-66-4..........  Di-n-butyl                                          
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    126-71-6..........  Triisobutyl                                         
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    126-73-8..........  Tri-n-butyl                                         
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    298-07-7..........  Di(2-ethylhexyl)                                    
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    812-00-0..........  Monomethyl                                          
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    1070-03-7.........  Mono(2-ethylhexyl)                                  
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    1498-51-7.........  Ethyl                                               
                         dichlorophosphate.                                 
                                                                            
    1623-15-0.........  n-Butyl phosphate..                                 
                                                                            
    1623-24-1.........  Monoisopropyl                                       
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    2958-09-0.........  Monooctadecyl                                       
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    3900-04-7.........  Monohexyl phosphate                                 
                                                                            
    3991-73-9.........  Monooctyl phosphate                                 
                                                                            
    7057-92-3.........  Di-n-dodecyl                                        
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    7332-46-9.........  2-(2-                                               
                         Butoxyethoxy)ethan                                 
                         ol phosphate (3:1).                                
                                                                            
    12645-31-7........  2-Ethylhexyl                                        
                         phosphate.                                         
                                                                            
    12751-23-4........  Dodecyl phosphate..                                 
                                                                            
    27215-10-7........  Diisooctyl                                          
                         phosphate .                                        
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    a Brominated flame retardants were recommended as 2 groups in the 25th  
      Report (7 chemicals) and 26th Report (16 chemicals).                  
    
    III. Rationale for the revisions
    
    A. ITC's Activities During this Reporting Period
    
        During the 6 months covered by this Report, May through October 
    1993, the ITC reviewed the 8(a) and 8(d) submissions and other 
    available data for chemicals and chemical groups recommended in its 
    22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th, and 27th Reports. The Federal Register 
    citations for the 8(a) and 8(d) rules and the number of 8(d) studies 
    reviewed by the ITC for each chemical or chemical group are summarized 
    in the following Table 2. Approximately 80 TSCA 8(a) reports were 
    reviewed by the ITC; but the exact number is not reported for each 
    chemical or group to protect TSCA Confidential Business Information. 
    
     Table 2.-- Number of TSCA section 8(d) studies reviewed by the ITC for 
          chemicals and chemical groups discussed in this 33rd Report       
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                              TSCA Section 8(a) and                         
        Chemical/Group       8(d) Rules FR Citations       8(d) Studies     
                                                                            
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    2,4-Dinitrophenol......  56 FR 42688, August 29,  13                    
                              1991.                                         
    3,4-Dimethylphenol.....  56 FR 42688, August 29,  13                    
                              1991.                                         
    Imidazolium and          53 FR 18211, May 20,     90                    
     ethoxylated quaternary   1988.                                         
     ammonium compounds.                                                    
    Brominated flame         54 FR 51131, December    192                   
     retardants a.            12, 1989.                                     
    Brominated flame         55 FR 39780, September   268                   
     retardants a.            28, 1990.                                     
    Alkyl phosphates.......  55 FR 39780, September   313                   
                              28, 1990.                                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    a Brominated flame retardants were recommended as two groups in the 25th
      and 26th Reports.                                                     
    
        Also during this reporting period, the ITC reevaluated the priority 
    for testing these chemicals and chemical groups at the urging of EPA in 
    view of current EPA and Member agency priorities. The ITC has 
    determined that the chemicals and groups listed in its recent Reports 
    are of higher priority than some of the chemicals recommended in 
    earlier Reports and is reordering priorities to reflect this 
    determination. For the chemicals removed from the List, the ITC will 
    forward to the appropriate EPA program office(s), or other Federal 
    Government organizations, its review of 8(d) studies and other relevant 
    information to assist them in risk assessment and management 
    activities, regulatory actions, or for renomination to the TSCA section 
    4(e) Priority Testing List. The ITC will also include these TSCA 8(d) 
    summary reports in the public docket supporting this ITC Report. In 
    those cases in which the testing recommendations originally made by the 
    ITC have not been met, the ITC encourages manufacturers, processors, 
    and distributors of the removed chemicals to conduct voluntary testing 
    programs to provide the recommended test data.
    
    B. Specific Rationales
    
        1. 2,4-Dinitrophenol and 3,4-Dimethylphenol. These substituted 
    phenols were nominated to the ITC by EPA in June 1990 and added to the 
    Priority Testing List in November 1990. Chemical fate, health effects 
    and ecological effects testing were recommended as described in the 
    ITC's 27th Report to the EPA Administrator (56 FR 9534, March 6, 1991). 
    The rationale for recommending health effects testing of these 
    chemicals was to provide needed test data to increase the confidence 
    for EPA's Reference Concentrations (RfC) and Reference Doses (RfD). The 
    rationale for recommending chemical fate and ecological effects testing 
    was to provide data that could be used by EPA to assess ecological 
    risk.
        Based on a review of 8(d) studies for these chemicals, the 
    recommended testing has not been conducted. However, the ITC decided 
    that these testing recommendations are currently of relatively lower 
    priority than others and removes these chemicals from the Priority 
    Testing List.
        2. Imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds. 
    Imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds were 
    recommended for health effects, chemical fate and ecological effects 
    testing in the ITC's 22nd Report (53 FR 18196, May 20, 1988). The major 
    concerns were for long-term dermal consumer exposure, toxicity to 
    aquatic organisms and persistence in aquatic environments. For this 
    33rd Report, the ITC reviewed toxicity and exposure data summarized in 
    the 22nd Report, data submitted to EPA under TSCA sections 8(a) and 
    8(d) and reports from the Chemical Specialties Manufacturing 
    Association (CSMA) describing structures, testing and uses of 
    imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds in fabric 
    softeners, and studies on health effects, chemical fate and ecological 
    effects (Ref. 2, 3, and 4). After reviewing all these studies, the ITC 
    concludes that there is no additional suspicion of health hazard or 
    human exposure for these quaternary ammonium compounds and that 
    potential effects to aquatic organisms are likely to be mitigated by 
    the binding of these quaternary ammonium compounds to particulate 
    organic carbon. For these reasons, the ITC believes that the previously 
    recommended testing is not of sufficiently high priority at this time. 
    The imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds are, 
    therefore, being removed from the Priority Testing List. If, in the 
    future, sufficient concerns arise regarding the health or ecological 
    effects of these compounds, individual members of this group may be 
    designated for testing.
        3. Brominated Flame Retardants. Two groups of brominated flame 
    retardants were added to the Priority Testing List in November 1989 and 
    May 1990. Chronic health and ecological effects and physical/chemical 
    properties and persistence testing were recommended for a group of 
    seven brominated flame retardants in the ITC's 25th Report (54 FR 
    51114, December 12, 1989). Physical/chemical properties and persistence 
    testing were recommended for a group of 16 brominated flame retardants 
    in the ITC's 26th Report (55 FR 23050, June 5, 1990). Based on review 
    of TSCA section 8(a) and 8(d) submissions, available production data 
    and EPA's testing priorities, the ITC removes the brominated flame 
    retardants from the Priority Testing List. The most recent, available 
    production data reviewed by the ITC were submitted to EPA in response 
    to the 1990 TSCA Inventory Update Rule (55 FR 39586, September 27, 
    1990) and the 8(a) rules.
        Fifteen of the brominated flame retardants are being removed from 
    the List because they are not known to be domestically produced or 
    imported in substantial quantities. These include 3 from the 25th 
    Report: ethylene bis(tetrabromophthalimide) (32588-76-4); ethylene 
    bis(5,6-dibromonorbornane-2,3-dicarboximide) (41291-34-3) and ethylene 
    bis(pentabromophenoxide) (61262-53-1) and 12 from the 26th Report: 
    3,4',5-tribromo- salicylanilide (87-10-5); 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromotoluene 
    (87-83-2); 1,2,3,4,5-pentabromo-6- chlorocyclohexane (87-84-3); 2,3-
    dibromopropanol (96-13-9); 2,4-dibromophenol (615-58-7); ethoxylated 
    tetrabromobisphenol A (4162-45-2); tetrabromobisphenol A bis(allyl 
    ether) (25327-89-3); tetrabromodichlorocyclohexane (30554-72-4); 
    tribromotrichlorocyclohexane (30554-73-5); tribromoneopentyl alcohol 
    (36483-57-5); tetrabromobisphenol A diacrylate (55205-38-4) and 
    C10-18 bromochloroalkanes (68955-41-9).
        Tribrominated polystyrene (57137-10-7) from the 25th Report; 2,4-
    (or 2,6)- dibromophenol homopolymer (69882-11-7); and brominated 
    polystyrene (88497-56-7) from the 26th Report are being removed from 
    the List because they are polymers with a lower probability of 
    absorption into biological tissues than nonpolymeric organic chemicals.
        Dibromoneopentyl glycol (3296-90-0) from the 25th Report as well as 
    bromochloromethane (74-97-5) and vinyl bromide (593-60-2) from the 26th 
    Report are being removed from the List because their health effects are 
    reasonably well characterized and their occupational and environmental 
    exposures can be estimated.
        2,4,6-Tribromophenol (118-79-6) and tetrabromophthalic anhydride 
    (632-79-1) from the 25th Report are being removed from the List at this 
    time to give adequate priority to recently identified testing needs for 
    other chemicals.
        The ITC has prepared a report summarizing its review of the TSCA 
    8(d) studies for transmittal to the EPA's Existing Chemical Program and 
    other appropriate Federal Government organizations for possible risk 
    assessment and management activities, regulatory actions, or for 
    renomination to the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List. This TSCA 
    8(d) summary report is included in the public docket supporting this 
    ITC Report.
        4. Alkyl phosphates. Twenty alkyl phosphates were added to the 
    Priority Testing List in May 1990. Physical/chemical properties and 
    persistence testing were recommended in the ITC's 26th Report to the 
    Administrator (55 FR 23050, June 5, 1990).
        The following 13 alkyl phosphates are being removed from the 
    Priority Testing List because they are not known to be domestically 
    produced or imported in substantial quantities: dibutyl phosphate (107-
    66-4), triisobutyl phosphate (126-71-6), monomethyl phosphate (812-00-
    0), mono(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (1070-03-7), monobutyl phosphate 
    (1623-15-0), mono(isopropyl) phosphate (1623-24-1), monooctadecyl 
    phosphate (2958-09-0), monohexyl phosphate (3900-04-7), monooctyl 
    phosphate (3991-73-9), di-n-dodecyl phosphate (7057-92-3), 2-(2-
    butoxy)ethanol phosphate (7332-46-9), dodecyl phosphate (12751-23-4) 
    and diisooctyl phosphate (27215-10-7).
        Testing to provide physical/chemical properties and persistence 
    data for tributyl phosphate (126-73-8) is being conducted under TSCA 
    section 4 (54 FR, 33400, August 14, 1989). The remaining 6 alkyl 
    phosphates have substantial production volumes: triethyl phosphate (78-
    40-0), tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (78-42-2), tris(2-butoxyethyl) 
    phosphate (78-51-3), di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (298-07-7), ethyl 
    dichlorophosphate (1498-51-7) and 2-ethylhexyl phosphate (12645-31-7). 
    The ITC is removing them from the Priority Testing List because they 
    are not of sufficiently high priority at this time.
        Dibutyl phosphate, which the ITC is removing from the Priority 
    Testing List  because it is not substantially produced in the U.S., is 
    currently being tested as part of the Organisation for Economic 
    Cooperation and Development (OECD) Screening Information Data Set 
    (SIDS) program. The six ``substantially-produced'' alkyl phosphates 
    being removed from the List at this time are on OECD's High Production 
    Volume list of chemicals and may be subject to SIDS testing in the 
    future. Therefore, the ITC has forwarded a report summarizing its 
    information on the alkyl phosphates to the U.S. representative to the 
    OECD SIDS program. The ITC has prepared a report summarizing its review 
    of the TSCA 8(d) studies to send to the EPA's Existing Chemical Program 
    and other appropriate Federal Government organizations for possible 
    risk assessment and risk management activities, regulatory actions, or 
    for renomination to the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List. This 
    TSCA 8(d) summary report is included in the public docket supporting 
    this ITC Report.
    
    C. References
    
        (1) Brink, R.H. and Walker, J.D. TSCA Interagency Testing 
    Committee sixth scoring exercise. U.S.EPA-68-02-4251. Office of 
    Pollution Prevention and Toxics. Washington, DC (1987).
        (2) Chemical Specialties Manufacturing Association. ``Response 
    to EPA's information needs on imidazolium quaternary ammonium 
    compounds and ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds.'' OPTS 
    Docket #41029, Washington, DC: OPPT, USEPA (1988).
        (3) Chemical Specialties Manufacturing Association. Additional 
    information on imidazolium quaternary ammonium compounds and 
    ethoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds.'' OPTS Docket #41029, 
    Washington, DC: OPPT, USEPA (1993).
        (4) TSCA Interagency Testing Committee. Summary tables of TSCA 
    section 8(d) studies for imidazolium and ethoxylated quaternary 
    ammonium compounds. OPTS Docket #41029, Washington, DC: OPPT, USEPA 
    (1993).
        (5) Walker, J.D. Chemical selection by the TSCA Interagency 
    Testing Committee: Use of computerized substructure searching to 
    identify chemical groups for health effects, chemical fate and 
    ecological effects testing. Science of the Total Environment. 109/
    110:691-700 (1991).
    
    IV. The TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List, as Revised 
    November 1993
    
        The following chemicals and chemical groups remain on the Priority 
    Testing List as revised by the ITC in November 1993.
    
          The TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List (November 1993)       
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Report                                                                  
                    Date             Chemical/Group            Action       
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    23      November 1988.......  Butyraldehyde.......  Recommended.        
                                                                            
    23      November 1988.......  Tetrakis(2-           Recommended with    
                                   chloroethyl)ethylen   intent-to-         
                                   e diphosphate.        designate.         
                                                                            
    ......  November 1988.......  Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-  Recommended with    
                                   propyl) phosphate.    intent-to-         
                                                         designate.         
                                                                            
    ......  November 1988.......  Tris(1-chloro-2-      Recommended with    
                                   propyl) phosphate.    intent-to-         
                                                         designate.         
                                                                            
    ......  November 1988.......  Tris(2-chloro-1-      Recommended with    
                                   propyl) phosphate.    intent-to-         
                                                         designate.         
                                                                            
    ......  November 1988.......  Tris(2-chloroethyl)-  Recommended with    
                                   phosphate.            intent-to-         
                                                         designate.         
                                                                            
    26      May 1990............  Isocyanates.........  Recommended with    
                                                         intent-to-         
                                                         designate.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  Acetophenone........  Designated.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  Phenol..............  Designated.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  N,N-Dimethylaniline.  Designated.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  Ethylacetate........  Designated.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  2,6-Dimethylphenol..  Designated.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  Aldehydes...........  Recommended with    
                                                         intent-to-         
                                                         designate.         
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  N-phenyl-1-           Recommended.        
                                   naphthylamine.                           
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  Sulfones............  Recommended.        
                                                                            
    27      November 1990.......  Substantially         Recommended.        
                                   produced chemicals                       
                                   in need of                               
                                   subchronic toxicity                      
                                   testing.                                 
                                                                            
    28      May 1991............  Acetone.............  Designated.         
                                                                            
    28      May 1991............  Thiophenol..........  Designated.         
                                                                            
    28      May 1991............  m-Dinitrobenzene....  Recommended.        
                                                                            
    28      May 1991............  Cyanoacrylates......  Recommended.        
                                                                            
    29      November 1991.......  White phosphorus....  Recommended.        
                                                                            
    29      November 1991.......  Alkyl-, bromo-,       Recommended.        
                                   chloro-,                                 
                                   hydroxymethyl                            
                                   diaryl ethers.                           
                                                                            
    30      May 1992............  Siloxanes...........  Recommended.        
                                                                            
    30      May 1992............  Chloroalkyl           Recommended.        
                                   phosphates.                              
                                                                            
    31      January 1993........  OSHA chemicals with   Designated.         
                                   no dermal toxicity                       
                                   data.                                    
                                                                            
    31      January 1993........  Propylene glycol      Recommended.        
                                   ethers and esters                        
                                   (revised).                               
                                                                            
    31      January 1993........  Methyl ethylene       Recommended.        
                                   glycol ethers and                        
                                   esters (revised).                        
                                                                            
    32      May 1993............  OSHA chemicals with   Designated.         
                                   insufficient dermal                      
                                   absorption data.                         
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
      TSCA Interagency Testing Committee Statutory Organizations and Their  
                                Representatives                             
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Organization                            Member              
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Council on Environmental Quality.  Vacant                             
                                                                            
       Department of Commerce..........  Willie E. May, Member              
                                         Edward White, Alternate            
                                                                            
       Environmental Protection Agency.  Dave Williams, Member              
                                         Lois Dicker, Alternate             
                                                                            
      National Cancer Institute........  Thomas P. Cameron, Member          
                                         Richard Adamson, Alternate         
                                                                            
      National Institute of              Errol Zeiger, Member               
       Environmental Health Sciences.                                       
                                                                            
      National Institute for             Robert W. Mason, Member            
       Occupational Safety and Health.   Henryka Nagy, Alternate            
                                                                            
      National Science Foundation......  Carter Kimsey, Member, Chair       
                                         Jarvis L. Moyers, Alternate        
                                                                            
      Occupational Safety and Health     Christine Whittaker, Member, Vice  
       Administration.                    Chair                             
                                         Surender Ahir, Alternate           
                                                                            
    Liaison Organizations and Their                                         
     Representatives.                                                       
                                                                            
      Agency for Toxic Substances and    William Cibulas, Member            
       Disease Registry.                                                    
                                                                            
      Consumer Product Safety            Val Schaeffer, Member              
       Commission.                       Lakshmi C. Mishra, Alternate       
                                                                            
      Department of Agriculture........  Donald Derr, Member                
                                         Cliff Rice, Alternate              
                                                                            
      Department of Defense............  Randall S. Wentsel, Member         
                                                                            
      Department of the Interior.......  Jim Petty, Member                  
                                         Barnett A. Rattner, Alternate      
                                                                            
      Food and Drug Administration.....  Edwin J. Matthews, Member          
                                         Raju Kammula, Alternate            
                                                                            
      National Library of Medicine.....  Vera Hudson, Member                
                                                                            
      National Toxicology Program......  Victor A. Fung, Member             
                                                                            
                                                                            
    Counsel............................  Mary Ellen Levine, Office of the   
                                          General Counsel, EPA              
                                                                            
                                                                            
    Technical Support Contractor.......  Syracuse Research Corporation      
                                                                            
    ITC Staff..........................  John D. Walker, Executive Director 
                                         Norma S.L. Williams, Executive     
                                          Assistant, TSCA Interagency       
                                          Testing Committee, U.S. EPA/OPPT  
                                          (7401) 401 M St., SW., Washington,
                                          D.C. 20460, (202) 260-1825.       
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    [FR Doc. 94-1618 Filed 1-25-94; 8:45 am]
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Published:
01/26/1994
Entry Type:
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Action:
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Document Number:
94-1618
Dates:
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