[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25229]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-47005; FRL-5397-8]
Conditional Exemptions from TSCA Section 4 Test Rules
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is granting conditional exemptions from Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) section 4 Test Rule requirements to certain
manufacturers of chemicals substances subject to these rules.
DATES: These conditional exemptions are effective on October 2, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-543B, 401
M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551 e-
mail:TSCA-Hotline@epamail.epa.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice grants conditional exemptions
from TSCA section 4 test rule requirements to all manufacturers of the
chemical substances identified below that submitted exemption
applications in accordance with 40 CFR 790.80. In each case, EPA has
received a letter of intent to conduct the testing from which exemption
is sought. Accordingly, the Agency has conditionally approved these
exemption applications because the conditions set out in 40 CFR 790.87
have been met. All conditional exemptions thus granted are contingent
upon successful completion of testing and submission of data by the
test sponsors according to the requirements of the applicable test
rule. If the test requirements are not met and EPA terminates a
conditional exemption under 40 CFR 790.93, the Agency will notify each
holder of an affected conditional exemption by certified mail or
Federal Register notice.
This conditional approval applies to all manufacturers that
submitted exemption applications for testing of the chemical substances
named in the final test rules listed below from January 1, 1995 through
December 31, 1995. Any application received after December 31, 1995
will be addressed separately. Testing reimbursement periods have
terminated (sunset) for certain chemicals and exemption notices are no
longer required for these chemicals. In accordance with 40 CFR 790.80,
before the end of the reimbursement period, manufacturers or processors
of the test substance who are subject to the requirement, must submit
either a letter of intent to test or an exemption application.
Reimbursement period as defined in 40 CFR 791.3, refers to a period
that begins when the data from the last non-duplicative test to be
completed under a test rule is submitted to EPA, and ends after an
amount of time equal to that which had been required to develop that
data or after 5 years, whichever is later.
Exemption applications that were received by EPA for anthraquinone
(CAS No. 84-65-1), biphenyl (CAS No. 92-52-4), and 2-ethylhexanoic acid
(CAS No. 149-57-5) were not required at the time they were submitted
because the chemicals each have completed testing programs, their
reimbursement periods have sunset, and they are no longer subject to
TSCA section 4 reporting requirements in accordance with 40 CFR 790.80.
EPA has included a table in 40 CFR 799.18 that lists chemicals and
mixtures that have been the subject of section 4 testing actions and
for which reimbursement periods have sunset. Exemption applications
received by EPA after that date would not appear in this notice.
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40 CFR
Chemicals CAS No. Citation Company
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diethylene glycol butyl ether............ 112-34-5 799.1560 Marubeni America Corporation
2-ethylhexanol........................... 104-76-7 799.1645 Wacker Silicones Corporation
isopropanol.............................. 67-63-0 799.2325 Spies Hecker, Inc. and
Wacker Silicones
Corporation
commercial hexane (consisting primarily 110-54-3 and 96-37-7 799.2155 Grace Container Products
of n-hexane and methylcyclopentane).
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As provided in 40 CFR 790.80, processors are not required to apply
for an exemption or conduct testing unless EPA so specifies in a test
rule or in a special Federal Register notice.
Dated: September 27, 1996.
Frank Kover,
Acting Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 96-25229 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]
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