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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-81023; FRL-4910-4]
TSCA Inventory; Notice of Intent to Remove 38 Reported Chemical
Substances from the TSCA Inventory
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In reviewing the chemical substances included on the Toxic
Substances Control Act Chemical Substance Inventory, EPA has concluded
that certain chemical substances were incorrectly reported and listed.
EPA intends to remove 38 chemical substances from the Inventory and
solicits public comment on the appropriateness of that removal.
DATES: Comments must be received by EPA on or before December 8, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Three copies of the written comments should be addressed to:
TSCA Document Receipts (7407), Environmental Protection Agency, Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Rm. NE-G099, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
Comments should bear the identifying notation OPPTS-81023. The
administrative record supporting this action is available for public
inspection in Rm. NE-B607, at the above address, from 12 noon to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-545, 401
M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD: (202) 554-0551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 8(b) of the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., requires the Administrator of EPA
to identify, compile, and keep current a list of chemical substances
which are manufactured, imported, or processed for commercial purposes
in the United States. To meet this requirement, EPA promulgated the
Inventory Reporting Regulations (40 CFR part 710), which appeared in
the Federal Register of December 23, 1977 (42 FR 64572). These
regulations provided the basis for the initial compilation of the TSCA
Chemical Substance Inventory, which identifies chemical substances in
U.S. commerce.
The Inventory is a compilation of chemical substances that have
been manufactured, imported, or processed in the U.S. for commercial
purposes since January 1, 1975. The Inventory's primary purpose is
regulatory. It defines a new chemical substance for purposes of
implementing section 5(a)(1)(A) of TSCA. If a chemical substance is not
included in the Inventory, it is considered a new substance (section
3(9) of TSCA), and a premanufacture notice (PMN) is required at least
90 days before the manufacture or import of such a substance can begin.
For the Inventory to perform its regulatory functions, it must be
continuously and accurately updated as new information becomes
available. Updated information includes identities of chemical
substances newly introduced into U.S. commerce and corrections for
previously reported information. Recognizing industry's need for making
corrections to incorrectly submitted Inventory reports, EPA announced,
in the Federal Register of July 29, 1980 (45 FR 50544), that it would
accept certain types of corrections related to substances previously
reported for the Inventory. The types of corrections specified in the
July 29, 1980 Federal Register notice relate to chemical identity.
Since the publication of the Inventory and the July 29, 1980
Federal Register notice, the Agency has received numerous requests to
correct certain previously submitted Inventory reports. The Agency
reviewed these correction requests and the corresponding reports
originally submitted for the Inventory, and concluded that a number of
the chemical substances currently listed on the Inventory were
erroneously reported. Furthermore, in reviewing the total body of the
Inventory submissions, the Agency discovered that each of the
incorrectly listed substances was reported only by a submitter who
subsequently requested that EPA correct the chemical identity
originally reported, or who subsequently notified the Agency that the
substance in question was solely manufactured for a non-TSCA use.
There are various reasons why chemical substances were incorrectly
reported for the Inventory. First, the mistakes could have been
typographical or transcriptional and were not known to the submitter
when the original report was submitted. Second, improved analytical
equipment and methods may have allowed for a more accurate description
of a previously reported substance. Third, EPA may have identified
reporting errors and requested corrections. Regardless of the source of
error, the result is the same: a chemical substance not eligible for
inclusion on the Inventory was reported and currently is included on
the Inventory. If these mistakes are not corrected, the integrity of
the Inventory will be impaired, and its reliability as an accurate
compilation of commercial substances for TSCA purposes will diminish.
In addition, substances which should be subject to premanufacture
notification (PMN) review before they are manufactured or imported
would not be reviewed.
In this notice, the Agency proposes to remove 38 chemical
substances. The Agency has found that these chemical substances were
incorrectly reported and listed. The substances proposed for removal
from the TSCA Inventory are listed by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
Registry Number. Each of the 38 chemical substances is further
identified by its corresponding Chemical Abstracts Preferred Name.
Each of the 38 chemical substances proposed for removal was
reported for the Inventory. Subsequently, persons who had reported the
chemical substances in question informed EPA of errors in their
submissions. In the majority of the cases the errors were due to
mistaken chemical identities. The corrected identities for these
chemical substances have been added to the Agency's Master Inventory
File. EPA has checked each of these 38 chemical substances, as
originally reported, to determine whether any other person had also
reported the same chemical substance for the Inventory. No others were
found and no additional information was available for the chemical
substances.
In accordance with EPA policy (OPPT Order 7730.7), an erroneously
or incorrectly reported chemical substance should be removed from the
Inventory. Accordingly, these 38 chemical substances appear to be
eligible for deletion from the Inventory.
Publication of this notice does not mean that EPA will actually and
automatically delete from the Inventory any of the 38 chemical
substances listed below. Rather, the Agency solicits public comments on
its intent to remove from the TSCA Inventory the listed substances. EPA
is specifically interested in knowing whether any of the chemical
substances listed below have been manufactured, imported, or processed
for TSCA commercial purposes other than research and development, as
defined in the Inventory Reporting Regulations (40 CFR 710.2(p)), by
anyone during the period January 1, 1975 through [insert date of
publication in the Federal Register]. The Agency is also interested to
know whether any person can show that any of the chemical substances
could have been properly reported for the Inventory. EPA also solicits
comments from anyone who believes that any of the chemical substances
listed below should not be removed from the TSCA Inventory for any
reason. With the publication of this notice, any ongoing manufacture,
import, or processing of any of the 38 chemical substances listed below
which was begun prior to the publication date of this notice may
continue until publication of the final notice of disposition. All such
comments must be received by EPA within the 45-day comment period.
EPA will review all comments received and will make a determination
regarding the eventual status of each of the chemical substances listed
below. The Agency will announce its decision in a final notice of
disposition in the Federal Register. EPA will not consider any request
to retain any of the listed chemical substances on the Inventory based
solely on manufacture, import, or processing of that substance which
begins after October 24, 1994. If the Agency determines that any of the
listed chemical substances should not be removed from the Inventory,
manufacturers and importers of these chemical substances would be
invited to submit Inventory Reports to establish the need to retain the
chemical substances on the Inventory. The substance would then remain
on the Inventory. On the other hand, if the Agency concludes that a
chemical substance is not eligible for inclusion on the Inventory,
effective with the publication of the final notice of disposition, the
chemical substance will be considered removed from the Inventory--the
presence of its name in any previously published version of the
Inventory notwithstanding. In that event, the premanufacture
requirements of section 5(a) of TSCA would apply to any manufacture or
import of the chemical substance from the date of removal.
The following is a list of incorrectly reported chemical substances
proposed for removal from the TSCA Inventory. In response to industry
requests, EPA is also providing the CAS Registry Numbers (CASRN's) for
the chemical substances which replace the 38 chemicals proposed for
delisting from the Inventory, where appropriate.
Chemical Substances Proposed for Removal From the TSCA Inventory
Note: The first column, as stated above, is a listing of the
CASRN's for the chemical substances which replace the 38 incorrectly
reported substances. The substances corresponding to these CASRN's
have already been added to the TSCA Inventory. The second column
contains CASRN's (in ascending order) of the 38 incorrectly reported
chemicals as they were originally reported for the Inventory. The
third column lists, by chemical name, each of the 38 incorrectly
reported substances. The second and third columns represent
substances that are proposed to be delisted from the TSCA Inventory.
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CASRN's of Replacement CASRN's of Incorrectly Incorrectly Reported Substances Proposed for
Chemicals Reported Substances Delisting from the Inventory
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---157089-27-5 5153-63-9 Acetic acid, compd. with pyridine (1:1)
147094-54-0 6178-32-1 Oxirane, [(4-nonylphenoxy)methyl]-
149497-03-0 6359-62-2 1H-Pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid, 4-[(2,4-dimethyl-6-
sulfophenyl)azo]-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1-(4-
sulfophenyl)-, trisodium salt
77342-27-9 26184-07-6 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with butyl 2-
methyl-2-propenoate, butyl 2-propenoate and methyl
2-methyl-2-propenoate
33628-05-6 30377-70-9 1H-Benzimidazolium, 5-chloro-2-[3-[5-chloro-3-ethyl-
1,3-dihydro-1-(3-sulfopropyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)-
2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene]-1-propenyl]-3-ethyl-1-(3-
sulfopropyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)-, inner salt
23843-86-9/23843-87-0 40795-41-3 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 4-[(4-
aminophenyl)hydroxymethyl]-,monomethyl ester
52277-29-9/146988-01-4 56619-23-9 Benzenesulfonic acid, hydroxy-, monosodium salt,
polymer with formaldehyde and urea
64296-27-1 65072-14-2 Hexanedioic acid, dimethyl ester, polymer with 1,2-
ethanediol and 1,3-isobenzofurandione, benzoate
59633-97-5 65733-77-9 Formaldehyde, polymer with 1,3-benzenediol, 4-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)phenol and 4,4'-(1-
methylethylidene)bis[phenol]
69828-87-1 67827-62-7 1,2-Propanediol, 3,3'-[[4-[(2-chloro-4,6-
dinitrophenyl)azo]-1-naphthalenyl]imino]bis-
144014-10-8 67923-97-1 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester, polymer
with ammonium 2-methyl-2-propenoate and ethyl 2-
propenoate
150226-37-2 67989-80-4 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with 2-
(dimethylamino)ethanol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-
propanediol, 2,2-dimethylpropanoic acid and
nonanedioic acid
147977-79-5 68002-78-8 Fatty acids, C16-18 and C18-unsatd., triesters with
trimethylolpropane
147923-43-1 68479-21-0 Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), -hydro--
hydroxy-, ether with N-[2-[bis(2-
hydroxyethyl)methylammonio]ethyl]-N,N'-bis(2-
hydroxyethyl)-N'-[2-hydroxy-3-(9-
octadecenyloxy)propyl]-N,N'-dimethyl-1,2-
ethanediaminium tris(methyl sulfate) (4:1), (Z)-
147977-80-8 68551-46-2 Carboxylic acids, C6-18 and C9-15-di-, polymers with
adipic acid, ethylene glycol, glutaric acid and
succinic acid, 2-ethylhexyl esters
146019-53-6 68607-79-4 Silica gel, reaction products with
chlorodimethyloctylsilane
144020-22-4 68610-78-6 Acetic acid, anhydride, reaction products with boron
trifluoride and 1,5,9-trimethyl-1,5,9-
cyclododecatriene
143622-82-6 68814-84-6 Fatty acids, tall-oil, polymers with isophthalic
acid and 1,3,5-tris(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-
2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione
147128-26-5 68958-73-6 Hexanedioic acid, polymer with 1,6-diisocyanato-
2,2,4-trimethylhexane, oxybis[propanol] and ,',''-1,2,3-
propanetriyltris[-hydroxypoly[oxy(methyl-
1,2-ethanediyl)]]
148373-02-8/148373-03-9 70528-75-5 Cashew, nutshell liq., polymer with formaldehyde,
linseed oil and phenol
147923-40-8 71243-48-6 Amines, C14-18 and C16-18-unsatd. alkyl,
ethoxylated, compds. with polyethylene glycol
mono(nonylphenyl) ether phosphate
145951-43-5 71735-58-5 Chromate(2-), [1-[(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)azo]-2-
naphthalenolato(2-)][3-hydroxy-4-[(2-hydroxy-3,5-
dinitrophenyl)azo]-7-[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-2-
naphthalenesulfonato(3-)]-, disodium
141048-13-7 71735-65-4 Cuprate(4-), [8-hydroxy-7-[[2-hydroxy-7-sulfo-6-[[4-
[(2,5,6-trichloro-4-pyrimidinyl)amino]phenyl]azo]-1-
naphthalenyl]azo]-1,3,6-naphthalenetrisulfonato(6-
)]-, tetrasodium
144320-63-8 72245-32-0 Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, compds. with 2-
(dimethylamino)ethanol-hexyl [(2-isocyanato-1,4,4-
trimethylcyclopentyl)methyl]carbamate adduct
147923-42-0 72479-99-3 Decanoic acid, mixed pentaesters with octadecanoic
acid and triglycerol
148684-76-8 73138-55-3 Fatty acids, tall-oil, polymers with glycerol,
phthalic anhydride, safflower oil and
trimethylolpropane
148684-75-7 73138-84-8 Safflower oil, polymer with benzoic acid, glycerol,
phthalic anhydride and trimethylolpropane
ACCN 98216 79771-00-9 Safflower oil, polymer with benzoic acid, bisphenol
A, epichlorohydrin and styrene
ACCN 91566 79771-01-0 Safflower oil, polymer with benzoic acid, bisphenol
A and epichlorohydrin
68911-06-8 93905-47-6 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dimethyl ester,
polymer with 1,2-ethanediol, distn. residues
NA 102923-79-5 Fatty acids, C18-unsatd., dimers, polymers with
dicyclopentadiene, diethylene glycol, isophthalic
acid, maleic anhydride and propylene glycol
147952-38-3 104133-74-6 Siloxanes and Silicones, di-Me, polymers with 3-
hydroxy-2,2-dimethylpropyl 3-hydroxy-2,2-
dimethylpropanoate, isophthalic acid, maleic
anhydride, Ph silsesquioxanes and
trimethylolpropane
145556-05-4 105883-53-2 1,2,3-Propanetriol, polymer with 1,3-
diisocyanatomethylbenzene, 2-ethyl-2-
(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol, methyloxirane and
oxirane, hydrolyzed, amine-terminated
148878-27-7 115271-31-3 Propanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-
, polymer with N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,2-ethanediamine,
2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, diphenyl carbonate,
1,2-ethanediamine, 1,6-hexanediol, 5-isocyanato-1-
(isocyanatomethyl)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexane and
1,1'-methylenebis[4-isocyanatocyclohexane],
polyethylene-polypropylene glycol mono-Bu ether-
blocked, compds. with triethylamine
ACCN 120617/128666/128462 116265-70-4 9-Octadecenoic acid (Z)-, reaction products with
formaldehyde, phenol polybutenyl derivs.,
tetraethylenepentamine and triethylenetetramine
100402-78-6 125804-20-8 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 3-
(trimethoxysilyl)propyl ester, reaction products
with iso-Pr alc., 2-methyl-2-propanol and silica
NA 135313-74-5 2-Propenoic acid, ethyl ester, homopolymer, C>14-
alkyl docosyl stearyl esters
137698-14-7 135429-20-8 Dodecanedioic acid, polymer with carbonic
dichloride, 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol]
and 4-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenol
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Accordingly, EPA proposes the delisting of the 38 chemical
substances listed above from the TSCA Inventory.
Dated: October 17, 1994.
Mary Ellen Weber,
Director, Economics, Exposure and Technology Division, Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 94-26283 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
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