[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28724]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00169A; FRL-6040-3]
Consumer Labeling Initiative; Notice of Data Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of survey data on the
Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) launched in 1996. The first stage of
CLI concluded with publication of the CLI Phase I Report. As part of
Phase II, the Agency's industry and trade association partners
conducted a nationwide quantitative survey designed in cooperation with
all of the CLI project participants. The survey questions and responses
are now available for review in the CLI Administrative Record (AR-139).
DATES: Comments on the CLI project or on the survey data can be
submitted at any time to the address under ``ADDRESSES.'' For comments
to be included in the CLI Phase II Report, they must be received by the
Agency on or before November 27, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Each comment must bear the docket control number OPPTS-
00169A. All comments should be sent in triplicate to: OPPT Document
Control Officer (7407), AR-139-Consumer Labeling Initiative, Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
Street, SW., Room G-099, East Tower, Washington, DC 20460.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to:
oppt.ncic@epa.gov. Follow the instructions under Unit II. of this
document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be
submitted through e-mail.
All comments which contain information claimed as CBI must be
clearly marked as such. Three sanitized copies of any comments
containing information claimed as CBI must also be submitted and will
be placed in the public record for this action. Persons submitting
information on any portion of which they believe is entitled to
treatment as CBI by EPA must assert a business confidentiality claim in
accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion. This claim must
be made at the time that the information is submitted to EPA. If a
submitter does not assert a confidentiality claim at the time of
submission, EPA will consider this as a waiver of any confidentiality
claim and the information may be made available to the public by EPA
without further notice to the submitter.
Persons interested in reveiwing the survey data should contact the
TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center (NCIC) at the address under
Unit II. of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Dominiak, CLI Task Force Co-
Chair, Chemical Control Division (7405), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Rm. E-213B, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202)
260-7768; fax: (202) 260-1096; e-mail: consumer.label@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
EPA launched a voluntary Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) in 1996
(61 FR 12011, March 22, 1996) to explore ideas from consumers,
industry, and health and safety professionals, on ways to improve the
environmental, health and safe use information appearing on household
product labels, specifically indoor insecticides, outdoor pesticides
and household hard surface cleaners. The first stage of the CLI
concluded with publication of the CLI Phase I Report (EPA-700-R-96-001)
in September 1996. As part of Phase II of the CLI project, which began
in 1997, the Agency's industry and trade association partners undertook
a nationwide quantitative survey designed in cooperation with all of
the CLI project participants. The survey, conducted from April-June
1998, tested the learnings from Phase I, explored alternatives to
existing label language, and established a baseline of current consumer
behavior with reactions to labels.
The survey questions and responses are now available for review in
the CLI Administrative Record (AR-139). Detailed findings, conclusions,
and recommendations developed from the survey information and other
ongoing CLI activities will be available in the CLI Phase II Report,
which is expected to be published in December 1998 or January 1999.
II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions
The official record for this action, as well as the public version,
has been established for this action under docket control number OPPTS-
00169A (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described below). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 12 noon to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official
record is located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm.
NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC.
Electronic comments must be identified by the docket control number
OPPTS-00169A and ``AR-139-Consumer Labeling Initiative'' in the subject
line and can be submitted directly to EPA at:
oppt.ncic@epa.gov
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data
will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket control number. Electronic comments on this action may be
filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: October 20, 1998.
Charles M. Auer,
Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 98-28724 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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