[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3388]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-83002O; FRL-4935-2]
Receipt of Request for Waiver from Testing
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of receipt of request for waiver from testing.
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SUMMARY: Regulations issued by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic
Substances Control Act require that specified chemical substances be
tested to determine if they are contaminated with halogenated dibenzo-
p-dioxins (HDDs) or halogenated dibenzofurans (HDFs), and that results
be reported to EPA. However, provisions have been made for exclusion
and waiver from these requirements if an appropriate application is
submitted to EPA and is approved. EPA has received a request for a
waiver from these requirements from Hoechst Celanese and will accept
comments on this request. EPA will publish another Federal Register
notice announcing its decisions on this request.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before February 27, 1995.
ADDRESS: Submit written comments in triplicate, identified with the
document control number OPPTS-83002O, to: TSCA Public Docket Office,
Att: TSCA Docket Receipt, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. G-99, 401 M St., SW., Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Willis, Acting Director,
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Rm. E-543, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,
(202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40 CFR part 766 (52 FR 2112, June 5,
1987), EPA requires testing of certain chemical substances to determine
whether they may be contaminated with HDDs and HDFs. Under 40 CFR
766.32(a)(2)(i), a waiver may be granted if a responsible company
official certifies that the chemical substance is produced only in
quantities of 100 kilograms or less per year, and only for research and
development purposes.
Under 40 CFR 766.32(b), a request for a waiver must be made 60 days
before resumption of manufacture or importation of a chemical substance
not being manufactured, imported, or processed as of June 5, 1987.
Hoechst Celanese requests a waiver under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(i).
Hoechst Celanese plans to import chloranil (CAS No. 118-75-2), a
substance subject to testing under 40 CFR part 766, to provide samples
of its products to its customers for research and development. Hoechst
Celanese will limit its import of chloranil to 100 kilograms per
calendar year.
A public version of the record for this action, from which
confidential business information has been deleted, is available for
inspection in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays, in Rm. NE B607, 40l M St.,
SW., Washington, DC 20460 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Dated: February 2, 1995.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics.
[FR Doc. 95-3388 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]
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