E9-8360. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from February 17, 2009 through February 27, 2009, consists of the PMNs and TME, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.

DATES:

Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number, must be received on or before May 13, 2009.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0200, by one of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0200. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is [phone]. Such deliveries are only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0200. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/​epahome/​dockets.htm.

Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, select “Advanced Search,” then “Docket Search.” Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the “Submit” button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov website to view the docket index or access available documents. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is [phone], and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is [phone]. Docket visitors are required to show photographic identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are processed through an X-ray machine and subject to search. Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times in the building and returned upon departure.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: [phone]; e-mail address: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public in general. As such, the Agency has not attempted to describe the specific entities that this action may apply to. Although others may be affected, this action applies directly to the submitter of the premanufacture notices addressed in the action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, remember to:

i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes.

iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used.

v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced.

vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives.

vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats.

viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified.

II. Why is EPA Taking this Action?

Section 5 of TSCA requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a PMN or an application for a TME and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from February 17, 2009 through February 27, 2009 2008, consists of the PMNs and TME, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.

III. Receipt and Status Report for PMNs

This status report identifies the PMNs and TME, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period. If you are interested in information that is not included in the following tables, you may contact EPA as described in Unit I. to access additional non-CBI information that may be available.

In Table I of this unit, EPA provides the following information (to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the PMNs received by EPA during this period: the EPA case number assigned to the PMN; the date the PMN was received by EPA; the projected end date for EPA's review of the PMN; the submitting manufacturer; the potential uses identified by the manufacturer in the PMN; and the chemical identity.

I. 27 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 2/17/09 to 2/27/09

Case No.	Received Date	Projected Notice End Date	Manufacturer/Importer	Use	Chemical
P-09-0222	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) Moisture cure polyurethane adhesive	(G) Isocyanate terminated urethane polymer
P-09-0223	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) Moisture cure polyurethane adhesive	(G) Isocyanate terminated urethane polymer
P-09-0224	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) Moisture cure polyurethane adhesive	(G) Isocyanate terminated urethane polymer
P-09-0225	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) Moisture cure polyurethane adhesive	(G) Isocyanate terminated urethane polymer
P-09-0226	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) Moisture cure polyurethane adhesive	(G) Isocyanate terminated urethane polymer
P-09-0227	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) Moisture cure polyurethane adhesive	(G) Isocyanate terminated urethane polymer
P-09-0228	02/17/09	05/17/09	Cytec Industries Inc.	(G) Industrial coating agent	(G) Fatty acids, polymers with substituted alkanoate, polyethylene glycol mono-me ether, polyol and substituted carbomonocycle
P-09-0229	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) An open non-dispersive use in adhesive formulations	(G) Rosin phenolies
P-09-0230	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) An open non-dispersive use in adhesive formulations	(G) Rosin phenolies
P-09-0231	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) An open non-dispersive use in adhesive formulations	(G) Rosin phenolies
P-09-0232	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) An open non-dispersive use in adhesive formulations	(G) Rosin phenolies
P-09-0233	02/17/09	05/17/09	CBI	(G) An open non-dispersive use in adhesive formulations	(G) Rosin phenolies
P-09-0234	02/18/09	05/18/09	CBI	(G) Drilling fluid additive	(G) Polymeric ether
P-09-0235	02/18/09	05/18/09	CBI	(G) Open non-disperive use	(G) Aspartic ester resin
P-09-0236	02/18/09	05/18/09	Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals LLC	(G) Polymer additive for open, non-dispersive use	(S) Alkenes, C20-24 .alpha.-, polymers with maleic anhydride, C16-18 alkyl esters
P-09-0237	02/20/09	05/20/09	Innospec Fuel Specialties LLC	(G) Destructive use	(S) Formaldehyde, polymers with alkylphenol, branched and alkylamine
P-09-0238	02/20/09	05/20/09	Nitron International Corporation	(S) Agricultural fertilizer	(S) Ammonium sulphate nitrate
P-09-0239	02/20/09	05/20/09	Wacker Chemical Corporation	(S) Coating of paper and other substrates	(G) Siloxanes and silicones, di-me polymers with (chloromethylsilyl)-functional alkane, vinyl-group terminated
P-09-0240	02/20/09	05/20/09	Lubrizol	(S) Corrosion inhibitor in metalworking fluids	(S) Morpholine, 4,4′-methylenebis-
P-09-0241	02/23/09	05/23/09	Nagase America Corporation	(G) Industrial reactant	(S) 1,2-ethanediol, reaction products with epichlorohydrin
P-09-0242	02/23/09	05/23/09	Cytec Industries Inc.	(G) Industrial coatings agent	(G) Substituted acrylates, polymer with substituted polyglycol ether prepolymer, substituted alkylnitrile-initiated
P-09-0243	02/24/09	05/24/09	CBI	(G) Monomer	(G) Substituted propyl methacrylamide
P-09-0244	02/24/09	05/24/09	Meadwestvaco Corporation - Specialty Chemicals Division	(S) Asphalt emulsifier; intermediate	(G) Amidoamines from the reaction products of modified fatty acids and substituted ethyleneamines.
P-09-0245	02/24/09	05/24/09	CBI	(G) Coating for open, non-dispersive use; surface active agent; oil and water repellent agent	(G) Partially fluorinated alcohol, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5), ammonium salts
P-09-0246	02/24/09	05/24/09	CBI	(G) Coating for open, non-dispersive use; surface active agent; oil and water repellent agent	(G) Partially fluorinated alcohol, reaction products with phosphorus oxide (P2O5)
P-09-0247	02/25/09	05/25/09	CBI	(G) Oil-field additive	(G) Acrylamide-based copolymer
P-09-0248	02/25/09	05/25/09	P N Solutions Inc.	(S) Flame retardant added to polymers aqueous solution to stop wildfires	(G) Ethyleneamine polyphosphates

In Table II of this unit, EPA provides the following information (to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the TMEs received:

II. 2 Test Marketing Exemption Notices Received From: 2/17/09 to 2/27/09

Case No.	Received Date	Projected Notice End Date	Manufacturer/Importer	Use	Chemical
T-09-0004	02/17/09	04/02/09	Cytec Industries Inc.	(G) Industrial coating agent	(G) Fatty acids, polymers with substituted alkanoate, polyethylene glycol mono-me ether, polyol and substituted carbomonocycle
T-09-0005	02/23/09	04/08/09	Cytec Industries Inc.	(G) Industrial coatings agent	(G) Substituted acrylates, polymer with substituted polyglycol ether prepolymer, substituted alkylnitrile-initiated

In Table III of this unit, EPA provides the following information (to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the Notices of Commencement to manufacture received:

III. 21 Notices of Commencement From: 2/17/09 to 2/27/09

Case No.	Received Date	Commencement Notice End Date	Chemical
P-07-0414	02/18/09	01/06/09	(G) Alkyl heteroalkyl chloride
P-08-0067	02/17/09	01/23/09	(G) 1,1′′′-[1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)]bis[1′,3′-dihydro-8-methoxy-3′3,′-dimethyl-6-nitro- aromatic substituted indole
P-08-0178	02/20/09	02/02/09	(G) Substituted benzoyl chloride
P-08-0262	02/18/09	02/03/09	(G) Polyester polyurethane
P-08-0305	02/19/09	02/05/09	(G) Compound of oxalkylated amine with fatty acid adduct
P-08-0353	02/23/09	02/13/09	(S) Propanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl-, 3-methyl-3-buten-1-yl ester
P-08-0548	02/19/09	02/05/09	(G) Polyether modified polyurethane
P-08-0557	02/24/09	02/15/09	(G) Acrylated aliphatic polyurethane
P-08-0559	02/18/09	01/16/09	(G) Aliphatic ketoxime
P-08-0624	02/24/09	02/15/09	(G) Acrylated aliphatic polyurethane
P-08-0688	02/18/09	01/15/09	(G) Epoxy-amine adduct
P-08-0693	02/18/09	02/06/09	(G) Substituted carbomonocycles, polymer with substituted glycols and alkyldioic acid
P-08-0699	02/17/09	02/04/09	(G) Alkoxysilane
P-08-0703	02/17/09	02/06/09	(G) Dihydroxyalkanoic acid, polymer with polyetherdiol and alicyclic diisocyanate
P-08-0739	02/17/09	01/16/09	(G) Fatty acids, vegetable, polymers with aliphatic and cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids, polyols, dihydroxycarboxylic acids, cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, and tertiary alkyl amines.
P-08-0745	02/24/09	01/30/09	(G) Silicone copolyol phthalate
P-08-0746	02/24/09	01/31/09	(G) Silicone copolyol phthalate (zinc salts)
P-09-0012	02/23/09	02/10/09	(S) Magnesium, chloroethenyl-
P-09-0019	02/24/09	01/29/09	(G) Cycloaliphatic diglycidyl ester
P-09-0045	02/23/09	02/09/09	(S) Propanol, 1(or 2)-(methyl-2-phenoxyethoxy)-
P-09-0046	02/19/09	02/05/09	(S) Cyclosiloxanes, 3-[2-hydroxy-3-[(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl)oxy]propoxy]propyl me, 3-[3-hydroxy-2-[(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl)oxy]propoxy]propyl me, me 3-(2-oxiranylmethoxy)propyl

List of Subjects

• Environmental protection
• Chemicals
• Premanufacturer notices

Dated: March 23, 2009.

Chandler Sirmons,

Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.