[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10535]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-47006; FRL-5712-9]
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 chemical substances subject to these rules.
DATES: These conditional exemptions are effective on April 23, 1997.
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, 1996 through December 31, 1996. Any application received
after December 31, 1996 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 diethylene
glycol butyl ether (CAS No. 112-34-5) were not required at the time
they were submitted because the chemical has a completed testing
program, the reimbursement period has sunset, and it is no longer
subject to TSCA section 4 reporting requirements in accordance with 40
CFR 790.80. Exemption applications received by EPA after the chemical's
sunset date would not appear in this notice.
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40 CFR
Chemicals CAS No. Citation Company
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Tributyl phosphate.......... 126-73-8 799.4360 Zeneca
Specialities
Isopropanol................. 67-63-0 799.2325 Spectra
Merchandising
International,
Inc.
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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.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 and 2603.
Dated: April 15, 1997.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics.
[FR Doc. 97-10535 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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