[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26960-26961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12485]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-40034; FRL-6077-8]
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 May 18, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Augustyniak, Associate
Director, Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-543B, 401
M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 554-1404,
TDD: (202) 554-0551; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does This Action Apply To Me?
This action applies to all manufacturers of chemical substances
identified in this unit that submitted an application for exemption
from TSCA section 4 testing in 1998. Conditionally approved exemptions
submitted in 1998 are listed below:
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Chemicals CAS No. 40 CFR citation Company
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Isopropanol 67-63-0 799.2325 ICI General Chemicals,
Wilmington, DE
BYK-Chemie USA,
Wallingford, CT
Dymon, Inc., Olathe, KS
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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.
B. How Can I Get Additional Information or Copies of This Document or
Other Documents Discussed in This Notice?
1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this
document and other related documents from the EPA Internet Home Page at
http://www.epa.gov/. To access this document, on the Home Page select
``Laws and Regulations'' and then look up the entry for this document
under the ``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You can also
go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/
fedrgstr/.
2. In person or by phone. If you have any questions or need
additional information about this document, you may contact the person
identified in the ``FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT'' section. In
addition, the official record for this document, including the public
version, has been established under docket control number OPPTS-40034,
(including comments and data submitted electronically). This record not
only includes the documents that are physically located in the docket,
but also includes all the documents that are referenced in those
documents. A public version of this record, including printed, paper
versions of any electronic comments and data, which does not include
any information claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) is
available for inspection in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information
Center, Rm. NE B-607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC, from 12 noon to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The TSCA
Nonconfidential Information Center telephone number is (202) 260-7099.
II. Background
This notice grants conditional exemptions from TSCA section 4 test
rule requirements to all manufacturers of the chemical substances
identified in this unit 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 in this unit
from January 1 through December 31, 1998. Any application received
after December 31, 1998, 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 790.45, before the end of the
reimbursement period, persons subject to a test rule and required to
comply with the requirements of the rule, 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.
An exemption application that was received by EPA for 2-
ethylhexanol (CAS No. 104-76-7) was not required at the time it was
submitted because the chemical has a completed testing program, the
reimbursement period has sunset, and the chemical is no longer subject
to TSCA section 4 reporting requirements. Exemption applications
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received by EPA after the chemical's sunset date do not appear in this
notice.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601, 2603.
Dated: May 4, 1999.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics.
[FR Doc. 99-12485 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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