[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25041-25042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12030]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-51897; FRL-5786-2]
Certain Chemicals; Premanufacture Notices
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical to
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the
manufacture or import of substances not on the TSCA Inventory. Section
5 of TSCA also requires EPA to publish receipt and status information
in the Federal Register each month reporting premanufacture notices
(PMN) and test marketing exemption (TME) application requests received,
both pending and expired. The information in this document contains
notices received from February 23, 1998 to February 27, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Written comments, identified by the document control number
``[OPPTS-51897]'' and the specific PMN number, if appropriate, should
be sent to: Document Control Office (7407), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Rm. ETG-099 Washington, DC 20460.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppt.ncic@epamail.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 in 5.1/6.1 file format or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket number [OPPTS-51897]. No Confidential Business Information
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this
notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found under
``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION''.
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 notice. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-545, 401
M St., SW., Washington, DC, 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551;
e-mail: TSCA-Hotline@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of TSCA, EPA is
required to publish notice of receipt and status reports of chemicals
subject to section 5 reporting requirements. The notice requirements
are provided in TSCA sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3). Specifically, EPA is
required to provide notice of receipt of PMNs and TME application
requests received. EPA also is required to identify those chemical
submissions for which data has been received, the uses or intended uses
of such chemicals, and the nature of any test data which may have been
developed. Lastly, EPA is required to provide periodic status reports
of all chemical substances undergoing review and receipt of notices of
commencement.
A record has been established for this notice under docket number
``[OPPTS-51897]'' (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
public record is located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center
(NCIC), Rm. NEM-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will
transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form
as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official
record which will also include all comments submitted directly in
writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the
address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
In the past, EPA has published individual notices reflecting the
status of section 5 filings received, pending or expired, as well as
notices reflecting receipt of notices of commencement. In an effort to
become more responsive to the regulated community, the users of this
information and the general public, to comply with the requirements of
TSCA, to conserve EPA resources, and to streamline the process and make
it more timely, EPA is consolidating these separate notices into one
comprehensive notice that will be issued at regular intervals.
In this notice, EPA shall provide a consolidated report in the
Federal Register reflecting the dates PMN requests were received, the
projected notice end date, the manufacturer or importer identity, to
the extent that such information is not claimed as confidential and
chemical identity, either specific or generic depending on whether
chemical identity has been claimed confidential. Additionally, in this
same report, EPA shall provide a listing of receipt of new notices of
commencement.
EPA believes the new format of the notice will be easier to
understand by the interested public, and provides the information that
is of greatest interest to the public users. Certain information
provided in the earlier notices will not be provided under the new
format. The status reports of substances under review, potential
production volume, and summaries of health and safety data will not be
provided in the new notices.
EPA is not providing production volume information in the
consolidated notice since such information is generally claimed as
confidential. For this reason, there is no substantive loss to the
public in not publishing the data. Health and safety data are not
summarized in the notice since it is recognized as impossible, given
the format of this notice, as well as the previous style of notices, to
provide meaningful information on the subject.
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In those submissions where health and safety data were received by the
Agency, a footnote is included by the Manufacturer/Importer identity to
indicate its existence. As stated below, interested persons may contact
EPA directly to secure information on such studies.
For persons who are interested in data not included in this notice,
access can be secured at EPA Headquarters in the NCIC at the address
provided above. Additionally, interested parties may telephone the
Document Control Office at (202) 260-1532, TDD (202) 554-0551, for
generic use information, health and safety data not claimed as
confidential or status reports on section 5 filings.
Send all comments to the address listed above. All comments
received will be reviewed and appropriate amendments will be made as
deemed necessary.
This notice will identify: (I) PMNs received; and (II) Notices of
Commencement to manufacture/import.
I. 8 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 02/23/98 to 02/27/98
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Projected Notice End Manufacturer/
Case No. Received Date Date Importer Use Chemical
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P-98-0508 02/23/98 05/24/98 CBI (G) Coating resin, (G) Polyester
open, non-dispersive polyurethane acrylic
use copolymer
P-98-0509 02/24/98 05/25/98 Bush Boake Allen Inc. (S) Fragrance for air (S) Propanoic acid, z-
freshners; fragrance methyl-1,7,7-
for liquid laundry trimethylbicyclo
detergent; fragrance [2.2.1] hept-yl ester,
for liquid surface exo-
cleaners; fragrance
for soaps; fragrance
for shampoo / shower
gel; fragrance for
household products
P-98-0510 02/23/98 05/24/98 CBI (G) Highly dispersive (G) Disubstituted
alkenol
P-98-0511 02/23/98 05/24/98 Wacker Silicones (S) Pigment (G) Siloxanes modified
Corporation polymethacrylate
P-98-0512 02/25/98 05/26/98 CBI (G) Coating of metal (G) Modified epoxy resin
substrates copolymer of epoxy
withacrylic monomers
modifiers acrylic
copolymer
P-98-0513 02/25/98 05/26/98 NOF America (G) Additive (G) Methylacrylate
Corporation copolymer
P-98-0514 02/25/98 05/26/98 Olin Corporation (S) Film- forming (G) Polyamic acid,
polymer acrylate ester, ethyl
ester
P-98-0515 02/27/98 05/28/98 CBI (G) Adhesive (G) Amines modified poly
additive, paper (vinyl alcohol)
additive, printing
plate additive
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II. 8 Notices of Commencement Received From: 02/23/98 to 02/27/98
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Commencement/Import
Case No. Received Date Date Chemical
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P-95-1332 02/25/98 02/09/98 (G) Secondary aliphatic
alcohol
P-97-0316 02/27/98 02/12/98 (S) Silane,
hexadecyltrimethoxy
P-97-0552 02/24/98 01/27/98 (G) Metal ester
P-97-0553 02/24/98 01/27/98 (G) Metal ester
P-97-0809 02/23/98 02/06/98 (G) Isocyanate terminated
polyurethane
P-97-0856 02/23/98 01/28/98 (G) Hydroxyl terminated
polyetherol
P-98-0004 02/26/98 01/29/98 (G) Acrylate polymer
P-98-0194 02/27/98 02/24/98 (G) Cycloolefin polymer
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Premanufacture notices.
Dated: April 30, 1998.
Oscar Morales,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 98-12030 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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