95-15169. Receipt of Request from Rhone-Poulenc for Waiver from Testing

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32957-32958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15169]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-83004; FRL-4961-2]


Receipt of Request from Rhone-Poulenc 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 Rhone-Poulenc 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 July 11, 1995.

ADDRESS: Submit written comments in triplicate, identified with the 
document [[Page 32958]] control number OPPTS-83004, to: TSCA Docket 
Receipts, (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. G99, East Tower, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending 
electronic mail (e-mail) to: [e-mail]. 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 file format or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket number OPPTS-83004. No CBI should be submitted through e-
mail. Electronic comments on this waiver request may be filed online at 
many Federal Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic 
submissions can be found in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Rm. E-543, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, 
[phone], TDD [phone].
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.
    Rhone-Poulenc requests a waiver under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(i). 
Rhone-Poulenc plans to import 2,4-dichlorophenol (CAS No. 120-83-2), a 
substance subject to testing under 40 CFR part 766, solely for research 
and development purposes. Rhone-Poulenc will limit its import of 2,4-
dichlorophenol 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 Public Docket Office, 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.
    A record has been established for this action under docket number 
OPPTS-83004 (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 confidential business information (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, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
    [e-mail]


    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 for this action 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.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemical substances.

    Dated: June 8, 1995.

Charles M. Auer,

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics.

[FR Doc. 95-15169 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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