[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39654-39655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19236]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 712
[OPPTS-82046B; FRL-4970-4]
Toxic Substances; Preliminary Assessment Information Rule
Reporting; Response to Comment on the Listing of Isobutyl Alcohol
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 712.30(c) of the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR),
EPA is revising its decision to add isobutyl alcohol (CAS No. 78-83-1)
to the PAIR and is withdrawing it from a final rule published in the
Federal Register of July 5, 1995.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective on August 3, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director,
Environmental Assistance Office (7408), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Rm. E-543B, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,
Telephone: (202) 554-1404, TDD: (202) 554-0551, e-mail: TSCA-
Hotline@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary of this Action
EPA issued a final rule adding isobutyl alcohol, among other
chemical substances, to the TSCA section 8(a) PAIR (40 CFR part 712),
which was published in the Federal Register of July 5, 1995 (60 FR
34879). The PAIR provides that chemical substances, mixtures, and
categories added by the Interagency Testing Committee to the TSCA
section 4(e) Priority List, for testing by the Agency, will be added to
the PAIR 30 days after EPA publishes in the Federal Register a rule
amendment listing these chemical substances, mixtures, or categories.
The PAIR also
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provides that EPA may withdraw substances from the rule, for good
cause, prior to the effective date of a substance's listing (40 CFR
712.30(c)).
On July 19, 1995, EPA received a letter from the Oxo Process Panel
of the Chemical Manufacturers Association requesting that EPA remove
isobutyl alcohol from the PAIR. In the letter, several recent and
ongoing activities covering isobutyl alcohol were identified as
alternate sources for use and exposure data, including a recent TSCA
section 4 rulemaking action (Neurotoxicity Test Rule (58 FR 40262, July
27, 1993) and Testing Consent Order Incorporating Enforceable Consent
Agreement (60 FR 4516, January 23, 1995)), and the development of a
dossier under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development's Screening Information Data Set program. The Oxo Process
Panel argued that the data generated or collected as part of these
other activities make it unnecessary for the Agency to add isobutyl
alcohol to the PAIR.
EPA agrees that information on isobutyl alcohol substantially
similar to that which would be required under the PAIR is already or
will soon be available. For this reason, EPA is revising its decision
to add isobutyl alcohol to the PAIR and withdrawing it from the rule.
II. Analyses Under E.O. 12866, the Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995,
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the Paperwork Reduction Act
Because this action reduces certain pending requirements, this
action is not ``significant'' within the meaning of Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), and does not impose any Federal
mandate on any State, local, or tribal governments or the private
sector within the meaning of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104-4). For the same reasons, pursuant to the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), it has been determined that this
action will not have a significant economic impact on a significant
number of small entities. Additionally, the information collection
requirements associated with the PAIR have been approved by OMB under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501, and have
been assigned OMB control number 2070-0054. EPA has determined that
this rule eliminates certain pending recordkeeping and reporting
requirements.
III. Rulemaking Record
The following documents constitute the record for this action
(docket control number OPPTS-82046B. These documents are available to
the public in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center (NCIC),
formerly the TSCA Public Docket Office, from 12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. TSCA NCIC is located at EPA
Headquarters, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
1. This final rule.
2. The final rule adding isobutyl alcohol to the PAIR (60 FR 34979,
July 5, 1995).
3. Letter dated July 19, 1995, from Dr. Langley A. Sperlock, Vice
President, CHEMSTAR, Chemical Manufacturers Association, to Susan B.
Hazen, Director, Environmental Assistance Division.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 712
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Health
and safety data, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: August 1, 1995.
Denise M. Keehner,
Acting Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
Therefore, 40 CFR part 712 is amended as follows:
1. The authority citation for part 712 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2607(a).
Sec. 712.30 [Amended]
2. As added in the issue of July 5, 1995, page 34879, in
Sec. 712.30(e), under the category OSHA Chemicals in Need of Dermal
Absorption Testing, the entire CAS No. entry for 78-83-1 is withdrawn.
[FR Doc. 95-19236 Filed 8-2-95; 8:45 am]
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