[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41155-41156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20104]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00194; FRL-5388-9]
Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment; Lithographic Blanket
Washes; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability for Comment.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of the draft of a document
entitled ``Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment: Lithographic
Blanket Washes.'' This document details the findings of the EPA's
Design for the Environment Lithography Project.
DATES: Comments are due no later than September 23, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to: Jed Meline, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Design for the Environment Program (DfE), Mail Code
7406, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. 20460. The complete report is
available by Document Number EPA (744-R-95-008). Free copies can be
obtained by contacting EPA's Pollution Prevention Information Clearing
House (PPIC), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Mail
Code 3404, Washington, DC. 20460.
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Telephone (202) 260-1023; Fax (202) 260-0178. Or, review the report on
the DfE home page at http://es.inel.gov/dfe.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: 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 file format or ASCII file
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by
the docket number [OPPTS-00194]. No CBI should be submitted through e-
mail. Electronic comments may be filed online at many Federal
Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic submissions
can be found below in this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jed Meline, telephone (202) 260-1678,
Design for the Environment Program, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Mail Code 7406, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. 20460, e-mail:
meline.jed@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability: Electronic copies of the draft document are
available from the EPA Public Access gopher (gopher.epa.gov) at the
Environmental Sub-Set entry for this document under ``Rules and
Regulations.''
The EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Program began working
with the lithographic sector of the printing industry In 1993. This
work ultimately formed the basis of the DfE Lithography Project.
Concentrating on the process of blanket washing, the partners of the
Lithography Project, in a voluntary cooperative effort, evaluated 37
different blanket wash products. Information was gathered on the
performance, cost, and health and environmental risk trade-offs of each
blanket wash. The goal of the Project is to provide information that
will help lithographers make more informed decisions about the blanket
wash products they bring into their facilities, and thus, help them
design an operation which is more environmentally sound, safer for
workers, and more cost effective. With this notice, EPA is announcing
the availability of the draft document entitled ``Cleaner Technologies
Substitutes Assessment: Lithographic Blanket Washes,'' detailing the
information and data gathered throughout the course of the Lithography
Project.
A record has been established for this notice of availability under
docket number [OPPTS-00194] (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:
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 of availability, 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.
Dated: July 31, 1996.
William H. Sanders III
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 96-20104 Filed 8-6-96; 8:45 am]
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