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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-40026; FRL-4759-6]

 

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 on February 18, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-543B, 401 
M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice grants conditional exemptions 
from TSCA section 4 test rule requirements to all manufacturers of the 
chemical substances identified below who 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 which 
submitted exemption applications for testing of the chemical substances 
named in the final test rules listed below from January 1, 1993 through 
December 31, 1993.

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                                          40 CFR                        
      Chemicals            CAS No.      Citation          Company       
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9,10-anthraquinone...          84-65-1   799.500   C. H. Powell Company 
                                                                        
dichlorobenzene......          95-50-1   799.1052  The Glidden Company  
                                                                        
1,3-dichloropropanol.          96-23-1   799.5055  McGean-Rohco, Inc.   
                                                                        
diethylene glycol             124-17-4   799.1560  BASF Corp.           
 butyl ether acetate.                                                   
                                                                        
2-ethylhexanol.......         104-76-7   799.1645  Glidden Company      
.....................                              3M                   
                                                                        
isopropanol..........          67-63-0   799.2325  AKZO                 
                                                                        
2-                            149-30-4   799.2475  Prochimie            
 mercaptobenzothiazol                               International, Inc. 
 e.                                                                     
                                                                        
Multi-Substance Rule                                                    
 for the Testing of                                                     
 Neurotoxicity.                                                         
  acetone............          67-64-1   799.5050  Appleton Papers Inc. 
                                                   Alabama River Pulp   
                                                    Company, Inc.       
                                                   American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   BF Goodrich Co.      
                                                   Boise Cascade Corp.  
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   Buckeye Florida      
                                                   Champion             
                                                    International       
                                                    Corporation         
                                                   Chesapeake Paper     
                                                    Products Company    
                                                   Ciba-Geigy Corp.     
                                                   Consolidated Papers  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Container Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Federal Paper Board  
                                                    Company, Inc.       
                                                   Fel-Pro, Inc.        
                                                   Finch, Pruyn Company,
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   Frazee Industries,   
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Gaylord Container    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Georgia-Pacific Corp.
                                                   Gilman Paper Company 
                                                   P.H. Glatfelter Co.  
                                                   Glidden Co.          
                                                   Great Lakes Chemical 
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Green Bay Packaging, 
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Gulf States Paper    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Inland Container     
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   ITT Rayonier Inc.    
                                                   International Paper  
                                                   Interstate Paper     
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Jefferson Smurfit    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   James River Corp.    
                                                   Lincoln Pulp and     
                                                    Paper Co., Inc.     
                                                   Longview Fibre Co.   
                                                   3M                   
                                                   MacMillan Bloedel    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Mead Corp.           
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   Port Townsend Paper  
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Potlatch Corp.       
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   St. Joe Forest       
                                                    Products Co.        
                                                   Scott Paper Co.      
                                                   Sherman Williams     
                                                   Simpson Paper Co.    
                                                   Stone Container Corp.
                                                   Temple-Inland Forest 
                                                    Products Corp.      
                                                   Troy Corp.           
                                                   Union Camp Corp.     
                                                   Wacker Silicones     
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Westvaco Corporation 
                                                   Weston Paper and     
                                                    Manufacturing Co.   
                                                   Willamette           
                                                    Industries, Inc.    
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  n-amyl acetate.....         628-63-7   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                    Bowater Inc.        
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Ford Motor Company   
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles                
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   Sherman Williams     
                                                   Troy Corp.           
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  1-butanol..........          71-36-3   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Aristech Chemical    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   BYK Chemie           
                                                   Cray Valley Products,
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Ethyl Corp.          
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   Frazee Inc.          
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Glidden Co.          
                                                   Great Lakes Chemical 
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Lilly Industries,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   PPG Industries, Inc. 
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   RHEOX Inc.           
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Troy Corp.           
                                                   Wacker Silicones     
                                                    Corporation         
                                                   Westvaco Corp.       
                                                   Willamette Industries
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  n-butyl acetate....         123-86-4   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   Brenntag Interchem,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Courtaulds Coatings  
                                                   Cray Valley Products,
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   Frazee Industries,   
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Glidden Co.          
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Morton International,
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   PPG Industries, Inc. 
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   RHEOX Inc.           
                                                   Sherman Williams     
                                                   Troy Corp.           
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  diethyl ether......          60-29-7   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  2-ethoxyethanol....         110-80-5   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   PPG Industries, Inc. 
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Troy Corp.           
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  ethyl acetate......         141-78-6   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   Courtaulds Coatings  
                                                   Cray Valley Products,
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Ford Motor Company   
                                                   Fuji Photo Film, Inc.
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Glidden Company      
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Great Lakes Chemical 
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Morton International,
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   RHEOX Inc.           
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Zeneca               
                                                                        
  isobutyl alcohol...          78-83-1   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   Courtaulds Coatings  
                                                   DuPont               
                                                    Ford Motor Co.      
                                                   Frazee Industries,   
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Glidden Co.          
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Lilly Industries Inc.
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   PPG Industries, Inc. 
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   RHEOX Inc.           
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Troy Corp.           
                                                   Union Camp Corp.     
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  methyl isobutyl             108-10-1   799.5050  Alabama River Pulp   
   ketone.                                          Company, Inc.       
                                                   American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Boise Cascade Corp.  
                                                   BonaKemi USA, Inc.   
                                                    Bowater Inc.        
                                                   Buckeye Florida      
                                                   Champion             
                                                    International Corp. 
                                                   Consolidated Papers  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Container Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   Courtaulds Coatings  
                                                   DuPont               
                                                   Federal Paper Board  
                                                    Company, Inc.       
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   Frazee Industries,   
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Gaylord Container    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Georgia-Pacific Corp.
                                                   Gilman Paper Co.     
                                                   P. H. Glatfelter Co. 
                                                   Glidden Co.          
                                                   Great Lakes Chemical 
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Green Bay Packaging, 
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   High Point Chemical  
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   International Paper  
                                                   Interstate Paper     
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   James River Corp.    
                                                   Jefferson Smurfit    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Lincoln Pulp and     
                                                    Paper Co., Inc.     
                                                   Longview Fibre Co.   
                                                   MacMillan Bloedel    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Mead Corp.           
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Nippon Paint         
                                                    (America) Corp.     
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   P. H. Glatfelter Co. 
                                                   Potlatch Corp.       
                                                   PPG Industries, Inc. 
                                                   Pratt & Lambert, Inc.
                                                   RHEOX Inc.           
                                                   St. Joe Forest       
                                                    Products Co.        
                                                   Scott Paper Co.      
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Simpson Paper Co.    
                                                   Smurfit Newsprint    
                                                    Corp.               
                                                   Stone Container Corp.
                                                   Temple-Inland Forest 
                                                    Products Corp.      
                                                   Union Camp Corp.     
                                                   Westvaco Corp.       
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
                                                                        
  tetrahydrofuran....         109-99-9   799.5050  American Standox,    
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   BASF Corp.           
                                                   Bowater Inc.         
                                                   Ford Motor Co.       
                                                   General Motors       
                                                   Guardsman Products,  
                                                    Inc.                
                                                   3M                   
                                                   Miles Inc.           
                                                   Packaging Corporation
                                                    of America          
                                                   Sherman Williams Co. 
                                                   Zeneca Specialties   
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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.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601,2603.

    Dated: February 8, 1994.

Denise M. Keehner,
Acting Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 94-3759 Filed 2-17-94; 8:45 am]
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