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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 68

[FRL-4843-4]

 

List of Regulated Substances for Accidental Release Prevention 
Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as Amended; Risk Management 
Programs for Chemical Accident Release Prevention Under Section 
112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, signed into law on 
November 15, 1990, include provisions for chemical accident prevention. 
On January 31, 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated 
the list of regulated substances and thresholds required under section 
112(r) of the Clean Air Act as Amended (59 FR 4478). The list and 
threshold quantities will identify facilities subject to chemical 
accident prevention regulations to be promulgated under section 112(r) 
of the Clean Air Act as Amended; a proposed regulation for such 
requirements was published in the Federal Register on October 20, 1993 
(58 FR 54190). In promulgating the list, EPA deferred action on the 
proposed threshold quantities exemption for listed flammable substances 
when used solely for facility consumption as fuel (see 58 FR 5102, 
5120, (January 19, 1993)). A supplemental notice was published on 
January 31, 1994 (59 FR 4500), requesting additional public comment on 
the hazards associated with flammable substances used as fuel and the 
appropriateness of the proposed exemption. In addition, EPA also 
requested comments on the impacts of proposed accident prevention 
requirements in the absence of an exemption, and on ways of reducing 
the impacts of these requirements. This notice extends the public 
comment period for the supplemental notice.

DATES: The comment period for the supplemental notice will be extended 
from the original closing date of March 2, 1994 to April 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or submitted to: Environmental 
Protection Agency, Attn: Docket No. (A-91-74), room 1500, Waterside 
Mall, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, DC 20460. Comment must be 
submitted in triplicate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Rodriguez, (202) 260-7913, 
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (5101), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, 
or the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hot Line at 1-
800-535-0202.

    Dated: February 23, 1994.
Elliott Laws,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
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