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Part III





Environmental Protection Agency





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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Petitions for Exemption; Notice
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5097-5]

 
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Petitions for Exemption

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Correction to notice of decision.

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SUMMARY: On September 13, 1994, the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register notice (59 FR 47048) of 
decision granting petitions for exemption for two specific applications 
of products manufactured with class I substances. These waivers were 
granted to the Upjohn Company (Upjohn) and E.I. DuPont de Nemours & 
Company (Dupont). Within the notice of September 13, 1994, two 
technical errors were made, one each in the Upjohn and Dupont 
discussions. The purpose of today's action is to correct these 
technical errors. The corrections are discussed in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Copies of information relevant to these petitions are 
available for inspection in public docket A-91-60 at the Air Docket 
[LE-131 of EPA, Room M-1500, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460 
between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A 
reasonable fee may be charged for copying services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mavis Sanders, Stratospheric 
Protection Division (6205-J), Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 
20460, (202) 233-9737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 11, 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) published the final labeling regulations implementing section 611 
(58 FR 8136) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended by the Clean Air 
Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990. The regulations include a section that 
permits a manufacturer to petition EPA to temporarily exempt a product 
manufactured with a class I substance from the labeling requirements.

This Action

    When transcribing information from the Upjohn petition for 
exemption, to the September 13, 1994 notice, EPA inadvertently listed 
the wrong chemical as an actual alternative for the use of CFC-12 as a 
stabilizer for Upjohn's sterilization process. The chemical 
Spectinomycin Hydrochloride was stated as the replacement for the use 
of CFC-12 in this process. The notice should have stated on page 47049 
in the second column that Upjohn submitted a petition to the Food and 
Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the modification of its use of a 
CFC-12/Ethylene Oxide (ETO) mixture in the sterilization process to 
100% Ethylene Oxide. Therefore, the notice of September 13, 1994, is 
corrected to state that the alternative chemical submitted by Upjohn to 
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval is ethylene oxide 
(ETO).
    There was a typographical error made in the E.I. Nemours Dupont 
Company (Dupont) discussion of the notice. Dupont's petition requested 
a waiver through December 31, 1996. EPA's intention was to grant a 
waiver from labeling requirements, for the fine synthetic fiber 
manufactured by Dupont, through December 31, 1996. The September 13, 
1994, Federal Register notice stated on page 47051 in the first column 
that the waiver should be granted through January 1, 1996. That notice 
should have stated that the waiver be granted through December 31, 
1996.
    Therefore the notice of September 13, 1994 is corrected to grant 
the waiver for Dupont's fine synthetic fiber through December 1996.

    Dated: October 20, 1994.
Richard D. Wilson,
Acting Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-26666 Filed 10-28-94; 8:45 am]
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