[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16648-16650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7960]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-40028; FRL-4936-7]
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 the 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 March 31, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Willis, Acting 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, 1994 through
December 31, 1994. Any application received after that date will be
addressed separately.
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Chemicals CAS No. 40 CFR Citation Company
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9,10-anthraquinone. 84-65-1 799.500 Medson Farmers
Service Co.
Inchema Inc.
RedEagle Chemicals
Co.
Zhonghua Chem Corp.
biphenyl........... 92-52-4 799.925 Nisseki Chemical
Texas Inc.
cumene............. 98-82-8 799.1285 General Electric
Co.
Nisseki Chemical
Texas Inc.
1,3 96-23-1 799.5055 MacDermid Inc.
dichloropropanol
(OSW).
diethylene glycol 112-34-5 799.1560 Cobane Corp.
monobutyl ether.
2-ethylhexanol..... 104-76-7 799.1645 Lubrizol Corp.
3V Inc.
isopropanol........ 67-63-0 799.2325 Cobane Corp.
Elf Atochem
Guardman Products,
Inc.
Lubrizol Corp.
Office of Water
Chemicals
chloroethane....... 75-00-3 799.5075 General Motors
Corp.
Westlake Monomers
Corp.
1,1-dichloroethane. 75-34-3 799.5075 General Motors
Corp.
Westlake Monomers
Corp.
1,1,2,2- 79-34-5 799.5075 General Motors
tetrachloroethane. Corp.
Westlake Monomers
Corp.
n-propylbenzene.... 103-65-1 799.5075 General Motors
Corp.
Westlake Monomers
Corp.
1,3,5- 108-67-8 799.5075 Amoco Oil Co.
trimethylbenzene. BASF Corp.
Conoco Inc.
Exxon Chemical
Americas
General Motors
Corp.
Glidden Co.
ICI Acrylics, Inc.
Mitsubishi Gas
Chemical America,
Inc.
Mobil Oil Corp.
Shell Oil Co.
Sun Company, Inc.
Texaco Inc.
Union Carbide Corp.
Westlake Monomers
Corp.
Multi-Substance
Rule for the
Testing of
Neurotoxicity\1\
acetone............ 67-64-1 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
Elf Atochem
General Motors
Corp.
n-amyl acetate..... 628-63-7 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
General Motors
Corp.
1-butanol.......... 71-36-3 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
General Motors
Corp.
W. R. Grace Co.
Williams-Hayward
Protective
Coatings, Inc.
n-butyl acetate.... 123-86-4 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
Elf Atochem
General Motors
Corp.
W. R. Grace Co.
Olin Chemicals
diethyl ether...... 60-29-7 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
General Motors
Corp.
2-ethoxyethanol.... 110-80-5 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
Elf Atochem
W. R. Grace Co.
General Motors
Corp.
ethyl acetate...... 141-78-6 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
General Motors
Corp.
Tolson USA Inc.
Vanity Fair
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isobutyl alcohol... 78-83-1 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
Elf Atochem
General Motors
Corp.
W. R. Grace Co.
methyl isobutyl 108-10-1 799.5050 Courtaulds
ketone. Aerospace
Elf Atochem
General Motors
Corp.
W. R. Grace Co.
Williams-Hayward
Protective
Coatings, Inc.
tetrahydrofuran.... 109-99-9 799.5050 Courtaulds
Aerospace
General Motors
Corp.
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\1\ The Multi-Substance Rule for the Testing of Neurotoxicity has been
revoked and replaced with an Enforceable Consent Agreement.
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:March 24, 1995.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics.
[FR Doc. 95-7960 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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