[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49835-49836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24000]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-62151; FRL-4979-3]


Dialogue Process on Identification of Lead-Based Paint Hazards; 
Notice of Open Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has established the schedule for meetings of the Dialogue 
Process to support the forthcoming rulemaking under section 403 of the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Section 403 directs the Agency to 
``. . . promulgate regulations which shall identify. . .lead-based 
paint hazards, lead contaminated dust and lead contaminated soil.'' 
Through the Dialogue Process, the Agency seeks to obtain information 
and individual perspectives on specific policy questions related to the 
rulemaking.

DATES: The meetings will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on: October 19, 
1995; November 16, 1995; December 14, 1995; and January 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington, 
1000 H St., NW., Washington, DC 20001.
    All comments should be submitted in triplicate to: TSCA Document 
Receipts (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-G99, 401 M St., SW., Washington, 
DC 20460. All comments should be identified by the docket number OPPTS-
62151.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending 
electronic mail (e-mail) to: [email protected]. 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-62151. No Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found in Unit 
III. of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Dialogue 
Process or the schedule, please contact: Andrea Yang, Chemical 
Management Division (7404), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Telephone: 202-260-4918, e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Dialogue Schedule

    Section 403 of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2683 directs EPA to promulgate 
regulations that identify lead hazards in paint, household dust, and 
bare residential soil. Title IV of TSCA, titled ``Lead Exposure 
Reduction,'' which includes section 403, was added to TSCA by the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. To support 
the rulemaking, EPA has established a Dialogue Process to obtain input 
from interested parties early in the rulemaking process. Establishment 
of the Dialogue Process was announced in the Federal Register of July 
18, 1995 (60 FR 36806).
    All meetings are open to the public and will provide opportunity 
for public comment on a first-come, first-served basis. Thirty minutes 
will be allocated at each meeting for public comment. 

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Due to the need to accommodate as many interested parties as possible 
during the public comment periods, EPA will limit comments to 5 minutes 
for representatives of organizations and 3 minutes for individuals. 
Members of the public interested in offering comment at a meeting of 
the Dialogue should sign-up at the meeting registration desk.
    Individuals wishing to provide comments to EPA, but who cannot be 
accommodated during the comment period or cannot attend the Dialogue 
meetings may submit written comments to EPA at the address listed in 
the ADDRESSES unit of this Notice. Individuals who have information or 
data that they wish to share with Dialogue participants should send 30 
copies to Andrea Yang at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT unit of this Notice.

II. Confidential Business Information

    A person may assert a claim of confidentiality for any information, 
including all or portions of written comments, submitted to EPA in 
connection with the Dialogue Process. Any person who submits a comment 
subject to a claim of confidentiality must also submit a 
nonconfidential version. Any claim of confidentiality must accompany 
the information when it is submitted to EPA. Persons must mark 
information claimed as confidential by circling, bracketing, or 
underlining it, and marking it with CONFIDENTIAL or some other 
appropriate designation. EPA will disclose information subject to a 
claim of confidentiality only to the extent permitted by section 14 of 
TSCA and 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. If a person does not assert a claim 
of confidentiality for information at the time it is submitted to EPA, 
EPA may make the information public without further notice to that 
person.

III. Public Docket

    A record has been established for this action under docket number 
``OPP-62151'' (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 CBI, is available for inspection from 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:

    [email protected]

    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 action, 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 
rulemaking record which will also include all comments submitted 
directly in writing. The official rulemaking record is the paper record 
maintained at the address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this 
document.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection and Lead.

    Dated: September 20, 1995.
William H. Sanders III,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 95-24000 Filed 9-26-95; 8:45 am]
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