[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5766-5767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3424]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-62151A; FRL-4996-3]


Dialogue Group on Identification of Lead-Based Paint Hazards; 
Notice of Schedule Change

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has modified the schedule for meetings of the Dialogue 
Process to support the forthcoming rulemaking under section 403 of the 
Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA).

DATES: The discussion on residential soil containing lead will be held 
on February 15, 1996, while the meeting on the format and structure of 
the section 403 Rule will take place on March 21, 1996. Both meetings 
will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: The Grand Hyatt Washington, 
1000 H St., NW., Washington, DC 2001.
    All written 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 

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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 
document 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).
    Due to the federal government shutdowns, the November 16, 1995 and 
January 18, 1996 meetings of the Dialogue Participants were postponed. 
These meetings have been rescheduled as indicated.
    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. 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: February 8, 1996.
Joseph A. Carra,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

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