[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41155-41156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20104]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00194; FRL-5388-9]


Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment; Lithographic Blanket 
Washes; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability for Comment.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of the draft of a document 
entitled ``Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment: Lithographic 
Blanket Washes.'' This document details the findings of the EPA's 
Design for the Environment Lithography Project.
DATES: Comments are due no later than September 23, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to: Jed Meline, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Design for the Environment Program (DfE), Mail Code 
7406, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. 20460. The complete report is 
available by Document Number EPA (744-R-95-008). Free copies can be 
obtained by contacting EPA's Pollution Prevention Information Clearing 
House (PPIC), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Mail 
Code 3404, Washington, DC. 20460.

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Telephone (202) 260-1023; Fax (202) 260-0178. Or, review the report on 
the DfE home page at http://es.inel.gov/dfe.
    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-00194]. No CBI should be submitted through e-
mail. Electronic comments may be filed online at many Federal 
Depository Libraries. Additional information on electronic submissions 
can be found below in this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jed Meline, telephone (202) 260-1678, 
Design for the Environment Program, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Mail Code 7406, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. 20460, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability: Electronic copies of the draft document are 
available from the EPA Public Access gopher (gopher.epa.gov) at the 
Environmental Sub-Set entry for this document under ``Rules and 
Regulations.''
    The EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Program began working 
with the lithographic sector of the printing industry In 1993. This 
work ultimately formed the basis of the DfE Lithography Project. 
Concentrating on the process of blanket washing, the partners of the 
Lithography Project, in a voluntary cooperative effort, evaluated 37 
different blanket wash products. Information was gathered on the 
performance, cost, and health and environmental risk trade-offs of each 
blanket wash. The goal of the Project is to provide information that 
will help lithographers make more informed decisions about the blanket 
wash products they bring into their facilities, and thus, help them 
design an operation which is more environmentally sound, safer for 
workers, and more cost effective. With this notice, EPA is announcing 
the availability of the draft document entitled ``Cleaner Technologies 
Substitutes Assessment: Lithographic Blanket Washes,'' detailing the 
information and data gathered throughout the course of the Lithography 
Project.
    A record has been established for this notice of availability under 
docket number [OPPTS-00194] (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 confidential business 
information (CBI), is available for inspection from 12 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 notice of availability, 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 record which will also include all comments 
submitted directly in writing. The official record is the paper record 
maintained at the address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this 
document.

    Dated: July 31, 1996.

William H. Sanders III

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 96-20104 Filed 8-6-96; 8:45 am]
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