[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10535]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-47006; FRL-5712-9]


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 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 April 23, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, 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, 
e-mail:TSCA-H[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice grants conditional exemptions 
from TSCA section 4 test rule requirements to all manufacturers of the 
chemical substances identified below that 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 that submitted exemption applications for testing of the 
chemical substances named in the final test rules listed below from 
January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. Any application received 
after December 31, 1996 will be addressed separately.
    Testing reimbursement periods have terminated (sunset) for certain 
chemicals and exemption notices are no longer required for these 
chemicals. In accordance with 40 CFR 790.80, before the end of the 
reimbursement period, manufacturers or processors of the test substance 
who are subject to the requirement, must submit either a letter of 
intent to test or an exemption application. Reimbursement period as 
defined in 40 CFR 791.3, refers to a period that begins when the data 
from the last non-duplicative test to be completed under a test rule is 
submitted to EPA, and ends after an amount of time equal to that which 
had been required to develop that data or after 5 years, whichever is 
later.
    Exemption applications that were received by EPA for diethylene 
glycol butyl ether (CAS No. 112-34-5) were not required at the time 
they were submitted because the chemical has a completed testing 
program, the reimbursement period has sunset, and it is no longer 
subject to TSCA section 4 reporting requirements in accordance with 40 
CFR 790.80. Exemption applications received by EPA after the chemical's 
sunset date would not appear in this notice.

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                                                40 CFR                  
          Chemicals               CAS No.      Citation      Company    
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Tributyl phosphate..........        126-73-8   799.4360  Zeneca         
                                                          Specialities  
Isopropanol.................         67-63-0   799.2325  Spectra        
                                                          Merchandising 
                                                          International,
                                                          Inc.          
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    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 and 2603.

    Dated: April 15, 1997.

Charles M. Auer,

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97-10535 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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