[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16258-16259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8658]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-40031; FRL-5782-2]
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 2, 1998.
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 document 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 by a
Federal Register document. 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, 1997, through December 31, 1997. Any application received
after December 31, 1997, will be addressed separately.
Testing reimbursement periods have terminated (sunset) for certain
chemicals and for these chemicals, exemption notices are no longer
required. In accordance with 40 CFR 790.45, before the end of the
reimbursement period, persons subject to a test rule and required to
comply with the requirements of the test rule, 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), diethylenetriamine (CAS No. 111-
40-0), and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (CAS No. 149-30-4) were not required
at the time they were submitted because the chemicals have a completed
testing program, the reimbursement periods have sunset, and the
chemicals are no longer subject to TSCA section 4 reporting
requirements. Exemption applications received by EPA after the
chemical's sunset date do not appear in this document. Conditional
exemptions granted in 1997 are listed below:
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Chemicals CAS No. 40 CFR citation Company
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Tributyl phosphate................... 126-73-8............... 799.4360............... ICI Paints North
America, Strongville,
OH
Isopropanol.......................... 67-63-0................ 799.2325............... The Dexter Corporation,
Windsor Locks, CT
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene............... 108-67-8............... 799.5075............... 3V Inc., Georgetown, SC
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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 document.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601,2603.
Dated: March 25, 1998.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics.
[FR Doc. 98-8658 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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