[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18100-18102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9669]


      

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Part VIII





Environmental Protection Agency





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Certain Chemicals; Premanufacture Notices

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-51887; FRL-5774-2]


Certain Chemicals; Premanufacture Notices

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 
any person who intends to manufacture or import a new chemical to 
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the 
manufacture or import of substances not on the TSCA Inventory. Section 
5 of TSCA also requires EPA to publish receipt and status information 
in the Federal Register each month reporting premanufacture notices 
(PMN) and test marketing exemption (TME) application requests received, 
both pending and expired. The information in this document contains 
notices received from December 8, 1997 to December 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments, identified by the document control number 
``[OPPTS-51887]'' and the specific PMN number, if appropriate, should 
be sent to: Document Control Office (7407), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Rm. ETG-099 Washington, DC 20460.
    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 5.1/6.1 file format or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket number [OPPTS-51887]. No Confidential Business Information 
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
notice may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found under 
``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION''.
    All comments which contain information claimed as CBI must be 
clearly marked as such. Three sanitized copies of any comments 
containing information claimed as CBI must also be submitted and will 
be placed in the public record for this notice. Persons submitting 
information on any portion of which they believe is entitled to 
treatment as CBI by EPA must assert a business confidentiality claim in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion. This claim must 
be made at the time that the information is submitted to EPA. If a 
submitter does not assert a confidentiality claim at the time of 
submission, EPA will consider this as a waiver of any confidentiality 
claim and the information may be made available to the public by EPA 
without further notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-545, 401 
M St., SW., Washington, DC, 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551; 
e-mail: TSCA-H[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of TSCA, EPA is 
required to publish notice of receipt and status reports of chemicals 
subject to section 5 reporting requirements. The notice requirements 
are provided in TSCA sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3). Specifically, EPA is 
required to provide notice of receipt of PMNs and TME application 
requests received. EPA also is required to identify those chemical 
submissions for which data has been received, the uses or intended uses 
of such chemicals, and the nature of any test data which may have been 
developed. Lastly, EPA is required to provide periodic status reports 
of all chemical substances undergoing review and receipt of notices of 
commencement.
    A record has been established for this notice under docket number 
``[OPPTS-51887]'' (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 12 
noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
public record is located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center 
(NCIC), Rm. NEM-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, 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.
    In the past, EPA has published individual notices reflecting the 
status of section 5 filings received, pending or expired, as well as 
notices reflecting receipt of notices of commencement. In an effort to 
become more responsive to the regulated community, the users of this 
information and the general public, to comply with the requirements of 
TSCA, to conserve EPA resources, and to streamline the process and make 
it more timely, EPA is consolidating these separate notices into one 
comprehensive notice that will be issued at regular intervals.
    In this notice, EPA shall provide a consolidated report in the 
Federal Register reflecting the dates PMN requests were received, the 
projected notice end date, the manufacturer or importer identity, to 
the extent that such information is not claimed as confidential and 
chemical identity, either specific or generic depending on whether 
chemical identity has been claimed confidential. Additionally, in this 
same report, EPA shall provide a listing of receipt of new notices of 
commencement.
    EPA believes the new format of the notice will be easier to 
understand by the interested public, and provides the information that 
is of greatest interest to the public users. Certain information 
provided in the earlier notices will not be provided under the new 
format. The status reports of substances under review, potential 
production volume, and summaries of health and safety data will not be 
provided in the new notices.
    EPA is not providing production volume information in the 
consolidated notice since such information is generally claimed as 
confidential. For this reason, there is no substantive loss to the 
public in not publishing the data. Health and safety data are not 
summarized in the notice since it is recognized as impossible, given 
the format of this notice, as well as the previous style of notices, to 
provide meaningful information on the subject. In those submissions 
where health and safety data were received by the Agency, a footnote is 
included by the Manufacturer/Importer identity to indicate its 
existence. As stated below, interested persons may contact EPA directly 
to secure information on such studies.

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    For persons who are interested in data not included in this notice, 
access can be secured at EPA Headquarters in the NCIC at the address 
provided above. Additionally, interested parties may telephone the 
Document Control Office at (202) 260-1532, TDD (202) 554-0551, for 
generic use information, health and safety data not claimed as 
confidential or status reports on section 5 filings.
    Send all comments to the address listed above. All comments 
received will be reviewed and appropriate amendments will be made as 
deemed necessary.
    This notice will identify: (I) PMNs received; and (II) Notices of 
Commencement to manufacture/import.


                                            I.  17 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 12/08/97 to 12/12/97                                           
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                                                            Projected Notice End       Manufacturer/                                                    
              Case No.                   Received Date              Date                 Importer                  Use                   Chemical       
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P-98-0231                           12/08/97               03/08/98               Westvaco Corporation   (S) Coupler/ carrier   (G) Rosin modified fatty
                                                                                                          for corrosion          acids, tall-oil,       
                                                                                                          inhibitors for oil     polymer with glycerol, 
                                                                                                          well applications      petroleum naphtha,     
                                                                                                                                 maleic anhydride and   
                                                                                                                                 petroleum distillates, 
                                                                                                                                 distillation lights    
P-98-0232                           12/08/97               03/08/98               Westvaco Corporation   (S) Coupler/ carrier   (G) Rosin modified fatty
                                                                                                          for corrosion          acids, tall-oil,       
                                                                                                          inhibitors for oil     polymer with glycerol, 
                                                                                                          well applications      petroleum naphtha,     
                                                                                                                                 maleic anhydride and   
                                                                                                                                 petroleum distillates, 
                                                                                                                                 distillation lights    
P-98-0233                           12/08/97               03/08/98               Westvaco Corporation   (S) Coupler/ carrier   (G) Rosin modified fatty
                                                                                                          for corrosion          acids, tall-oil,       
                                                                                                          inhibitors for oil     polymer with glycerol, 
                                                                                                          well applications      petroleum naphtha,     
                                                                                                                                 maleic anhydride and   
                                                                                                                                 petroleum distillates, 
                                                                                                                                 distillation lights    
P-98-0234                           12/09/97               03/09/98               3M Company             (S) Chemical           (G) Alkyl polyester     
                                                                                                          intermediate           resin                  
P-98-0235                           12/09/97               03/09/98               CBI                    (S) Catalyst for       (G) Silica supported    
                                                                                                          production of          vanadium catalyst      
                                                                                                          polyolefins                                   
P-98-0236                           12/09/97               03/09/98               CBI                    (G) Raw material of    (S) 2-propenoic acid, [4-
                                                                                                          resins                 (hydroxymethyl)cyclohex
                                                                                                                                 yl]methyl ester        
P-98-0238                           12/09/97               03/09/98               Olin Corporation       (S) Film-former        (G) Methacrylate        
                                                                                                                                 derivative copolymer   
P-98-0239                           12/11/97               03/11/98               AKZO Nobel Resins      (S) Resin used to      (S) 2-propenoic acid, 2-
                                                                                                          manufacture            methyl-, 2-(1-oxa-4-   
                                                                                                          industrial coatings    azaspiro[4.5]dec-4-    
                                                                                                                                 yl)ethyl ester, polymer
                                                                                                                                 with butyl 2-propenoate
                                                                                                                                 and 1,2-propanediol    
                                                                                                                                 mono-2-propenoate, 2-  
                                                                                                                                 hydroxy-3-[(1-         
                                                                                                                                 oxoneodecyl)oxy]propyl 
                                                                                                                                 ester, 2,2-azobis[2-   
                                                                                                                                 methylbutanenitrile]-  
                                                                                                                                 initiated              
P-98-0240                           12/10/97               03/10/98               CBI                    (G) Open, non-         (G) Acrylic resin       
                                                                                                          dispesive use                                 
P-98-0241                           12/10/97               03/10/98               CBI                    (G) Open, non-         (G) Aliphatic nitrogen  
                                                                                                          dispersive             heterocycle            
                                                                                                          (catalyst)                                    
P-98-0242                           12/10/97               03/10/98               CBI                    (G) Destructive use    (G) Styrene acrylic     
                                                                                                                                 copolymer              
P-98-0243                           12/10/97               03/10/98               CBI                    (S) Industrial         (G) Waterborne          
                                                                                                          coating                polyurethane dispersion
                                                                                                                                 based on a polyester   
                                                                                                                                 polyol and 1,1         
                                                                                                                                 methylenebis (4-       
                                                                                                                                 isocyanatocyclohexane) 
P-98-0245                           12/12/97               03/12/98               CBI                    (G) Resin for coating  (G) Modified acrylic    
                                                                                                                                 resin                  
P-98-0246                           12/12/97               03/12/98               CBI                    (G) Resin for coating  (G) Modified acrylic    
                                                                                                                                 resin                  
P-98-0247                           12/12/97               03/12/98               Henkel Corporation     (G) Polyurethane       (G) Polyether aromatic  
                                                                                                          intermediate           urethane               
P-98-0248                           12/12/97               03/12/98               Henkel Corporation     (S) Rhenology          (G) Urethane polymer    
                                                                                                          modifier for: latex                           
                                                                                                          paints and latex                              
                                                                                                          adhesives                                     
P-98-0249                           12/12/97               03/12/98               H.B. Fuller Company    (S) Fabric adhesive    (G) Polyester isocyanate
                                                                                                                                 prepolymer             
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                    II.  22 Notices of Commencement/Import Received Date 12/08/97 to 12/12/97                   
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               Case No.                     Received date        Commencement/Import            Chemical        
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P-95-1970                             12/09/97                 11/25/97                (G) Benzotrizole         
                                                                                        derivative              
P-95-2079                             12/11/97                 12/02/97                (S) 4,8,13,17-           
                                                                                        tetraazaeicosane-1,20-  
                                                                                        diamine, 4,17-bis(3-    
                                                                                        aminopropyl)-8,13-bis[3-
                                                                                        [bis(3-                 
                                                                                        aminopropyl)amino]propyl
                                                                                        ]                       
P-96-0300                             12/10/97                 11/18/97                (S) Ethanol, 2-amino-,   
                                                                                        compounds with          
                                                                                        polyethylene glycol     
                                                                                        hydrogen sulfate C12-15-
                                                                                        alkyl ethers            
P-97-0284                             12/09/97                 12/03/97                (G) Wild pepper          
P-97-0310                             12/09/97                 11/21/97                (G) Carbarnate functional
                                                                                        polyester               
P-97-0385                             12/08/97                 11/10/97                (G) Polycarboxylate      
                                                                                        polymer                 
P-97-0413                             12/09/97                 11/20/97                (G) Hydrogen functional  
                                                                                        siloxane                
P-97-0414                             12/09/97                 11/20/97                (G) Hydrogen functional  
                                                                                        siloxane                
P-97-0460                             12/10/97                 11/07/97                (G) Organo silane ester  
P-97-0534                             12/11/97                 12/07/97                (S) Hydrofluoric acid,   
                                                                                        reaction products with 4-
                                                                                        methylmorpholine        
P-97-0624                             12/09/97                 11/25/97                (G) Isocyanate-terminate 
                                                                                        polyester polyether     
                                                                                        polymer                 
P-97-0625                             12/09/97                 12/03/97                (G) Isocyanate-terminate 
                                                                                        polyester polyether     
                                                                                        polymer                 
P-97-0733                             12/12/97                 11/18/97                (G) Fatty acids, C18-    
                                                                                        unsaturated, dimers,    
                                                                                        hydrogenated, polymers  
                                                                                        with ethylenediamine and
                                                                                        a fatty alcohol.        
P-97-0776                             12/12/97                 09/17/97                (G) Dimethyl poly        
                                                                                        siloxane mono (6-hydroxy-
                                                                                        4-oxahexyl terminated), 
                                                                                        polymer with            
                                                                                        polyisocyanate          

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P-97-0862                             12/09/97                 11/11/97                (G) Alkyl methacrylate,  
                                                                                        copolymer with          
                                                                                        methacrylic acid ester  
                                                                                        of ethoxylated tridecyl 
                                                                                        alcohol                 
P-97-0890                             12/12/97                 11/19/97                (G) Acrylate copolymer   
                                                                                        with acrylonitrile      
P-97-0933                             12/11/97                 11/10/97                (G) Carbonate-amine      
                                                                                        adduct                  
P-97-0968                             12/11/97                 11/15/97                (G) Epoxy resin          
P-97-0969                             12/11/97                 11/14/97                (G) Urethane oligomer    
P-97-0970                             12/11/97                 11/15/97                (G) Epoxy-amine adduct   
P-97-0971                             12/11/97                 11/11/97                (G) Epoxy-amine adduct   
P-97-0972                             12/11/97                 11/13/97                (G) Epoxy resin          
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List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Premanufacture notices.

    Dated: April 1, 1998.

Oscar Morales,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 98-9669 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
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