[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28724]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPTS-00169A; FRL-6040-3]


Consumer Labeling Initiative; Notice of Data Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of survey data on the 
Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) launched in 1996. The first stage of 
CLI concluded with publication of the CLI Phase I Report. As part of 
Phase II, the Agency's industry and trade association partners 
conducted a nationwide quantitative survey designed in cooperation with 
all of the CLI project participants. The survey questions and responses 
are now available for review in the CLI Administrative Record (AR-139).

DATES: Comments on the CLI project or on the survey data can be 
submitted at any time to the address under ``ADDRESSES.'' For comments 
to be included in the CLI Phase II Report, they must be received by the 
Agency on or before November 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Each comment must bear the docket control number OPPTS-
00169A. All comments should be sent in triplicate to: OPPT Document 
Control Officer (7407), AR-139-Consumer Labeling Initiative, Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
Street, SW., Room G-099, East Tower, Washington, DC 20460.
    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically to: 
[email protected]. Follow the instructions under Unit II. of this 
document. No Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be 
submitted through e-mail.
    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 action. 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.
    Persons interested in reveiwing the survey data should contact the 
TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center (NCIC) at the address under 
Unit II. of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Dominiak, CLI Task Force Co-
Chair, Chemical Control Division (7405), Office of Pollution Prevention 
and Toxics, Rm. E-213B, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 
260-7768; fax: (202) 260-1096; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    EPA launched a voluntary Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI) in 1996 
(61 FR 12011, March 22, 1996) to explore ideas from consumers, 
industry, and health and safety professionals, on ways to improve the 
environmental, health and safe use information appearing on household 
product labels, specifically indoor insecticides, outdoor pesticides 
and household hard surface cleaners. The first stage of the CLI 
concluded with publication of the CLI Phase I Report (EPA-700-R-96-001) 
in September 1996. As part of Phase II of the CLI project, which began 
in 1997, the Agency's industry and trade association partners undertook 
a nationwide quantitative survey designed in cooperation with all of 
the CLI project participants. The survey, conducted from April-June 
1998, tested the learnings from Phase I, explored alternatives to 
existing label language, and established a baseline of current consumer 
behavior with reactions to labels.
    The survey questions and responses are now available for review in 
the CLI Administrative Record (AR-139). Detailed findings, conclusions, 
and recommendations developed from the survey information and other 
ongoing CLI activities will be available in the CLI Phase II Report, 
which is expected to be published in December 1998 or January 1999.

II. Public Record and Electronic Submissions

    The official record for this action, as well as the public version, 
has been established for this action under docket control number OPPTS-
00169A (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 official 
record is located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm. 
NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC.
    Electronic comments must be identified by the docket control number 
OPPTS-00169A and ``AR-139-Consumer Labeling Initiative'' in the subject 
line and can be submitted 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. Comments and data 
will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file 
format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
the docket control number. Electronic comments on this action may be 
filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: October 20, 1998.

Charles M. Auer,

Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 98-28724 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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