[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPPTS-00169A; FRL-6040-3] Consumer Labeling Initiative; Notice of Data Availability AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F