[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9211-9212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3181]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 721

[OPPTS-50638A; FRL-6769-7]
RIN 2070-AB27


Significant New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances; Delay of 
Effective Date

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Final Rule; Delay of Effective Date.

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SUMMARY:  In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from 
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled 
``Regulatory Review Plan,'' published in the Federal Register on 
January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7701), this action temporarily delays for 60 
days the effective date of the rule entitled ``Significant New Uses of 
Certain Chemical Substances; Direct Final Rule,'' published in the 
Federal Register on December 26, 2000 (65 FR 81386) (FRL-6592-8). That 
rule concerns EPA's promulgation of significant new use rules (SNURs) 
under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 40 
chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices 
(PMNs) and subject to TSCA section 5(e) consent orders issued by EPA.

DATES:  The new effective date of the Significant New Uses of Certain 
Chemical Substances; Direct Final Rule, amending 40 CFR part 721 
published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2000 at 65 FR 81386 
(FRL-6592-8), from February 26, 2001, to a new effective date of April 
27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  James Alwood, Chemical Control 
Division (7405), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 260-1857; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to 
this action, it is exempt from notice and comment because it 
constitutes a rule of procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). 
Alternatively, the Agency's implementation of this action without 
opportunity for public comment, effective immediately upon publication 
today in the Federal Register, is based on the good cause exceptions in 
5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3). Seeking public comment is 
impracticable, unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. The 
temporary 60-day delay in effective date is necessary to give Agency 
officials the opportunity for further review and consideration of new 
regulations, consistent with the Assistant to the President's 
memorandum of January 20, 2001. Given the imminence of the effective 
date, seeking prior public comment on this temporary delay would have 
been impractical, as well as contrary to the public interest in the 
orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. The imminence 
of the effective date is also good cause for making this rule 
immediately effective upon publication.

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    Dated: February 1, 2001.
David Kling,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 01-3181 Filed 2-6-01 8:45 am]
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