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Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of Report 
and Request for Comments; Notice

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2003-0026; FRL-7314-4]


Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of 
Report and Request for Comments

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice

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SUMMARY:  The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing 
Committee (ITC) transmitted its Fifty-Second Report to the 
Administrator of the EPA on May 30, 2003. In the 52\nd\ ITC Report, 
which is included with this notice, the ITC is not revising the 
Priority Testing List. However, the ITC is revising the Voluntary 
Information Submissions Innovative Online Network (VISION).
     In its 51\st\ ITC Report, the ITC announced that it would consider 
revising its voluntary information submission procedures to encourage 
greater and more efficient use of its VISION. The ITC has reviewed its 
voluntary information submission procedures and considered industry 
comments discussed in the 51\st\ ITC Report. At this time, the ITC is 
revising the VISION as outlined in the 52\nd\ ITC Report, which is 
included in this notice and on the ITC web site.

DATES:  Comments, identified by docket ID number OPPT-2003-0026, must 
be received on or before August 22, 2003.

ADDRESSES:  Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as 
provided in Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: 
Barbara Cunningham, Director, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].
    For technical information contact: Dr. John D. Walker, ITC Director 
(7401), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-7527; fax: (202) 
564-7528; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This notice is directed to the public in general. It may, however, 
be of particular interest to you if you manufacture (defined by statute 
to include import) and/or process TSCA-covered chemicals and you may be 
identified by the North American Industrial Classification System 
(NAICS) codes 325 (Chemical Manufacturing) and 32411 (Petroleum 
Refineries). Because this notice is directed to the general public and 
other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to 
describe all the specific entities that may be interested in this 
action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this 
action to a particular entity, consult the technical person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2003-0026. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action. Although a part of the official 
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials 
that is available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, Rm. 
B102-Reading Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC. The EPA Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading 
Room telephone number is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone number for 
the OPPT Docket, which is located in EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-
0280.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.You may also access additional 
information about the ITC at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc/ or 
through the web site for the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances (OPPTS) at http://www.epa.gov/opptsfrs/home/opptsim.htm/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be 
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly 
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in 
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
appropriate docket ID number.
    Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets. 
Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public 
docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA's electronic 
public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material will not be 
placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in 
printed, paper form in the official public docket. To the extent 
feasible, publicly available docket materials will be made available in 
EPA's electronic public docket. When a document is selected from the 
index list in EPA Dockets, the system will identify whether the 
document is available for viewing in EPA's electronic public docket. 
Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you 
may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through 
the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA intends to work 
towards providing electronic access to all of the publicly available 
docket materials through EPA's electronic public docket.
    For public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is 
that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, 
will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public 
docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EPA's 
electronic public docket. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket.
    Public comments submitted on computer disks that are mailed or 
delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public 
docket. Public comments that are mailed or delivered to the docket will 
be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket. Where 
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objects will be photographed, and the photograph will be placed in 
EPA's electronic public docket along with a brief description written 
by the docket staff.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand 
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the 
appropriate docket ID number in the subject line on the first page of 
your comment. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the 
specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the 
comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider 
these late comments. If you wish to submit CBI or information that is 
otherwise protected by statute, please follow the instructions in Unit 
I.D. Do not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit CBI or information 
protected by statute.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as 
prescribed in this unit, EPA recommends that you include your name, 
mailing address, and an e- mail address or other contact information in 
the body of your comment. Also include this contact information on the 
outside of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter 
accompanying the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 
identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact 
you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
or needs further information on the substance of your comment. EPA's 
policy is that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or 
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included 
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, 
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot 
read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you 
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to 
submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for 
receiving comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in docket ID number 
OPPT-2003-0026. The system is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
    ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by e-mail to [email protected], 
Attention: Docket ID Number OPPT-2003-0026. In contrast to EPA's 
electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not an ``anonymous 
access'' system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to the docket 
without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail 
system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail addresses 
that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are included as 
part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and 
made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM 
that you mail to the mailing address identified in Unit I.C.2. These 
electronic submissions will be accepted in WordPerfect or ASCII file 
format. Avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
    2. By mail. Send your comments to: Document Control Office (7407M), 
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
    3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver your comments to: OPPT 
Document Control Office (DCO) in EPA East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID Number-- 
OPPT-2003-0026. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is 
(202) 564-8930.

D. How Should I Submit CBI to the Agency?

    Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI 
electronically through EPA's electronic public docket or by e-mail. You 
may claim information that you submit to EPA as CBI by marking any part 
or all of that information as CBI (if you submit CBI on disk or CD ROM, 
mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify 
electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that 
is CBI). Information so marked will not be disclosed except in 
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes 
any information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not 
contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion 
in the public docket and EPA's electronic public docket. If you submit 
the copy that does not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside 
of the disk or CD ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information 
not marked as CBI will be included in the public docket and EPA's 
electronic public docket without prior notice. If you have any 
questions about CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, please consult 
the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    We invite you to provide your views and comments on the ITC 52\nd\ 
Report. You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing 
your comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used 
that support your views.
    4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
    5. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline in this 
notice.
    6. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket 
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page 
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal 
Register citation.

II. Background

    The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 260l et seq.) 
authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to promulgate regulations under 
section 4(a) requiring testing of chemicals and chemical mixtures in 
order to develop data relevant to determining the risks that such 
chemicals and chemical mixtures may present to health or the 
environment. Section 4(e) of TSCA established the ITC to recommend 
chemicals and chemical mixtures to the Administrator of the EPA for 
priority testing consideration. Section 4(e) of TSCA directs the ITC to 
revise the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List at least every 6 
months.

A. The ITC's 52\nd\ Report

    The 52\nd\ ITC Report was transmitted to the EPA's Administrator on 
May 30, 2003, and is included in this notice. In the 52\nd\ ITC Report, 
the ITC revises the VISION.

B. Status of the Priority Testing List

    The current TSCA 4(e) Priority Testing List as of May 2003 can be 
found in Table 1 of the 52\nd\ ITC Report, which is included in this 
notice.

List of Subjects

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    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the 
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Table of Contents

Summary

The TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List (May 2003)

I. Background
II. TSCA Section 8 Reporting
A. TSCA Section 8 Reporting Rules
B. ITC's Use of TSCA Section 8 and Other Information
C. Previous and New Requests to Add Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(a) 
PAIR Rules
D. Previous and New Requests to Add Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(d) 
HaSDR Rules
III. ITC's Activities During this Reporting Period (November 2002 to 
May 2003): Voluntary Information Submissions Innovative Online 
Network (VISION)
IV. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List
A. Chemicals Added to the Priority Testing List
B. Chemicals Removed From the Priority Testing List
V. References
VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee

SUMMARY

    In this 52\nd\ ITC Report, the ITC is not revising the Priority 
Testing List. However, the ITC is revising the Voluntary Information 
Submissions Innovative Online Network (VISION).
    The TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List is Table 1 of this 
unit.

                        Table 1.-- The TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List (May 2003)
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             ITC Report                         Date              Chemical name/Group             Action
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31                                    January 1993             13 Chemicals with         Designated
                                                                insufficient dermal
                                                                absorption rate data
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32                                    May 1993                 16 Chemicals with         Designated
                                                                insufficient dermal
                                                                absorption rate data
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35                                    November 1994            4 Chemicals with          Designated
                                                                insufficient dermal
                                                                absorption rate data
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37                                    November 1995            2 Alkylphenols            Recommended
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41                                    November 1997            1 Alkylphenol             Recommended
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42                                    May 1998                 3-Amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4- Recommended
                                                                triazole
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42                                    May 1998                 Glycoluril                Recommended
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47                                    November 2000            9 Indium compounds        Recommended
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48                                    May 2001                 Benzenamine, 3-chloro-    Recommended
                                                                2,6-dinitro- N,N-
                                                                dipropyl-4-
                                                                (trifluoromethyl)-
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49                                    November 2001            Stannane, dimethylbis[(1- Recommended
                                                                oxoneodecyl)oxy]-
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50                                    May 2002                 Benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-  Recommended
                                                                2-(2-propenyloxy)-
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50                                    May 2002                 1-Triazene, 1,3-diphenyl- Recommended
 
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51                                    November 2002            43 Vanadium compounds     Recommended
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I. Background

    The ITC was established by section 4(e) of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA) ``to make recommendations to the Administrator 
respecting the chemical substances and mixtures to which the 
Administrator should give priority consideration for the 
promulgation of a rule for testing under section 4(a).... At least 
every six months ..., the Committee shall make such revisions to the 
Priority Testing List as it determines to be necessary and transmit 
them to the Administrator together with the Committee's reasons for 
the revisions'' (Public Law 94-469, 90 Stat. 2003 et seq., 15 U.S.C. 
2601 et seq.). Since its creation in 1976, the ITC has submitted 51 
semi-annual (May and November) reports to the EPA Administrator 
transmitting the Priority Testing List and its revisions. ITC 
reports are available from the ITC's web site (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc) within a few days of submission to the Administrator 
and from http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ after publication in the 
Federal Register. The ITC meets monthly and produces its revisions 
to the Priority Testing List with administrative and technical 
support from the ITC Staff and ITC Members and their U.S. Government 
organizations and contract support provided by EPA. ITC Members and 
Staff are listed at the end of this report.

II. TSCA Section 8 Reporting

A. TSCA Section 8 Reporting Rules

    Following receipt of the ITC's report (and the revised Priority 
Testing List) by the EPA Administrator, the EPA's Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) appends the chemicals added 
to the Priority Testing List to TSCA section 8(a) Preliminary 
Assessment Information Reporting (PAIR) and TSCA section 8(d) Health 
and Safety Data Reporting (HaSDR) rules. The PAIR rule requires 
producers and importers of Chemical Abstract Service (CAS)-numbered 
chemicals added to the Priority Testing List to submit production 
and exposure reports (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemtest/pairform.pdf). The HaSDR rule requires producers, importers, and 
processors of all chemicals (including those with no CAS numbers) 
added to the Priority Testing List to submit unpublished health and 
safety studies under TSCA section 8(d) that must be in compliance 
with the revised HaSDR rule. (Ref. 1) All submissions must be 
received by the EPA within 90 days of the reporting rules Federal 
Register publication date. The reporting rules are automatically 
promulgated by OPPT unless otherwise requested by the ITC.

B. ITC's Use of TSCA Section 8 and Other Information

    The ITC reviews the TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule reports, TSCA 
section 8(d) HaSDR rule studies and other information that becomes 
available after the ITC adds chemicals to the Priority Testing List. 
Other information includes TSCA section 4(a) studies, TSCA section 
8(c) submissions, TSCA section 8(e) ``substantial risk'' notices, 
``For Your Information'' (FYI) submissions, unpublished data 
submitted to and from U.S. Government organizations represented on 
the ITC, published papers, as well as use, exposure, effects, and 
persistence data that

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are voluntarily submitted to the ITC by manufacturers, importers, 
processors, and users of chemicals recommended by the ITC. The ITC 
reviews this information and determines if data needs should be 
revised, if chemicals should be removed from the Priority Testing 
List or if recommendations should be changed to designations. To 
avoid duplicate reporting, the ITC carefully coordinates its 
information solicitations and reporting requirements with other 
national and international testing programs, e.g., the National 
Toxicology Program (NTP) (http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/), the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 
Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Program (http://www.oecd.org) 
and EPA's High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/volchall.htm).

C. Previous and New Requests to Add Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(a) 
PAIR Rules

    The following chemicals will be added to a TSCA section 8(a) 
PAIR rule: Benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4- 
(trifluoromethyl)- (CAS No. 29091-20-1) (Ref. 2); stannane, 
dimethylbis[(1-oxoneodecyl)oxy]- (CAS No. 68928-76-7), benzene, 
1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-propenyloxy)- (CAS No. 3278-89-5) and 1-
triazene, 1,3-diphenyl- (CAS No.136-35-6) (Ref. 3); and 43 vanadium 
compounds (Ref. 4). At this time, there are no new requests to add 
chemicals to the TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule.

D. Previous and New Requests to Add Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(d) 
HaSDR Rules

     The ITC has requested in previous reports to the EPA 
Adminstrator that the following chemicals be added to TSCA section 
8(d) HaSDR rules: H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, 5-amino-1,2-dihydro- 
(3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole) (CAS No. 16691-43-3) and 
imidazol[4,5-d]imidazole-2,5(1H,3H)-dione, tetrahydro- (glycoluril) 
(CAS No. 496-46-8) (Ref. 5); 9 indium compounds (Ref. 6); 
benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)- 
(CAS No. 29091-20-1) (Ref. 2); and stannane, dimethylbis[(1-
oxoneodecyl)oxy]- (CAS No. 68928-76-7), benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-
(2-propenyloxy)- (CAS No. 3278-89-5) and 1-triazene, 1,3-diphenyl- 
(CAS No.136-35-6) (Ref. 3). At this time, the ITC is requesting that 
the EPA not add vanadium compounds to the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR 
rule to allow producers and importers of vanadium compounds an 
opportunity to voluntarily provide the information requested in 
section IV.A.3. of the 51\st\ ITC Report (Ref. 4).
    For 3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, 5-amino-1,2-dihydro- (3-amino-5-
mercapto-1,2,4-triazole) and imidazo[4,5-d]imidazole-2,5-(1H,3H)-
dione, tetrahydro- (glycoluril), the ITC requests that the TSCA 
section 8(d) HaSDR rule require the submission of pharmacokinetics, 
subchronic toxicity, immunotoxicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, 
reproductive effects and developmental toxicity, and ecological 
effects studies. Only studies for which 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-
triazole or glycoluril is >= 90% of the test substance by weight 
should be submitted.
    For the 9 indium compounds remaining on the Priority Testing 
List, the ITC requests that the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule require 
the submission of pharmacokinetics, genotoxicity, subchronic and 
chronic toxicity, reproductive effects and developmental toxicity 
studies. Only studies where indium compounds are >= 90% of the test 
substance by weight should be submitted. Indium tin oxide was 
inadvertently listed in the 51\st\ ITC Report with CAS No. 17906-67-
7. The correct CAS number for indium tin oxide is 50926-11-9 as 
listed in the 47\th\ ITC Report. Indium tin oxide with CAS No. 
50926-11-9 will be added to the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule.
    For benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4- 
(trifluoromethyl)-, the ITC requests that the TSCA section 8(d) 
HaSDR rule require the submission of biodegradation, 
bioconcentration, pharmacokinetics, subchronic toxicity, 
mutagenicity, reproductive effects and developmental toxicity, 
carcinogenicity, and ecological effects studies. Only studies where 
benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4- (trifluoromethyl)- 
is >= 90% of the test substance by weight should be submitted.
    For stannane, dimethylbis[(1-oxoneodecyl)oxy]-, the ITC requests 
that the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule require the submission of 
hydrolysis, biodegradation, bioconcentration, pharmacokinetics, 
subchronic toxicity, mutagenicity, neurotoxicity, reproductive 
effects and developmental toxicity, carcinogenicity, and ecological 
effects studies. Only studies where stannane, dimethylbis[(1-
oxoneodecyl)oxy]- is >= 90% of the test substance by weight should 
be submitted.
    For benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-propenyloxy)-, the ITC requests 
that the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule require the submission of 
biodegradation, bioconcentration, pharmacokinetics, subchronic 
toxicity, neurotoxicity, reproductive effects and developmental 
toxicity, carcinogenicity, and ecological effects studies. Only 
studies where benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-propenyloxy)- is >= 90% 
of the test substance by weight should be submitted.
    For 1-triazene, 1,3-diphenyl-, the ITC requests that the TSCA 
section 8(d) HaSDR rule require the submission of pharmacokinetics, 
genotoxicity, subchronic and chronic toxicity, reproductive effects 
and developmental toxicity studies. Only studies where 1-triazene, 
1,3-diphenyl- is >= 90% of the test substance by weight should be 
submitted.
    At this time, there are no new requests to add chemicals to the 
TSCA Section 8(a) HaSDR Rule.

III. ITC's Activities During this Reporting Period (November 2002 to 
May 2003): Voluntary Information Submissions Innovative Online Network 
(VISION)

    In its 51\st\ ITC Report, the ITC announced that it would 
consider revising its voluntary information submission procedures to 
encourage greater and more efficient use of its VISION. The ITC has 
reviewed its voluntary information submission procedures and 
considered industry comments discussed in the 51\st\ ITC Report. At 
this time, the ITC is revising the VISION as outlined in this unit. 
The revised VISION will be accessible on the ITC web site following 
submission of this 52\nd\ ITC Report to the EPA Administrator.
    1. The ITC will continue to acknowledge trade organizations and 
companies that voluntarily submit information in response to an ITC 
solicitation. During this reporting period, the ITC acknowledges the 
voluntary submissions of information from the Color Pigments 
Manufacturers Association on DEBITS chemicals and vanadium compounds 
and from the Indium Corporation of America on indium compounds as 
requested in previous ITC reports.
    2. The ITC has requested that the EPA include ITC's 
solicitations for voluntary information submissions in the summary 
and body of the preambles that are prepared for publication of the 
ITC's reports in the Federal Register. This change should allow 
companies to readily determine if the ITC is soliciting voluntary 
information for chemicals they produce or import.
    3. The ITC will notify major chemical trade associations by e-
mail that new ITC reports have been posted to the ITC's web site 
(http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc/). The e-mails will include a 
summary of the report and announcements of new information 
solicitations. This change should increase awareness of the ITC 
information solicitations and encourage voluntary submission of 
data.
    4. The voluntary information submissions should be submitted 
within 90 days of the date the ITC report is published in the 
Federal Register. Failure to voluntarily submit information in a 
timely manner may lead ITC to request that the EPA promulgate the 
appropriate TSCA section 8(a) and 8(d) reporting rules in a 
subsequent report to the EPA Administrator.
    5. The ITC will accept hard copy or electronic voluntary 
information submissions. All submissions should be titled as ITC-FYI 
and should bear the document control number or document ID number of 
the ITC report for which the submission is being provided, e.g., the 
docket ID number for the 50\th\ ITC Report is OPPT-2002-0026. 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) must be submitted as hard 
copies. Both sanitized (no CBI) and unsanitized (CBI) versions must 
be provided.
    6. Information submitted voluntarily will not have to be re-
submitted under a TSCA section 8(d) rule.
    7. Voluntary information may be submitted by mail, in person or 
by courier, or electronically.
    a.  By mail. Document Control Office (7407), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    b. In person or by courier. OPPT Document Control Office (DCO) 
in EPA East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for 
the DCO is (202) 564-8930.

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    c.  Electronically. By e-mail to: [email protected], or mail 
your computer disk to the address identified above. Do not submit 
any information electronically that you consider to be CBI. 
Electronic voluntary information submissions may be submitted as 
Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Integrated Scientific 
Information System (ISIS) Base, or pdf (portable document format) 
files.
    8. To assure rapid review, copies of all CBI and non-CBI 
voluntary information submissions should also be sent to: John D. 
Walker, ITC Director, Office Pollution Prevention Toxic (7401), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; e-mail: [email protected].
    The ITC is continuing to discuss changes to the Electronic 
Health and Safety Data Reporting Form with the EPA along with other 
ways to improve electronic reporting of health and safety studies. 
To supplement the efforts to obtain studies in electronic format 
through VISION, the ITC Staff will continue to contact the producers 
and importers of ITC-recommended chemicals to obtain voluntary 
information submissions.

IV. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List

A. Chemicals Added to the Priority Testing List

    At this time the ITC is not adding any chemicals to the Priority 
Testing List.

B. Chemicals Removed From the Priority Testing List

    At this time the ITC is not removing any chemicals from the 
Priority Testing List.

V. References

    1. EPA. 1998. Revisions to Reporting Regulations Under TSCA 
Section 8(d) (63 FR 15765, April 1, 1998) (FRL-5750-4). Available 
online at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    2. ITC. 2001. Forty-Eighth Report of the ITC. Federal Register 
(66 FR 51276, October 5, 2001) (FRL-6786-7). Available online at: 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    3. ITC. 2002. Fiftieth Report of the ITC. Federal Register (67 
FR 49530, July 30, 2002) (FRL-7183-7). Available online at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    4. ITC. 2003. Fifty-First Report of the ITC. Federal Register 
(68 FR 8976, February 26, 2003) (FRL-7285-7). Available online at: 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    5. ITC. 1998. Forty-Second Report of the ITC. Federal Register 
(63 FR 42554, August 7, 1998) (FRL-5797-8). Available online at: 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    6. ITC. 2001. Forty-Seven Report of the ITC. Federal Register 
(66 FR 17768, April 3, 2001) (FRL-6763-6). Available online at: 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee

    Statutory Organizations and Their Representatives

    Council on Environmental Quality
     Vacant

    Department of Commerce

     National Institute of Standards and Technology
     Robert Huie, Member
     Barbara C. Levin, Alternate

     National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
     Thomas P. O'Connor, Member, Vice Chair
     Teri Rowles, Alternate

     Environmental Protection Agency
     Gerry Brown, Member
     Paul Campanella, Alternate

    National Cancer Institute
     Alan Poland, Member
     David Longfellow, Alternate

    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
     Scott Masten, Member
     William Eastin, Alternate

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
     Mark Toraason, Member, Chair
     Dennis W. Lynch, Alternate

    National Science Foundation
     Marge Cavanaugh, Member
     Parag R. Chitnis, Alternate

    Occupational Safety and Health Administration
     Val H. Schaeffer, Member
     Lyn Penniman, Alternate

    Liaison Organizations and Their Representatives
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
     William Cibulas, Member
     Daphne Moffett, Alternate

    Consumer Product Safety Commission
     Treye Thomas, Member
     Jacqueline Ferrante, Alternate

    Department of Agriculture
     Clifford P. Rice, Member
     Laura L. McConnell, Alternate

    Department of Defense
     Barbara Larcom, Member
     Warren Jederberg, Alternate
     Jos[eacute] Centeno, Alternate

    Department of the Interior
     Barnett A. Rattner, Member

    Food and Drug Administration
     David Hatten, Member
     Kirk Arvidson, Alternate
     Ronald F. Chanderbhan, Alternate

    National Library of Medicine
     Vera W. Hudson, Member

    National Toxicology Program
     NIEHS, FDA, and NIOSH Members

    Technical Support Contractor
     Syracuse Research Corporation

    ITC Staff
     John D. Walker, Director
     Norma S. L. Williams, Executive Assistant

TSCA Interagency Testing Committee, Office of Pollution Prevention 
and Toxics (7401), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-7527; fax number: (202) 564-7528; e-mail address: 
[email protected]; url: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc.

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