[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53752-53753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18090]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 372

[TRI-2005-0004; FRL-7532-7]
RIN 2025-AA17


Addition of Diisononyl Phthalate Category; Community Right-to-
Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Notice of Data Availability; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule, notice of data availability, extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 14, 2005, EPA issued a notice of data availability 
concerning a proposed rule to add a diisononyl phthalate (DINP) 
category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting 
requirements of section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention 
Act (PPA). The notice of data availability made available for public 
comment a revised hazard assessment for DINP. The purpose of this 
action is to inform interested parties that, in response to a request 
for an extension, EPA is extending the comment period by 30 days until 
October 12, 2005. The comment period for the notice of data 
availability was previously scheduled to close on September 12, 2005.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. TRI-2005-
0004, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Web site: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred 
method for receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. TRI-2005-0004.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004, telephone: 
202-566-1744, Attention Docket ID No. TRI-2005-0004. Such deliveries 
are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. TRI-2005-0004. 
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-
mail. The EPA EDOCKET and the federal regulations.gov Web sites are 
``anonymous access'' systems, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through EDOCKET or regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the EDOCKET index 
at: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in EDOCKET or in hard 
copy at the OEI Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the OEI Docket is 202-566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel R. Bushman, Toxics Release 
Inventory Program Division, Office of Information Analysis and Access 
(2844T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0743; fax number: 202-
566-0741; e-mail: [email protected], for specific 
information on this proposed rule, or for more information on EPCRA 
section 313, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Hotline, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 5101, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll free: 1-800-424-
9346, in Virginia and Alaska: 703-412-9810 or Toll free TDD: 1-800-553-
7672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

A. Does This Notice Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this notice if you manufacture, 
process, or otherwise use DINP. Potentially affected categories and 
entities may include, but are not limited to:

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           Category            Examples of potentially affected entities
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Industry.....................  SIC major group codes 10 (except 1011,
                                1081, and 1094); 12 (except 1241); or 20
                                through 39; or industry codes 4911
                                (limited to facilities that combust coal
                                and/or oil for the purpose of generating
                                power for distribution in commerce); or
                                4931 (limited to facilities that combust
                                coal and/or oil for the purpose of
                                generating power for distribution in
                                commerce); or 4939 (limited to
                                facilities that combust coal and/or oil
                                for the purpose of generating power for
                                distribution in commerce); or 4953
                                (limited to facilities regulated under
                                the Resource Conservation and Recovery
                                Act, subtitle C, 42 U.S.C., section 6921
                                et seq.); or 5169; or 5171; or 7389
                                (limited to facilities primarily engaged
                                in solvent recovery services on a
                                contract or fee basis).
Federal Government...........  Federal facilities.
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    This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this 
action. Other types of entities not listed in the table could also be 
affected. To determine whether your facility would be affected by this 
action, you should carefully examine the applicability criteria in part 
372 subpart B of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. If you 
have questions regarding the applicability of this action to a 
particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

B. 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. 
Commenters wishing to submit proprietary information for consideration 
must clearly distinguish such information from other comments and 
clearly label it as CBI. Send submissions containing such proprietary 
information directly to the following address only, and not to the 
public docket, to ensure that proprietary information is not 
inadvertently placed in the docket: Attention: OEI Document Control 
Officer, Mail Code: 2822T, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. 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). The EPA will disclose information 
claimed as CBI only to the extent allowed by the 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 person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

II. Background Information

A. What Does This Notice Do and What Action Does This Notice Affect?

    This notice extends the comment period for EPA's June 14, 2005 
notice of data availability concerning the proposed rule to add a DINP 
category to the EPCRA section 313 list of toxic chemicals (70 FR 
34437).

B. Why and for How Long Is EPA Extending the Comment Period?

    EPA received a request from the public for a 30-day extension of 
the comment period for the June 14, 2005 DINP notice of data 
availability. The request was for additional time to review relevant 
information and prepare comments on the revised DINP hazard assessment 
that was made available for public comment in the notice of data 
availability. EPA considered the request and determined that extending 
the comment period is an appropriate action. Therefore, EPA is 
extending the comment period on the June 14, 2005 notice of data 
availability by 30 days until October 12, 2005. All comments should be 
submitted following the detailed instructions as provided in Unit I. of 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. All comments 
must be received by October 12, 2005.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Community right-to-know, 
Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund.

    Dated: September 6, 2005.
Kimberly T. Nelson,
Assistant Administrator for Office of Environmental Information.
[FR Doc. 05-18090 Filed 9-9-05; 8:45 am]
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