[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60517-60520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16915]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0825; FRL-8099-3


Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 
any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include 
import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to 
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the 
manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of 
TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a 
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing 
exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the 
chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to 
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the 
period from September 11, 2006 to September 15, 2006, consists of the 
PMNs and TME both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement 
to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA 
section 5 during this time period.

DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number, 
must be received on or before November 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) no. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0825, by one of the following methods.
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO, EPA East 
Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0767. 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. 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 number 
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0825. 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.regulations.gov, 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 
regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov Web site is an 
``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 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 
regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information 
is not publicly available, e.g., 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. Publicly available docket 
materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, 
or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC). The EPA suffered structural damage due to flooding in 
June 2006. Although the EPA/DC is continuing operations, there will be 
temporary changes to the EPA/DC during the clean-up. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room, which was temporarily closed due to flooding, has been 
relocated in the EPA Headquarters Library, Infoterra Room (Room Number 
3334) in the EPA West Building, located at 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 OPPT Docket is (202) 566-0280. EPA visitors 
are required to show photographic identification and sign the EPA 
visitor log. Visitors to the EPA/DC Public Reading Room location will 
be provided with an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times 
while in the EPA Building and returned to the guard upon departure. In 
addition, security personnel will escort visitors to and from the new 
EPA/DC Public Reading Room location. Up-to-date information about the 
EPA/DC is on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; 
e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. As such, the 
Agency has not attempted to describe the specific entities that this 
action may apply to. Although others may be affected, this action 
applies directly to the submitter of the premanufacture notices 
addressed in the action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, 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 claimed CBI). In addition to one complete 
version of the comment that includes 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. Information so 
marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set 
forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions - The agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.

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    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at the estimate.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggested alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Why is EPA Taking this Action?

    Section 5 of TSCA requires any person who intends to manufacture 
(defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical 
not on the TSCA Inventory to notify EPA and comply with the statutory 
provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under 
sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a 
notice of receipt of a PMN or an application for a TME and to publish 
periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt 
of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status 
report, which covers the period from September 11, 2006, to September 
15, 2006, consists of the PMNs and TME both pending or expired, and the 
notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency 
has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.

III. Receipt and Status Report for PMNs and TME

    This status report identifies the PMNs pending or expired, and the 
notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency 
has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period. If you are 
interested in information that is not included in the following tables, 
you may contact EPA as described in Unit II. to access additional non-
CBI information that may be available.
    In Table I of this unit, EPA provides the following information (to 
the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the PMNs and 
TME received by EPA during this period: the EPA case number assigned to 
the PMN; the date the PMN was received by EPA; the projected end date 
for EPA's review of the PMN; the submitting manufacturer; the potential 
uses identified by the manufacturer in the PMN; and the chemical 
identity.

                                            I. 10 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 09/11/06 to 09/15/06
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                                                              Projected Notice End
              Case No.                    Received Date               Date           Manufacturer/Importer           Use                  Chemical
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P-06-0795                            09/11/06                12/09/06                CBI                    (G) Lubricant          (G) Isocetyl
                                                                                                                                    palmitate
P-06-0796                            09/12/06                12/10/06                CBI                    (G) Chemical           (G) Sulfoalkylated
                                                                                                             intermediate           alkoxylated polyol,
                                                                                                                                    sodium salt
P-06-0797                            09/12/06                12/10/06                CBI                    (G) processing aid     (G) Sulfoalkylated
                                                                                                             for redox reactions    alkoxylated polyol
P-06-0798                            09/12/06                12/10/06                Cytec Surface          (S) Resin for paints   (G) Substituted
                                                                                      Specialties Inc.       and coatings           alkenoic acid,
                                                                                                                                    polymer with
                                                                                                                                    substituted
                                                                                                                                    carbomonocycle,
                                                                                                                                    alkenoate, alkenoic
                                                                                                                                    acid and substituted
                                                                                                                                    polycycle, peroxide-
                                                                                                                                    initiated
P-06-0799                            09/12/06                12/10/06                J.H. Calo Company,     (S) Polyester resin    (S) Hexanedioic acid,
                                                                                      Inc.                   for 2 component        polymer with 2,2-
                                                                                                             polyurethane systems   dimethyl-1,3-
                                                                                                                                    propanediol,
                                                                                                                                    hexahydro-1,3-
                                                                                                                                    isobenzofurandione
                                                                                                                                    and 1,2-propanediol
P-06-0800                            09/13/06                12/11/06                Dow Corning            (G) Used in an         (G) Siloxane,
                                                                                      Corporation            industrial emulsion    silsesquioxanes
                                                                                                             as an additive for
                                                                                                             industrial paints,
                                                                                                             renders and coatings
P-06-0803                            09/13/06                12/11/06                CBI                    (S) Aqueous            (G) Oxepanone,
                                                                                                             dispersion of          polymer with dialkyl-
                                                                                                             polymer for leather    alkanediol, alkyl-
                                                                                                             finishing              (hydroxyalkyl)-
                                                                                                                                    alkanediol,
                                                                                                                                    carbocycle,
                                                                                                                                    isocyanato-
                                                                                                                                    (isocyanatoalkyl)-
                                                                                                                                    trialkyl-,
                                                                                                                                    carbocycle,
                                                                                                                                    alkylenebis[isocyana
                                                                                                                                    to-, alkanoic acid,
                                                                                                                                    hydroxy-
                                                                                                                                    (hydroxyalkyl)-alkyl-
                                                                                                                                    , trialkylamine, and
                                                                                                                                    hydrazine
P-06-0804                            09/15/06                12/13/06                3M Company             (G) Hot melt adhesive  (G) Polyurethane
                                                                                                                                    prepolymer
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    In Table II of this unit, EPA provides the following information 
(to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the TMEs 
received:

                                       II. 1 Test Marketing Exemption Notices Received From: 09/11/06 to 09/15/06
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                                                              Projected Notice End
              Case No.                    Received Date               Date           Manufacturer/Importer           Use                  Chemical
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T-06-0009                            09/14/06                10/28/06                CBI                    (G) Industrial         (G) Organic and
                                                                                                             manufacture of an      processing organism
                                                                                                             organic acid
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List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Premanufacturer notices.

    Dated: October 2, 2006.
Eyvone Petty-Callier,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. E6-16915 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]
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