[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21769-21771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8553]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0123; FRL-9341-9]


Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 Chemical 
Substances Inventory (TSCA Inventory)) to notify EPA and comply with 
the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new 
chemicals. Under TSCA sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3), EPA is required to 
publish in the Federal Register a notice of receipt of a premanufacture 
notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), 
and to publish in the Federal Register periodic status reports on the 
new chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement 
(NOC) to manufacture those chemicals. This document, which covers the 
period from February 20, 2012 to February 29, 2012, and provides the 
required notice and status report, consists of the PMNs pending or 
expired, and the NOC 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 May 11, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0123, and the specific PMN number or TME 
number for the chemical related to your comment, by one of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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. 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 DCO's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: EPA's policy is that all comments received will be 
included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line 
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 
email. The regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
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 email 
comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your 
email address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the 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 docket index 
available at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, 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. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of 
operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is 
(202) 566-0280. Docket visitors are required to show photographic 
identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor 
log. All visitor bags are processed through an X-ray machine and 
subject to search. Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must 
be visible at all times in the building and returned upon departure.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: 
Bernice Mudd, Information Management Division (7407M), Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-8951; fax number: (202) 564-8955; email address: 
[email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
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South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554-
1404; email 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 PMNs addressed in this 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 email. 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 as 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 ID 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.
    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 your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest 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?

    EPA classifies a chemical substance as either an ``existing'' 
chemical or a ``new'' chemical. Any chemical substance that is not on 
EPA's TSCA Inventory is classified as a ``new chemical,'' while those 
that are on the TSCA Inventory are classified as an ``existing 
chemical.'' For more information about the TSCA Inventory go to: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/newchems/pubs/inventory.htm. Anyone who plans to 
manufacture or import a new chemical substance for a non-exempt 
commercial purpose is required by TSCA section 5 to provide EPA with a 
PMN, before initiating the activity. Section 5(h)(1) of TSCA authorizes 
EPA to allow persons, upon application, to manufacture (includes 
import) or process a new chemical substance, or a chemical substance 
subject to a significant new use rule (SNUR) issued under TSCA section 
5(a), for ``test marketing'' purposes, which is referred to as a test 
marketing exemption, or TME. For more information about the 
requirements applicable to a new chemical go to: http://ww.epa.gov/opt/newchems.
    Under TSCA sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3), EPA is required to publish 
in the Federal Register a notice of receipt of a PMN or an application 
for a TME and to publish in the Federal Register periodic status 
reports on the new chemicals under review and the receipt of NOCs to 
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the 
period from February 20, 2012 to February 29, 2012, consists of the 
PMNs pending or expired, and the NOCs to manufacture a new chemical 
that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time 
period.

III. Receipt and Status Reports

    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 
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/importer, the 
potential uses identified by the manufacturer/importer in the PMN, and 
the chemical identity.

                               Table I--19 PMNs Received From 02/20/12 to 02/29/12
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                                     Projected
       Case No.          Received   notice end      Manufacturer/              Use                Chemical
                           date        date           Importer
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P-12-0186.............  02/17/2012  05/16/2012  CBI.................  (G) Chemical          (G) Acrylic acid,
                                                                       intermediate          carbamate, alkyl
                                                                       [destructive use].    ester.
P-12-0190.............  02/17/2012  05/16/2012  Emery Oleochemicals   (G) Additive for the  (G) Fatty acid
                                                 LLC.                  manufacturing of      ester.
                                                                       certain plastics.
P-12-0191.............  02/20/2012  05/19/2012  Dow Chemical Company  (G) Component of      (S) Oxirane, 2,2'-
                                                                       adhesive; component   (phenylene)bis-.
                                                                       of composite.
P-12-0192.............  02/21/2012  05/20/2012  Cray Valley USA, LLC  (G) Additive for      (G) Maleated resin,
                                                                       filler dispersion     half-ester.
                                                                       and/or property
                                                                       enhancement in
                                                                       thermoplastic and
                                                                       rubber compounds.
P-12-0193.............  02/21/2012  05/20/2012  Cray Valley USA, LLC  (G) Additive for the  (G) Maleated resin.
                                                                       dispersion of
                                                                       fillers in
                                                                       thermoplastic
                                                                       polyole- fins and
                                                                       other resins.
P-12-0194.............  02/22/2012  05/21/2012  CBI.................  (G) Hydraulic fluid   (G) Amines,
                                                                       component.            bis(alkyl). 3-[[bis
                                                                                             (alkylalkoxy)
                                                                                             phosphinothioyl]
                                                                                             thio]-2-
                                                                                             alkylalkananoates.
P-12-0195.............  02/22/2012  05/21/2012  CBI.................  (G) Oil additive....  (G) Amines,
                                                                                             bis(alkyl) o,o-di-
                                                                                             alkyl
                                                                                             phosphorodithioates
                                                                                             .
P-12-0196.............  02/23/2012  05/22/2012  CBI.................  (G) Destructive use.  (G) Aromatic
                                                                                             distillation
                                                                                             bottoms.

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P-12-0197.............  02/24/2012  05/23/2012  CBI.................  (G) Resin for         (G) Isocyanate
                                                                       waterborne            polyether polymer.
                                                                       automotive &
                                                                       industrial coatings.
P-12-0198.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  CBI.................  (G) Polyurethane      (G) Siloxane
                                                                       surfactant.           polyalkyleneoxide
                                                                                             copolymer.
P-12-0199.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  Lubrigreen            (G) Biobased          (S) 9-octadecenoic
                                                 Biosynthetics.        lubricant base oil.   acid (9z)-,
                                                                                             homopolymer, 2-
                                                                                             methylpropyl ester,
                                                                                             isomerized.
P-12-0200.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  Lubrigreen            (G) Lubricant base    (S) Fatty acids,
                                                 Biosynthetics.        oil.                  C8	18 and C18-
                                                                                             unsaturated,
                                                                                             reaction products
                                                                                             with isomerized
                                                                                             oleic acid
                                                                                             homopolymer iso-bu
                                                                                             ester.
P-12-0201.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  Lubrigreen            (G) Lubricant base    (S) Coconut oil,
                                                 Biosynthetics.        oil.                  reaction products
                                                                                             with isomerized
                                                                                             oleic acid
                                                                                             homopolymer iso-bu
                                                                                             ester.
P-12-0202.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  CBI.................  (S) Fluorescent       (G)
                                                                       brightener for use    Triazinylaminostilb
                                                                       in cellulosic paper   ene.
                                                                       applications.
P-12-0203.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  CBI.................  (S) Fluorescent       (G)
                                                                       brightener for use    Triazinylaminostilb
                                                                       in cellulosic paper   ene.
                                                                       applications.
P-12-0204.............  02/27/2012  05/26/2012  Archer Daniels        (S) Biodiesel; fuel   (S) Soybean oil,
                                                 Midland Company.      extenders; machine    oleic acid-high.
                                                                       lubricants;
                                                                       components in
                                                                       synthetic
                                                                       lubricants.
P-12-0205.............  02/28/2012  05/27/2012  CBI.................  (G) Lubricant         (G) Triethanolamine
                                                                       additive.             oleate ester.
P-12-0206.............  02/28/2012  05/27/2012  DIC International     (G) Additive for      (G) Reaction
                                                 (USA) LLC.            pigments and inks.    products of
                                                                                             sulfonated,
                                                                                             hydrogenated rosin
                                                                                             and copper
                                                                                             phthalocyanine with
                                                                                             mixed chlorides.
P-12-0207.............  02/29/2012  05/28/2012  CBI.................  (G) Additive for      (G) Amines, alkyl,
                                                                       industrial greases.   compounds. with
                                                                                             1,3,4-
                                                                                             thiadiazolidine-2,5-
                                                                                             dithione (1:1).
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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 NOCs 
received by EPA during this period: The EPA case number assigned to the 
NOC, the date the NOC was received by EPA, the projected end date for 
EPA's review of the NOC, and chemical identity.

           Table II--10 NOCs Received From 02/20/12 to 2/29/12
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                                    Commencement
     Case No.       Received date    notice end           Chemical
                                        date
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P-09-0295........      02/28/2012      01/29/2012  (G) Copolymer of the
                                                    esters of acrylic
                                                    acid and methacrylic
                                                    acid.
P-09-0296........      02/28/2012      01/29/2012  (G) Acrylic acid
                                                    esters and
                                                    methacrylic acid
                                                    esters copolymer,
                                                    compound with
                                                    aminoethylpropanol.
P-09-0298........      02/28/2012      01/29/2012  (G) Copolymer of
                                                    acrylic acid and
                                                    methacrylic acid
                                                    esters, and
                                                    vinylcaprolactam,
                                                    compound with
                                                    aminomethylpropanol.
P-10-0200........      02/23/2012      01/31/2012  (G) Hydroxypropyl
                                                    methacrylate,
                                                    reaction products
                                                    with propylene oxide
                                                    and ethylene oxide,
                                                    copolymer with N-
                                                    vinyl caprolactam.
P-10-0507........      02/17/2012      02/13/2012  (S) Starch, oxidized,
                                                    2-hydroxy-3-
                                                    (trimethylammonio)pr
                                                    opyl ether,
                                                    chloride.
P-11-0292........      02/23/2012      01/25/2012  (S) D-glucopyronase,
                                                    oligomeric, decyl
                                                    octyl glycosides, 2-
                                                    hydroxy-3-
                                                    sulfopropyl ethers,
                                                    sodium salts,
                                                    polymers with 1,3-
                                                    dichloro-2-propanol.
P-11-0406........      02/21/2012      02/17/2012  (G) Reaction product
                                                    of ethoxylated
                                                    alcohol and maleic
                                                    anhydride.
P-11-0509........      02/22/2012      01/28/2012  (G) Etfe, ethylene-
                                                    tetrafluoroethylene
                                                    copolymer.
P-11-0637........      02/20/2012      02/10/2012  (S) Tin, C16	18 and
                                                    C18-unsaturated
                                                    fatty acids castor-
                                                    oil fatty acids
                                                    complexes.
P-11-0657........      02/23/2012      02/13/2012  (S) Boron,
                                                    trifluoro(tetrahydro
                                                    furan)-, (T-4)-,
                                                    polymer with 3-
                                                    methyl-3-[(2,2,3,3,3-
                                                    pentafluoropropoxy)m
                                                    ethyl]oxetane, ether
                                                    with 2,2-dimethyl-
                                                    1,3-propanediol
                                                    (2:1), polymer with
                                                    .alpha.-hydroxy-
                                                    .omega.-
                                                    hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-
                                                    ethanediyl) and 5-
                                                    isocyanato-1-
                                                    (isocyanatomethyl)-
                                                    1,3,3-
                                                    trimethylcyclohexane
                                                    .
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    If you are interested in information that is not included in these 
tables, you may contact EPA as described in Unit II. to access 
additional non-CBI information that may be available.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Imports, 
Notice of commencement, Premanufacturer, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Test marketing exemptions.

    Dated: March 6, 2012.
 Chandler Sirmons,
 Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.
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