[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 16011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07708]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0604; FRL-9990-36]


Materials Supporting the Colour Index (C. I.) Pigment Violet 29 
Risk Evaluation; Notice of Availability and Comment Opportunity

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of updated systematic 
review supplemental files with data evaluation scoring sheets, as 
supporting documents for the draft risk evaluation for Colour Index (C. 
I.) Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TSCA). EPA has already made 24 full study reports on PV29 available to 
the public, in some instances with information withheld as confidential 
business information (CBI) pursuant to EPA regulations. EPA is seeking 
public comment on the draft risk evaluation for PV29 in light of the 
additional materials already made or being made publicly available. 
These materials have been considered in the risk evaluation process of 
PV29, and EPA has also submitted these materials to the TSCA Science 
Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC). Comments submitted will be 
considered by the agency and also provided to the TSCA SACC peer review 
panel, which will have the opportunity to consider the comments during 
its discussions.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket Identification 
(ID) Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0604, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional 
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For technical information contact: Stanley Barone Jr., Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7403M), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (202) 564-1169; email address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may 
be of interest to persons who are interested in risk evaluations of 
existing chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TSCA) in general, and PV29 in particular. Since other persons may also 
be interested in this, the Agency has not attempted to describe all 
that may be interested in this action.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    EPA is announcing the availability of updated systematic review 
supplemental file with data evaluation scoring sheets which are 
available in Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0604 at http://www.regulations.gov. EPA is seeking public comment on the draft risk 
evaluation for PV29 in light of the additional materials being made 
publicly available. These materials have been considered in the risk 
evaluation process of PV29 and all comments received in response to 
this solicitation will be provided to the TSCA SACC for consideration 
during their peer review.

III. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

A. Submitting CBI

    Do not submit CBI information to EPA through regulations.gov or via 
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 marked as CBI will not be 
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 
2.

B. Tips for Preparing Your Comments

    When preparing and submitting your comments, see the commenting 
tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

    Dated: April 11, 2019.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
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