(a) As soon as feasible after the deadline for submittal of reply comments, the Agency shall issue a final rule. The Agency shall also publish at that time:

(1) A list of all material added to the record (other than public comments and material from the hearing record) which has not previously been listed in a Federal Register document, and

(2) The effective date of the rule.

(b) The Administrator hereby delegates final Agency authority to grant or deny petitions under section 6(e)(3)(B) of TSCA submitted pursuant to § 750.11 of these rules to the Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. The Assistant Administrator shall act on such petitions subsequent to opportunity for an informal hearing pursuant to these rules.

(c) In determining whether to grant an exemption to the PCB ban, the Agency shall apply the two standards enunciated in section 6(e)(3)(B) of TSCA.