[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69723-69726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28950]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0831; FRL-8891-6]
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 September 12, 2011 to September 23, 2011, and provides the
required notice and status report, consists of the PMNs and TMEs, both
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 December 9, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0831, 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,
422 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.
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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://www.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 September 12, 2011 to September 23.2011, consists of the
PMNs and TMEs, both 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--28 PMNs Received From September 12, 2011 to September 23, 2011
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Projected
Case No. Received date notice end Manufacturer/ Use Chemical
date Importer
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P-11-0625.............. 9/12/2011 12/10/2011 CBI.............. (G) Dispersion (G) Hetericyclic
additive. methyl
quinacridone.
P-11-0626.............. 9/12/2011 12/10/2011 CBI.............. (G) Petroleum (G) Highly
substitute. branched
isoparaffinic
hydrocarbons.
P-11-0627.............. 9/12/2011 12/10/2011 CBI.............. (G) Petroleum (G) Highly
substitute. branched
isoparaffinic
hydrocarbons.
P-11-0628.............. 9/12/2011 12/10/2011 CBI.............. (G) Petroleum (G) Highly
substitute. branched
isoparaffinic
hydrocarbons.
P-11-0629.............. 9/14/2011 12/12/2011 CBI.............. (S) Crosslinker (G) Carbodiimide
for waterborne crosslinker.
polymers/
coatings.
P-11-0630.............. 9/13/2011 12/11/2011 Crison LLC....... (S) Monomer to be (G)3-[(1-hydroxy-
polymerized, 2-methylpropan-2-
copolymerized yl)amino]-2-
for use in methylpropanoic
coatings; acid.
medical research.
P-11-0631.............. 9/13/2011 12/11/2011 Crison LLC....... (S) Monomer to be (G)3-[[1-hydroxy-
polymerized, 2-
copolymerized (hydroxmethyl)bu
for use in tan-2-yl]amino)-
coatings; 2-methyl
medical research. propanoic acid.
P-11-0632.............. 9/13/2011 12/11/2011 Crison LLC....... (S) Monomer to be (G)3-[[1-3-
polymerized, dihydroxy-2-
copolymerized (hydroxymethyl)p
for use in ropan-2-
coatings; yl]amino)-2-
medical research. methylpropanoic
acid.
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P-11-0633.............. 9/14/2011 12/12/2011 CBI.............. (G) Radiation (G) Bisalkylidene
curing agent. cycloalkanol,
polymers with
diisocyanatoalka
ne polymer,
isocyanato-
isocyanatoalkyl-
alkylcycloalkane
, hydroxyalkyl
acrylate and
polyglycol
acrylate.
P-11-0634.............. 9/14/2011 12/12/2011 CBI.............. (S) Ph indicator. (S) 1(3h)-
Isobenzofuranone
, 3,3-bis(4-
hydroxy-3-
methoxyphenyl)-
0.
P-11-0635.............. 9/14/2011 12/12/2011 Dow Chemical (G) Reactant for (G) Toulene
Company. production of diisocyanate
polyurethane prepolymer.
elastomers.
P-11-0636.............. 9/14/2011 12/12/2011 Dow Chemical (G) Reactant for (G) Toulene
Company. production of diisocyanate
polyurethane prepolymer.
elastomers.
P-11-0637.............. 9/14/2011 12/12/2011 Evonik (S) Polyurethane (S) Tin, C16 18
Goldschmidt foam catalyst. and C18-
Corporation. unsaturated
fatty acids
castor-oil fatty
acids complexes.
P-11-0638.............. 9/15/2011 12/13/2011 CBI.............. (G) Diesel fuel (G) Aminocarbonyl
additive. ammonio carboxy
modified
polyolefin.
P-11-0639.............. 9/15/2011 12/13/2011 Henkel (S) Glue stick... (S) Starch,
Corporation. ethers,
carboxymethyl 2-
hydroxypropyl
ether.
P-11-0640.............. 9/16/2011 12/14/2011 CBI.............. (G) Adhesive and (G) Short fusion
cleaning partner protein.
component.
P-11-0641.............. 9/16/2011 12/14/2011 CBI.............. (G) Epoxy (S) 1,3-
catalyst. benzenediol,
4,4'-[[3-(1h-
imidazol-1-
yl)propyl]carbon
imidoyl]bis-.
P-11-0642.............. 9/16/2011 12/14/2011 Phoenix Chemical (S) Additive for (S) Siloxanes and
Inc.. silicone foam. silicones, di-
me, me
3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,
6-
nonafluorohexyl.
P-11-0643.............. 9/16/2011 12/14/2011 CBI.............. (G) Defoamer..... (G) Modified
silicone
polymer.
P-11-0644.............. 9/19/2011 12/17/2011 GMZ Inc.......... (G) Heat (S) Calcium,
stabilizer for carbonate
pvc, co- hydroxy aluminum
stabilizer for complexes.
Ca/Zn-systems,
co-stabilizer
for organic
systems, acid-,
halogen
scavanger for
polyolefins and
elastomers. Used
as heat
stabilizer and
acid scavanger
in pvc-cables,
pvc-profiles and
pvc-foils.
P-11-0645.............. 9/19/2011 12/17/2011 CBI.............. (G) Additive, (G) Epoxy resin,
open, non- reaction product
dispersive use. with
alkanolamine.
P-11-0646.............. 9/20/2011 12/18/2011 CBI.............. (G) Fabric (G)
treatment. Perfluoroalkylet
hyl methacrylate
copolymer.
P-11-0647.............. 9/20/2011 12/18/2011 CBI.............. (G) Water and oil (G)
repellent. Perfluoroalkylet
hyl methacrylate
copolymer.
P-11-0648.............. 9/22/2011 12/20/2011 Cytec Industries (S) Binder for (G) Substituted
Inc.. printing inks. carbomonocycle,
polymer with
alkyl diol,
bis[substituted
carbomonocycle
ester].
P-11-0649.............. 9/22/2011 12/20/2011 Cytec Industries (S) Primary ink (G) Substituted
Inc.. binder resin for carbomonocycle,
narrow web heat polymer with
shrink sleeve alkyldiols,
packaging. di[substituted
carbomonocycle
ester].
P-11-0650.............. 9/23/2011 12/21/2011 CBI.............. (G) Additive, (G) Epoxy resin,
open, non- reaction product
dispersive use. with amines.
P-11-0651.............. 9/22/2011 12/20/2011 Shin-Etsu (S) Silicone gel (G)
Silicones of for automotive; Methylhydrogen
America, Inc. silicone gel for siloxane.
electronics
device.
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P-11-0652.............. 9/23/2011 12/21/2011 CBI.............. (G) Plastics (S) 1,4-
additive. cyclohexanedicar
boxylic acid,
1,4-dibutyl
ester.
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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 by EPA during this period: The EPA case number assigned to the
TME, the date the TME was received by EPA, the projected end date for
EPA's review of the TME, the submitting manufacturer/importer, the
potential uses identified by the manufacturer/importer in the TME, and
the chemical identity.
Table II--2 TMEs Received From September 12, 2011 to September 23, 2011
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Projected
Case No. Received date notice end Manufacturer/ Use Chemical
date Importer
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T-11-0016.............. 9/22/2011 11/5/2011 Cytec Industries (S) Binder for (G) Substituted
Inc. printing inks. carbomonocycle,
polymer with
alkyl diol,
bis[substituted
carbomonocycle
ester].
T-11-0017.............. 9/22/2011 11/5/2011 Cytec Industries (S) Primary ink (G) Substituted
Inc. binder resin for carbomonocycle,
narrow web heat polymer with
shrink sleeve alkyldiols,
packaging. di[substituted
carbomonocycle
ester].
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In Table III. 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 III--15 NOCs Received From September 12, 2011 to September 23, 2011
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Commencement
Case No. Received date notice end Chemical
date
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P-08-0391.............................. 9/13/2011 8/16/2011 (G) Alkyl lactyl lactate.
P-10-0398.............................. 9/22/2011 9/19/2011 (G) Amine neutralized polyacrylic acid.
P-11-0114.............................. 9/20/2011 9/6/2011 (S) 2(3h)-furanone, 3-ethyldihydro-5,5-
dimethyl-.
P-11-0249.............................. 9/20/2011 8/23/2011 (G) Acrylic latex.
P-11-0291.............................. 9/22/2011 8/20/2011 (G) Polyester resin.
P-11-0319.............................. 9/23/2011 9/21/2011 (G) Polyester polyether urethane block
copolymer.
P-11-0365.............................. 9/19/2011 9/16/2011 (G) Tall oil acids, reaction products
with dialkyleneamine and acid
anhydride, compounds with polyalkylene
glycol hydrogen maleate alkyl ethers.
P-11-0390.............................. 9/22/2011 9/19/2011 (G) 2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl, alkyl
ester, polymer with aralkyl 2-methyl-2-
propenoate, polyethyleneglycole 2-
methyl-2-propenoate, 2-
(dimethylamino)ethyl 2-methyl-2-
propenoate, [(1-methoxy-2-methyl-1-
propen-1-yl)oxy]trimethylsilane-
initiated, glycidyl tolyl ether-
quaternized,benzoates (salts).
P-11-0416.............................. 9/16/2011 9/10/2011 (G) Modified rosin.
P-11-0417.............................. 9/13/2011 9/4/2011 (G) Phosphorous acid alkyl ester.
P-11-0419.............................. 9/22/2011 9/16/2011 (S) Octadecanoic acid, manufacturer of,
by-products from, distant lights.
P-11-0420.............................. 9/20/2011 9/8/2011 (S) Isooctadecanoic acid, manufacturer
of, by-products from, distant lights.
P-11-0421.............................. 9/22/2011 9/16/2011 (S) Octadecanoic acid, manufacturer of,
by-products from, distant residues.
P-11-0422.............................. 9/20/2011 9/8/2011 (S) Isooctadecanoic acid, manufacturer
of, by-products from, distant
residues.
P-11-0431.............................. 9/19/2011 9/16/2011 (G) Poly[oxyalkylenediyl], [alpha]-
hydro-[omega]-hydroxy-, polymer with
disubstituted carbomonocycle, alkyl
acrylate blocked.
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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: October 3, 2011.
Chandler Sirmons,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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