[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5096-5100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1923]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0993; FRL-9334-5]
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 December 6, 2011 to December 16, 2011, and provides the
required notice and status report, consists of the PMNs, 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 March 2, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0993, 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
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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; 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 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 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 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 December 6, 2011 to December 16, 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.
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Table I--22 PMNs Received From 12/06/11 to 12/16/11
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Projected
Case No. Received date notice end Manufacturer/ Use Chemical
date Importer
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P-12-0083.................... 12/02/2011 02/29/2012 Georgia-Pacific (G) Ore (G) Amides,
Chemicals LLC. beneficiation. fatty acids,
acetates.
P-12-0086.................... 12/02/2011 02/29/2012 3M Company..... (S) Moisture (G)
curing hot Polyurethane
melt adhesive. prepolymer.
P-12-0087.................... 12/06/2011 03/04/2012 Arkema Inc..... (S) Used as a (G) Acrylate
viscosity manufacture
modifier/flow byproduct
enhancer for distillation
crude oil; residues.
used in boiler
fuels as a
burn promoter
and for fuel
value.
P-12-0088.................... 12/06/2011 03/04/2012 CBI............ (G) Polymer for (G)
use in Polylactide.
producing
packaging
films.
P-12-0089.................... 12/06/2011 03/04/2012 Brueggemann (G) Zinc is a (S) Process
Chemical U.S., natural, regulators
Inc. essential other than
element, which polymerisation
is needed for or
the optimal vulcanisation
growth and processes
development of lubricants and
all living lubricant
organisms, additives,
including man. laboratory
All living chemicals, ph-
organisms have regulating
homeostasis agents.
mechanisms
that actively
regulate zinc
uptake and
absorption/
excretion from
the body; due
to this
regulations,
zinc and zinc
compounds do
not
bioaccumulate
or biomagnify.
Most common
technical
function of
substance
(what it
does): food/
feedstuff
additive.
P-12-0090.................... 12/07/2011 03/05/2012 3M Company..... (G) Textile (G) Hydrocarbon
treatment urethane.
additive.
P-12-0091.................... 12/08/2011 03/06/2012 BASF (G) Scale (G)
Corporation. inhibitor. Alkylacrylic
acid telomer
with
carboxylic
acid,
bisulfite,
ester with
.alpha.-alkyl-
.omega.-
hydroxypoly(ox
yalkanediyl),
alkali metal
salt.
P-12-0092.................... 12/08/2011 03/06/2012 CBI............ (G) Paint...... (G) Alkyl
acrylate,
polymer with
alkyl
acrylate,
alkyl
methacrylates,
styrene and
alkyl acid,
peroxide-
initiated.
P-12-0093.................... 12/09/2011 03/07/2012 CBI............ (G) Component (G) Modified
of resin in epoxy resin.
two-part epoxy
adhesive.
P-12-0094.................... 12/09/2011 03/07/2012 CBI............ (G) Destructive (G) Polyether
use. polyurethane
dispersion.
P-12-0095.................... 12/09/2011 03/07/2012 CBI............ (G) Open, non- (G)
dispersive use. Polyacrylate.
P-12-0096.................... 12/09/2011 03/07/2012 3M Company..... (G) Protective (G) Blocked
treatment. polyarylfluori
nated
polyacrylate
urethane
copolymer.
P-12-0097.................... 12/12/2011 03/10/2012 CBI............ (G) (G)
Intermediate Amidoalkoxysil
for coatings. ane.
P-12-0098.................... 12/13/2011 03/11/2012 CBI............ (G) Component (G) Modified
of resin in a epoxy resin.
two-part epoxy
adhesive.
P-12-0099.................... 12/13/2011 03/11/2012 CBI............ (G) Component (G) Modified
resin in a two- epoxy resin.
part epoxy
adhesive.
P-12-0100.................... 12/14/2011 03/12/2012 CBI............ (S) Polymer (G) Fatty
modifier. acids,
diesters with
dihydroxy
bicyclic
diether.
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P-12-0101.................... 12/15/2011 03/13/2012 CBI............ (G) Lens (G) Substituted
material for carbomonocycli
use in c dicarboxylic
electronic acid, polymer
applications. with 1,2-
ethanediol and
2,2'-[9h-
fluoren-9-
ylidenebis(4,1-
phenyleneoxy)]
bis[ethanol].
P-12-0102.................... 12/15/2011 03/13/2012 CBI............ (G) Lens (G) Substituted
material for carbomonocycli
use in c dicarboxylic
electronic acid, dialkyl
applications. ester polymer
with 1,2-
ethanediol and
2,2'-[9h-
fluoren-9-
ylidenebis(4,1-
phenyleneoxy)]
bis[ethanol].
P-12-0103.................... 12/15/2011 03/13/2012 CBI............ (S) Ultraviolet (G) Alkene-
light substituted
stabilizer for fatty acid
use in methyl ester
polymers; polymer
flame
retardant
material for
use in
polymers..
P-12-0104.................... 12/14/2011 03/12/2012 CBI............ (G) The product (G) Mixture of
can be used as isomers of
a dye for condensation
papers, wood. products of
substituted
diazotized
aminoanilines.
P-12-0105.................... 12/15/2011 03/13/2012 Nanotech (S) Flooring; (S) Carbamic
Industries, paints; top acid, N-[3-
Inc. coating. [(carboxyamino
)methyl]-3,5,5-
trimethylcyclo
hexyl]-, ester
with 1,2-
propanediol
(1:2).
P-12-0106.................... 12/15/2011 03/13/2012 BASF (G) Paint...... (G) Alkyl
Corporation. acrylate
polymer with
styrene,
triol,
benzenedicarbo
xylic acid
anhydride and
alkyl
methacrylates,
trialkylalkano
ate, peroxide-
initiated.
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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--26 NOCs Received From 12/05/11 to 12/16/11
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Commencement
Case No. Received date notice end Chemical
date
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P-04-0563............................. 12/13/2011 11/18/2011 (G) Alkylated aryloxyaniline thiourea
P-04-0810............................. 12/13/2011 11/27/2011 (G) Alkylated aromatic isothiocyanate
P-09-0509............................. 12/06/2011 10/17/2011 (G) Aliphatic polyurethane dispersion
P-09-0517............................. 12/06/2011 10/13/2011 (G) Aliphatic polyurethane dispersion
P-10-0425............................. 12/02/2011 11/04/2011 (G) Silicon derivative
P-10-0556............................. 12/13/2011 11/20/2011 (S) Poly[oxy(methyl-1,2-ethanediyl)],
.alpha.-[2-[[2,2-dimethyl-3-[(1-
oxododecyl)oxy]propylidene]amino]methyl
ethyl]-.omega.-[2-[[2,2-dimethyl-3-[(1-
oxododecyl)oxy]propylidene]amino]methyl
ethoxy]-
P-11-0049............................. 12/06/2011 12/01/2011 (G) Organic-N,P-compound
P-11-0090............................. 12/14/2011 12/01/2011 (G) Heteroaromatic compound
P-11-0128............................. 12/06/2011 11/11/2011 (S) 3H-indolium, 2-[2-[3-[2-(1,3-dihydro-
1,3,3-trimethyl-2h-indol-2-
ylidene)ethylidene]-2-[(1-phenyl-1H-
tetrazol-5-yl)thio]-1-cyclohexen-1-
yl]ethenyl]-1,3,3-trimethyl-, chloride
(1:1)
P-11-0190............................. 12/14/2011 12/01/2011 (G) Dialdehyde, reaction products with
hydrolyzed N-vinylamide homopolymer
hydrohalides
P-11-0230............................. 12/15/2011 11/19/2011 (G) Alkyl amine salt
P-11-0264............................. 12/09/2011 11/22/2011 (G) Brominated aromatic oligomer
P-11-0342............................. 12/08/2011 11/07/2011 (G) Polyacrylate oligomer
P-11-0400............................. 12/09/2011 11/17/2011 (S) Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-(1-
oxotetradecyl)-.omega.-methoxy-
P-11-0476............................. 12/12/2011 11/14/2011 (G) Dicarboxylic acid, compd. with 1,6-
hexanediamine alkyldioate, homopolymer
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P-11-0499............................. 12/14/2011 11/14/2011 (S) Phenol, 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis-
, polymer with 5-amino-1,3,3-
trimethylcyclohexanemethanamine, N1,N2-
bis(2-aminoethyl)-1,2-ethanediamine, 2-
(chloromethyl) oxirane, .alpha.-hydro-
.omega.-hydroxypoly[oxy(methyl-1,2-
ethanediyl)], 2,2'-[(1-
methylethylidene)bis(4,1-
phenyleneoxymethylene)]bis[oxirane] and
.alpha.-(2-oxiranylmethyl)-.omega.-(2-
oxiranylmethoxy)poly[oxy(methyl-1,2-
ethanediyl)], reaction products with 2-
[[4-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)phenoxy]methyl]oxira
acetates (salts)''
P-11-0537............................. 12/12/2011 12/01/2011 (G) Pyrazole azo thiadiazole derivative
P-11-0539............................. 12/12/2011 12/09/2011 (G) Mixture of: Acrylic polymer with
polymerized organic acid, compound with
2-aminoethanol and organic acid, 2-
aminoethanol salt
P-11-0544............................. 12/08/2011 12/01/2011 (G) Diazopyridine derivative
P-11-0554............................. 12/08/2011 11/11/2011 (G) Petroleum distillate lights
P-11-0578............................. 12/02/2011 11/10/2011 (S) Benzoic acid, 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-
, hydrazide
P-11-0579............................. 12/02/2011 11/16/2011 (S) 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-acetic acid, 5-
[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl]-
P-11-0580............................. 12/02/2011 11/28/2011 (S) Cyclohexanol, 2,6-bis(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-
P-11-0584............................. 12/07/2011 12/01/2011 (G) Isocyanate crosslinker
P-11-0591............................. 12/02/2011 11/23/2011 (G) Ipdi modified polyester resin
P-11-0622............................. 12/16/2011 12/14/2011 (S) 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-isobenzofuran-1,3-
dione
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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: January 18, 2012.
Chandler Sirmons,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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