[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69824-69827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28206]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0805; FRL-9367-7]
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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. In addition
under TSCA, 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 October 1, 2012
to October 12, 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 December 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0805, 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 online 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 online
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.
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.
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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/oppt/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 October 1, 2012 to October 12, 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--20 PMNs Received From October 1, 2012 to October 12, 2012
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Projected
Case No. Received notice end Manufacturer/ Use Chemical
date date importer
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P-13-0001.......... 10/1/2012 12/29/2012 CBI............... (G) Pigment dispersant. (G) Vegetable-oil
fatty acids,
conjugated, polymers
with substituted
propanoic acid,
polyol, anhydride,
polyethylene glycol,
propylene glycol and
trimethylolpropane.
P-13-0002.......... 10/1/2012 12/29/2012 CBI............... (S) Emulsion stabilizer (G) Substituted
polyhydroxy aromatic
compound.
P-13-0003.......... 10/1/2012 12/29/2012 CBI............... (G) Part of adhesive (G) Castor oil,
system. polymer with glycol
and phthalic
anhydride.
P-13-0004.......... 10/1/2012 12/29/2012 H.B. Fuller (G) Industrial adhesive (G) Dicarboxylic acid
Company. polymer with
aliphatic glycols,
and 1,1'-
methylenebis[isocyana
tobenzene].
P-13-0005.......... 10/2/2012 12/30/2012 H.B. Fuller (G) Adhesive for (G) Dicarboxylic acid
Company. flexible film polymer with
laminating. aliphatic glycols,
and 1,1'-
methylenebis
[isocyanatobenzene].
P-13-0006.......... 10/2/2012 12/30/2012 CBI............... (S) Rheology modifier.. (G) Rubber epoxy
adduct.
P-13-0007.......... 10/3/2012 12/31/2012 DIC International (S) Polymer resin for (G) Acrylic acids,
(USA) LLC. spray paint/coatings. polymer with
methacrylate esters,
styrene and tert-
bubenzene
carboperoxoate-
initiated, compounds
with amine.
P-13-0008.......... 10/3/2012 12/31/2012 CBI............... (S) Flame retardant (G) Melamine
used in the polyphosphate.
manufacture of
plastics.; flame
retardant used in
paints and varnishes.
P-13-0009.......... 10/4/2012 1/1/2013 CBI............... (G) Photoinitiated (G) Acrylate
resin for ultra violet functional aliphatic
or electro beams isocyanate polymer
curable clear blocked with hydroxy
coatings, overprint aromatic monomer.
varnishes, laminating
adhesives and inks.
P-13-0010.......... 10/4/2012 1/1/2013 Eastman Chemical (G) Chemical (S) 1,4-
Company. intermediate. cyclohexanedicarboxyl
ic acid, 1,4-dimethyl
ester, hydrogenolysis
products.
P-13-0011.......... 10/4/2012 1/1/2013 Huntsman (S) Antistatic finish (G) Hydroxy-functional
Corporation. for synthetic fibers. epoxyamine polyglycol
ester.
P-13-0012.......... 10/4/2012 1/1/2013 Mane, USA......... (S) Fragrance (S) 2-
ingredient. octenenitrile,3,5,7-
trimethyl-.
P-13-0013.......... 10/5/2012 1/2/2013 Dow Chemical (G) Open-non dispersive (G) Polyurethane
Company. use. polymer.
P-13-0014.......... 10/8/2012 1/5/2013 CBI............... (G) Dispersant......... (G) Substituted
carboxylic acid,
compound with
hetermonocyclic
polymer with
substituted
carboxylic acid,
substituted
heteromonocycle and
heteromonocycle.
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P-13-0015.......... 10/9/2012 1/6/2013 CBI............... (S) Industrial inkjet (S) Phenol, 4,4'-(1-
ink manufacture. methylethylidene)bis-
, polymer with 2-
(chloromethyl)oxirane
, .alpha.-.omega.-
hydroxypoly(oxy-1,4-
butanediyl), 1,1'-
methylenebis[4-
isocyanatocyclohexane
] and 2,2'-
(methylimino)bis[etha
nol], iso-bu alochol.-
blocked, phosphate
(salts).
P-13-0016.......... 10/9/2012 1/6/2013 CBI............... (S) Thermoplastic (S) 1,4-butanediol,
polyurethane for polymer with 1,4-
coatins/mouldings. diisocyanatobenzene
and -hydro--
hydroxypoly(oxy-1,4-
butanediyl).
P-13-0017.......... 10/10/2012 1/7/2013 DIC International (S) Polymer resin for (G) Acrylated silicone
(USA) LLC. spray paint/coatings. polymer.
P-13-0018.......... 10/10/2012 1/7/2013 CBI............... (G) Stabilizing agent (G) Trisodium
for polymers. diethylene
triaminepolycarboxyla
te.
P-13-0019.......... 10/11/2012 1/8/2013 Henkel Corporation (S) Crosslinker in (G) Acetonoximino
moisture cure sealant silane.
formulaion.
P-13-0020.......... 10/11/2012 1/8/2013 Zeon Chemicals (S) Polymer for (G) Polycycloolefin
Incorporated. injection molds; polymer.
polymer modifier; film
extrusion.
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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--12 NOCs Received From October 1, 2012 to October 12, 2012
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Commencement
Case No. Received notice end Chemical
date date
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P-09-0111...................... 10/2/2012 12/16/2011 (G) Alkoxysilane functional acrylic resin.
P-11-0087...................... 10/2/2012 9/7/2012 (G) Polyfluoroalkyl phosphoric acid salt, aqueous
solution.
P-11-0433...................... 10/9/2012 9/22/2012 (G) Substituted amino polymer, with substituted
amine salt and salted acrylate.
P-12-0013...................... 10/2/2012 6/19/2012 (G) Crosslinked polyalkyl methacrylate.
P-12-0094...................... 10/10/2012 9/28/2012 (G) Polyether polyurethane dispersion.
P-12-0104...................... 10/4/2012 9/28/2012 (G) Mixture of isomers of condensation products of
substituted diazotized aminoanilines.
P-12-0156...................... 10/4/2012 9/21/2012 (G) Water soluble modified linseed oil.
P-12-0235...................... 10/2/2012 9/20/2012 (G) Polyesterurethane.
P-12-0392...................... 10/5/2012 10/4/2012 (G) Mix of isomers of substituted cyclohexyl
carboxaldehyde.
P-12-0426...................... 10/11/2012 9/28/2012 (S) Aluminate(1-), tetrafluoro-, cesium, (t-4)-.
P-12-0442...................... 10/8/2012 10/1/2012 (G) Carboxylic acid, alkenyl ester, polymers with
alkyl acrylate, me methacrylate and polyethylene
glycol hydrogen sulfate substituted alkyl branched
alkoxy methyl substituted (alkoxy)alkyl ethers
salts.
P-12-0454...................... 10/9/2012 10/8/2012 (G) Modified lignocellulose.
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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 23, 2012.
Chandler Sirmon,
Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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