[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39654-39655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19236]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 712

[OPPTS-82046B; FRL-4970-4]


Toxic Substances; Preliminary Assessment Information Rule 
Reporting; Response to Comment on the Listing of Isobutyl Alcohol

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 712.30(c) of the Toxic Substances Control 
Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR), 
EPA is revising its decision to add isobutyl alcohol (CAS No. 78-83-1) 
to the PAIR and is withdrawing it from a final rule published in the 
Federal Register of July 5, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective on August 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director, 
Environmental Assistance Office (7408), Office of Pollution Prevention 
and Toxics, Rm. E-543B, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Telephone: (202) 554-1404, TDD: (202) 554-0551, e-mail: TSCA-
H[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of this Action

    EPA issued a final rule adding isobutyl alcohol, among other 
chemical substances, to the TSCA section 8(a) PAIR (40 CFR part 712), 
which was published in the Federal Register of July 5, 1995 (60 FR 
34879). The PAIR provides that chemical substances, mixtures, and 
categories added by the Interagency Testing Committee to the TSCA 
section 4(e) Priority List, for testing by the Agency, will be added to 
the PAIR 30 days after EPA publishes in the Federal Register a rule 
amendment listing these chemical substances, mixtures, or categories. 
The PAIR also 

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provides that EPA may withdraw substances from the rule, for good 
cause, prior to the effective date of a substance's listing (40 CFR 
712.30(c)).
    On July 19, 1995, EPA received a letter from the Oxo Process Panel 
of the Chemical Manufacturers Association requesting that EPA remove 
isobutyl alcohol from the PAIR. In the letter, several recent and 
ongoing activities covering isobutyl alcohol were identified as 
alternate sources for use and exposure data, including a recent TSCA 
section 4 rulemaking action (Neurotoxicity Test Rule (58 FR 40262, July 
27, 1993) and Testing Consent Order Incorporating Enforceable Consent 
Agreement (60 FR 4516, January 23, 1995)), and the development of a 
dossier under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development's Screening Information Data Set program. The Oxo Process 
Panel argued that the data generated or collected as part of these 
other activities make it unnecessary for the Agency to add isobutyl 
alcohol to the PAIR.
    EPA agrees that information on isobutyl alcohol substantially 
similar to that which would be required under the PAIR is already or 
will soon be available. For this reason, EPA is revising its decision 
to add isobutyl alcohol to the PAIR and withdrawing it from the rule.

II. Analyses Under E.O. 12866, the Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995, 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the Paperwork Reduction Act

    Because this action reduces certain pending requirements, this 
action is not ``significant'' within the meaning of Executive Order 
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), and does not impose any Federal 
mandate on any State, local, or tribal governments or the private 
sector within the meaning of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-4). For the same reasons, pursuant to the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), it has been determined that this 
action will not have a significant economic impact on a significant 
number of small entities. Additionally, the information collection 
requirements associated with the PAIR have been approved by OMB under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501, and have 
been assigned OMB control number 2070-0054. EPA has determined that 
this rule eliminates certain pending recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements.

III. Rulemaking Record

    The following documents constitute the record for this action 
(docket control number OPPTS-82046B. These documents are available to 
the public in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center (NCIC), 
formerly the TSCA Public Docket Office, from 12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. TSCA NCIC is located at EPA 
Headquarters, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
    1. This final rule.
    2. The final rule adding isobutyl alcohol to the PAIR (60 FR 34979, 
July 5, 1995).
    3. Letter dated July 19, 1995, from Dr. Langley A. Sperlock, Vice 
President, CHEMSTAR, Chemical Manufacturers Association, to Susan B. 
Hazen, Director, Environmental Assistance Division.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 712

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Health 
and safety data, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: August 1, 1995.
Denise M. Keehner,
Acting Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics.
    Therefore, 40 CFR part 712 is amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for part 712 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2607(a).

Sec. 712.30  [Amended]

    2. As added in the issue of July 5, 1995, page 34879, in 
Sec. 712.30(e), under the category OSHA Chemicals in Need of Dermal 
Absorption Testing, the entire CAS No. entry for 78-83-1 is withdrawn.

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