[Federal Register: September 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 175)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53752-53753]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 372
[TRI-2005-0004; FRL-7532-7]
RIN 2025-AA17
Addition of Diisononyl Phthalate Category; Community Right-to-
Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Notice of Data Availability;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule, notice of data availability, extension of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: On June 14, 2005, EPA issued a notice of data availability
concerning a proposed rule to add a diisononyl phthalate (DINP)
category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting
requirements of section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention
Act (PPA). The notice of data availability made available for public
comment a revised hazard assessment for DINP. The purpose of this
action is to inform interested parties that, in response to a request
for an extension, EPA is extending the comment period by 30 days until
October 12, 2005. The comment period for the notice of data
availability was previously scheduled to close on September 12, 2005.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. TRI-2005-
0004, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Agency Web site: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET,
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred
method for receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: oei.docket@epa.gov.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. TRI-2005-0004.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004, telephone:
202-566-1744, Attention Docket ID No. TRI-2005-0004. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. TRI-2005-0004.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket
, 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 EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-
mail. The EPA EDOCKET and the federal regulations.gov Web sites are
``anonymous access'' systems, 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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through EDOCKET or regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public 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 EDOCKET index
at: http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in EDOCKET or in hard
copy at the OEI Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744, and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is 202-566-1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel R. Bushman, Toxics Release
Inventory Program Division, Office of Information Analysis and Access
(2844T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0743; fax number: 202-
566-0741; e-mail: bushman.daniel@epamail.epa.gov, for specific
information on this proposed rule, or for more information on EPCRA
section 313, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Hotline, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 5101, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll free: 1-800-424-
9346, in Virginia and Alaska: 703-412-9810 or Toll free TDD: 1-800-553-
7672.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does This Notice Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this notice if you manufacture,
process, or otherwise use DINP. Potentially affected categories and
entities may include, but are not limited to:
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Category Examples of potentially affected entities
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Industry..................... SIC major group codes 10 (except 1011,
1081, and 1094); 12 (except 1241); or 20
through 39; or industry codes 4911
(limited to facilities that combust coal
and/or oil for the purpose of generating
power for distribution in commerce); or
4931 (limited to facilities that combust
coal and/or oil for the purpose of
generating power for distribution in
commerce); or 4939 (limited to
facilities that combust coal and/or oil
for the purpose of generating power for
distribution in commerce); or 4953
(limited to facilities regulated under
the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, subtitle C, 42 U.S.C., section 6921
et seq.); or 5169; or 5171; or 7389
(limited to facilities primarily engaged
in solvent recovery services on a
contract or fee basis).
Federal Government........... Federal facilities.
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This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in the table could also be
affected. To determine whether your facility would be affected by this
action, you should carefully examine the applicability criteria in part
372 subpart B of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. If you
have questions regarding the applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
B. How Should I Submit CBI to the Agency?
Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI
electronically through EPA's electronic public docket or by e-mail.
Commenters wishing to submit proprietary information for consideration
must clearly distinguish such information from other comments and
clearly label it as CBI. Send submissions containing such proprietary
information directly to the following address only, and not to the
public docket, to ensure that proprietary information is not
inadvertently placed in the docket: Attention: OEI Document Control
Officer, Mail Code: 2822T, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. You may claim information that you submit to EPA
as CBI by marking any part or all of that information as CBI (if you
submit CBI on disk or CD-ROM, 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 CBI). The EPA will disclose information
claimed as CBI only to the extent allowed by the procedures set forth
in 40 CFR part 2.
In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes
any 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 and EPA's electronic public docket. If you submit
the copy that does not contain CBI on disk or CD-ROM, mark the outside
of the disk or CD-ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information
not marked as CBI will be included in the public docket and EPA's
electronic public docket without prior notice. If you have any
questions about CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, please consult
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
II. Background Information
A. What Does This Notice Do and What Action Does This Notice Affect?
This notice extends the comment period for EPA's June 14, 2005
notice of data availability concerning the proposed rule to add a DINP
category to the EPCRA section 313 list of toxic chemicals (70 FR
34437).
B. Why and for How Long Is EPA Extending the Comment Period?
EPA received a request from the public for a 30-day extension of
the comment period for the June 14, 2005 DINP notice of data
availability. The request was for additional time to review relevant
information and prepare comments on the revised DINP hazard assessment
that was made available for public comment in the notice of data
availability. EPA considered the request and determined that extending
the comment period is an appropriate action. Therefore, EPA is
extending the comment period on the June 14, 2005 notice of data
availability by 30 days until October 12, 2005. All comments should be
submitted following the detailed instructions as provided in Unit I. of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. All comments
must be received by October 12, 2005.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Community right-to-know,
Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Superfund.
Dated: September 6, 2005.
Kimberly T. Nelson,
Assistant Administrator for Office of Environmental Information.
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