[Federal Register: January 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 9)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2004-0132; FRL-7694-6]
Response to Petition; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On October 5, 2004, EPA received a petition filed under
section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and section
553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act from People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine (PCRM) joined the petition by a letter dated November 9, 2004.
The petition requests that EPA revoke the TSCA developmental
neurotoxicity test guideline codified at 40 CFR 799.9630 and withdraw a
harmonized test guideline issued by the Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) titled, ``Health Effects Test
Guidelines: OPPTS 870.6300 Developmental Neurotoxicity Study'' (EPA-
712-C-98-239). Although EPA believes the petitioners' requests are
outside the scope of TSCA section 21, and thus the submission in its
entirety is being treated as a petition under the Administrative
Procedure Act, EPA responded to the petitioners within the 90-day
timeframe established in TSCA for section 21 petitions. EPA has
responded to the petition by denying these requests and is announcing
the public availability of this response.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address:
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact: Laura Bunte, Chemical Control
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8157; e-mail
address:ccd.citb@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
particular interest to those persons who are or may be required to
conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be interested
in this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability
of this action to a particular entity, consult the technical contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
action under docket ID number OPPT-2004-0132. The official public
docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this
action, including the petitioner's request, supporting information
submitted by the petitioners, and EPA's response to the petition.
Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not
include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public docket
is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at
the EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-Reading Room, EPA West, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room telephone number is(202)
566-1744 and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket, which is
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located in the EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-0280.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under theFederal Register
listings athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ The documents referenced in Unit I.B.1 are also accessible through the EPA Internet athttp://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemtest/dnt/index.htm.
To access the OPPTS
Harmonized Test Guideline referenced in this document, go directly to
the guideline at http://www.epa.gov/opptsfrs/home/guidelin.htm/.
In addition, an electronic version of the public docket is
available through EPA's electronic public docket and comment system,
EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Although not all docket materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available
docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1.
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate
docket ID number.
Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets.
Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public
docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA's electronic
public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material will not be
placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. To the extent
feasible, publicly available docket materials will be made available in
EPA's electronic public docket. When a document is selected from the
index list in EPA Dockets, the system will identify whether the
document is available for viewing in EPA's electronic public docket.
Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you
may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through
the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA intends to work
towards providing electronic access to all of the publicly available
docket materials through EPA's electronic public docket.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This action announces the availability of EPA's response to the
petition. The public may access both the petition and EPA's response as
described in Unit I.B. of this document.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides, Toxic substances, Test
guidelines.
Dated: January 3, 2005.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances.
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