[Federal Register: July 5, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 128)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0549; FRL-8076-1]
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 Inventory) to
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the
manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of
TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing
exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the
chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the
period from June 5, 2006 to June 15, 2006, consists of the PMNs and
TMEs, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement 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 August 4, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) no. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0549, by one of the following methods.
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.
Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0549. 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 Docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0549. 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.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 e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an
``anonymous access'' systems, 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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without going
through 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
regulations.gov index. 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 electronically through regulations.gov or in
hard copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center 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
OPPT Docket is (202) 566-0280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404;
e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
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 premanufacture notices
addressed in the 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 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 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 the estimate.
vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggested 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?
Section 5 of 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 Inventory to notify EPA and comply with the statutory
provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under
sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a
notice of receipt of a PMN or an application for a TME and to publish
periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt
of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status
report, which covers the period from June 5, 2006 to June 15, 2006,
consists of the PMNs and TMEs, both pending or expired, and the notices
of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has
received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.
III. Receipt and Status Report for PMNs
This status report identifies the PMNs and TMEs, both pending or
expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical
that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time
period. If you are interested in information that is not included in
the following tables, you may contact EPA as described in Unit II. to
access additional non-CBI information that may be available.
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; the potential
uses identified by the manufacturer in the PMN; and the chemical
identity.
I. 34 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 06/05/06 to 06/15/06
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Projected Notice End
Case No. Received Date Date Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical
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P-06-0581 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Carpet treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive methacrylate
copolymer
P-06-0582 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment (G)
additive Fluoroalkylacrylate
copolymer
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P-06-0583 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive methacrylate
copolymer
P-06-0584 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Carpet treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive methacrylate
copolymer
P-06-0585 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive methacrylate
copolymer
P-06-0586 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive methacrylate
copolymer
P-06-0587 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Nonwoven internal (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive methacrylate
copolymer
P-06-0588 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl
additive acrylate copolymer
P-06-0589 05/31/06 08/28/06 CBI (G) Energy curable (G) Alkoxylated
compounds pentaerythritol
tetra acrylate
P-06-0590 05/31/06 08/28/06 CBI (G) Open non (G) Polyester polyol
dispersive (binder)
P-06-0591 06/02/06 08/30/06 CBI (G) Modifier for (G) Polysulfide epoxy
epoxy formulations resin adduct
P-06-0592 06/05/06 09/02/06 Incorez Corporation (S) Polyurethane (S) 1,4-butanediol,
resin for coating polymer with 5-
isocyanato-1-
(isocyanatomethyl)-
1,3,3-
trimethylcyclohexane
, methyloxirane and
oxirane
P-06-0593 06/05/06 09/02/06 CBI (G) Open, non- (G) Aliphatic
dispersive use isocyanate resin
P-06-0594 06/06/06 09/03/06 CBI (G) Destructive use (G) Substituted
dioxolane
P-06-0595 06/06/06 09/03/06 CBI (G) Destructive use (S) Phosphonium, [2-
(1,3-dioxolane-2-
yl)ethyl]triphenyl-,
bromide-
P-06-0596 06/06/06 09/03/06 International Flavors (S) Raw material for (S) 1h-indene,
and Fragrances, Inc. use in fragrance for 2,3,3a,4,5,7a-
soaps, detergents, hexahydro-1,1,2,3,3-
cleaners and other pentamethyl-6-(2-
household products propenyl)- 2h-
indeno[4,5-b]furan,
decahydro-
2,6,6,7,8,8-
hexamethyl-
P-06-0597 06/06/06 09/03/06 PPG Industries, Inc. (G) Component of (S) Octadecanoic
industrial topcoat acid, 12-hydroxy-,
ion(1-), salts with
1,1-dimethylpropyl
ethaneperoxoate-
initiated bu
acrylate-et acrylate-
glycidlyl
methacrylate-me
methacrylate-
propylene glycol
monomethacrylate
polymer-2,2'-
thiobis[ethanol]
reacion products
lactates (salts)
P-06-0598 06/06/06 09/03/06 CBI (G) Adhesive agent (G) Polyester polyol
urethane modified
epoxy resin
P-06-0599 06/07/06 09/04/06 CIBA Specialty (S) Raw material for (G) PMN substance b)
Chemicals pigment synthesis aromatic substituted
Corporation bis-dihydropyrrole
monosodium salt; pmn
substance c)
aromatic substituted
bis-dihydropyrrole
disodium salt
P-06-0600 06/07/06 09/04/06 CBI (G) Used as a (G) Substituted
performance enhancer benzenedicarboxylic
for engineering acid, 5,5'-oxybis,
materials polymer with
substituted[benzenam
ine]
P-06-0601 06/07/06 09/04/06 CBI (G) Used as a (G) Substituted
performance enhancer benzenedicarboxylic
for engineering acid, 5,5'-oxybis,
materials polymer with
substituted[benzenam
ine]
P-06-0602 06/07/06 09/04/06 Shin-etsu Silicones (S) Additive of (G) Silicone modified
of America Inc. thermoplasticity acrylic polymer
elastmer
P-06-0603 06/07/06 09/04/06 Degussa Corporation (G) Coating material (G) Alkylether
alkenoate
P-06-0604 06/08/06 09/05/06 CBI (G) Papermaking (S) Formamide, n-
chemical ethenyl-,
homopolymer,
hydrolyzed, N-(3-
amino-3-oxopropyl)
derivates
P-06-0605 06/08/06 09/05/06 Sasol North America (S) Polymer (S) 1-propanamine, 3-
Inc. performance additive (trimethoxysilyl)-,
reaction products
with boehmite
(al(oh)o)
P-06-0606 06/09/06 09/06/06 Sasol North America (S) Polymer (S) 1-propanamine, 3-
Inc. performance additive (triethoxysilyl)-,
reaction products
with boehmite
(al(oh)o)
P-06-0607 06/09/06 09/06/06 CBI (G) Open, non- (G) Acrylic polymer
dispersive use
P-06-0608 06/12/06 09/09/06 CBI (G) Paint (G) Alkyl acrylate,
polymer with alkyl
acrylates, styrene
and hydroxyalkyl
acrylates, peroxide-
initiated
P-06-0609 06/14/06 09/11/06 CBI (G) Polymer film (G) Dimethyl
terephthalate
alkanediol copolymer
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P-06-0610 06/14/06 09/11/06 CBI (G) Non woven fiber (G) Dimethyl
terephthalate
alkanediol copolymer
P-06-0611 06/14/06 09/11/06 CBI (G) Chemical (G) Substituted
intermdiate carbohydrate
P-06-0612 06/14/06 09/11/06 CBI (G) Chemical (G) Substituted
intermediate carbohydrate
P-06-0613 06/14/06 09/11/06 Degussa Corporation (S) Polymer powder f. (S) 1h-3h-benzo[1,2-
shapes manufurated c:4,5-c']difuran-
by compression 1,3,5,7-tetrone,
molding polymer with 5,5'-
carbonylbis[1,3-
isobenzofurandione],
1,3-
diisocyanatomethylbe
nzene and 4,4'-
oxybis[benzenamine]
P-06-0614 06/14/06 09/11/06 CBI (G) Polymer additive (G) Substituted
benzylidene sorbitol
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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 TMEs
received:
II. 3 Test Marketing Exemptions Notices Received From: 06/05/06 to 06/15/06
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Projected Notice End
Case No. Received Date Date Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical
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T-06-0005 06/06/06 07/20/06 PPG Industries, Inc. (G) component of (S) Octadecanoic
industrial topcoat acid, 12-hydroxy-,
ion(1-), salts with
1,1-dimethylpropyl
ethaneperoxoate-
initiated bu
acrylate-et acrylate-
glycidlyl
methacrylate-me
methacrylate-
propylene glycol
monomethacrylate
polymer-2,2'-
thiobis[ethanol]
reacion products
lactates (salts)
T-06-0006 06/12/06 07/26/06 CBI (S) Tinters for latex (G) Alkyl
paint monoethanolamide
ethoxylate
T-06-0007 06/12/06 07/26/06 CBI (S) Tinters for latex (G) phosphoric acid
paint ester
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In Table III of this unit, EPA provides the following information
(to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the
Notices of Commencement to manufacture received:
III. 13 Notices of Commencement From: 06/05/06 to 06/15/06
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Commencement Notice
Case No. Received Date End Date Chemical
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P-04-0101 06/06/06 05/22/06 (G) Polyolefin aminoester
P-05-0355 06/06/06 10/06/05 (G) Poly(oxy-1,2-
ethanediyl), .alpha.-
hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-,
polymer with alkyl
diisocyanate
P-05-0377 06/06/06 05/05/06 (G) Silane terminated
polyurethane
P-05-0721 06/07/06 05/09/06 (G) Formaldehyde, polymer
with amines and phenol
P-06-0008 06/07/06 05/08/06 (G) Carbon black,4-[(17-
substituted-3,6,9,12,15-
pentaazaheptadec-1-
yl)substituted]phenyl-
modified
P-06-0124 06/07/06 05/30/06 (G) Modified
thionocarbamate
P-06-0138 06/02/06 05/04/06 (G) Acrylic polymer
P-06-0180 06/02/06 05/16/06 (G) Unsaturated aliphatic
urethane acrylate
P-06-0291 06/06/06 05/14/06 (S) Hexanedioic acid,
polymers with 1,4-
butanediol, hydrogenated
butadiene-isoprene-
styrene polymer and 1,1'-
methylenebis[4-
isocyanatobenzene]
P-06-0295 06/05/06 05/12/06 (S) 2-(difluoromethoxy)-
1,1,1-trifluoroethane
P-06-0303 06/07/06 06/05/06 (S) Alpha-amylase
P-98-0062 06/07/06 05/01/06 (S) Poly(oxy-1,2-
(ethanediyl), alpha-hydro-
omega-hydroxy, monoethers
with lauryl alc. distn.
lights
P-98-0063 06/05/06 05/01/06 (S) Poly(oxy-1,2-
(ethanediyl), alpha-hydro-
omega-hydroxy, monoethers
with myristyl alc. distn.
lights
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Premanufacturer notices.
Dated: June 20, 2006.
LaRona M. Washington,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. E6-10450 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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