[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 240 (Friday, December 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75711-75714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29466]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0865; FRL-8393-5]
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 November 3, 2008 through November 14, 2008, consists of the
PMNs 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 January 12, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0865, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.,
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Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0865. 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: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2008-0865. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line 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'' 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 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 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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov
website to view the docket index or access available documents.
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 Federal 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: 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: [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 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
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.
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?
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 November 3, 2008 through November
14, 2008, consists of the PMNs 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 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
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period. If you are interested in information that is not included in
the following tables, you may contact EPA as described in Unit I. 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. 21 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 11/03/08 to 11/14/08
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Projected Notice End
Case No. Received Date Date Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical
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P-09-0051 11/04/08 02/01/09 CBI (G) Additive for (G) Polyacrylic
polymers
P-09-0052 11/05/08 02/02/09 CBI (S) Latent catalyst (G) Dodecylbenzene
for specialty sulfonic acid,
coatings, appliance complex with
coatings, coil aliphatic
coating, can alkanolamine
coatings, wood, etc;
P-09-0053 11/05/08 02/02/09 CBI (S) Latent catalyst (G) Toluenesulfonic
for specialty acid, salt with
coatings, appliance aliphatic
coatings, coil alkanolamine
coating, can
coatings, wood, etc;
P-09-0054 11/05/08 02/02/09 Nano-C. Inc. (S) (1) Compound for (S) [5,6]fullerene-
use in organic C60-ih
electronic devices.
(2) Compound used to
improve the
mechanical
properties of
rubbers, plastics,
and lubricants. (3)
Compound for use as
an additve to
increase the
conductivity of
materials.
P-09-0055 11/05/08 02/02/09 Nano-C. Inc. (S) (1) Compound for (S) [5,6]fullerene-
use in organic C70-d5h(6)
electronic devices.
(2) Compound used to
improve the
mechanical
properties of
rubbers, plastics,
and lubricants. (3)
Compound for use as
an additve to
increase the
conductivity of
materials
P-09-0056 11/05/08 02/02/09 Nano-C. Inc. (S) (1) Compound for (S) [5,6]fullerene-
use in organic C84-d2
electronic devices.
(2) Compound used to
improve the
mechanical
properties of
rubbers, plastics,
and lubricants. (3)
Compound for use as
an additve to
increase the
conductivity of
materials.
P-09-0057 11/05/08 02/02/09 Nano-C. Inc. (S) (1) Compound for (S) [5,6]fullerene-
use in organic C84-d2d
electronic devices.
(2) Compound used to
improve the
mechanical
properties of
rubbers, plastics,
and lubricants. (3)
Compound for use as
an additve to
increase the
conductivity of
materials.
P-09-0058 11/06/08 02/03/09 CBI (G) Oilfield (G)
production chemical Alkenylsuccinicanhyd
ride derivative
P-09-0059 11/06/08 02/03/09 CBI (G) Coatings (G) Urethane
methacrylate
P-09-0060 11/07/08 02/04/09 CBI (S) Waterborne (G) Polyurethane
urethane acrylate oligomer
used in wood
coatings by kitchen
cabinet makers
P-09-0061 11/07/08 02/04/09 Dupont Agricultural (S) Industrial (G) Hydroxy-chloro-
Caribe Industries, intermediate cyclopropyl-
Ltd heteromonocycliccarb
oxylic acid
P-09-0062 11/07/08 02/04/09 3M (G) Battery additive (G) Alkyl aryl ether
P-09-0063 11/07/08 02/04/09 Dupont Agricultural (S) Industrial (G) Amino-chloro-
Caribe Industries, intermediate cyclopropyl-
Ltd heteromonocycliccarb
oxylic acid
P-09-0064 11/07/08 02/04/09 CBI (G) Coloration (G) Substituted
auxiliary for sulfonated phenylazo
cellulosic materials naphthalene sufonic
and substrates acid salt
P-09-0065 11/10/08 02/07/09 CBI (G) A lubricant (G) Benzoic acid
additive for engines phenyl ester
P-09-0066 11/10/08 02/07/09 CBI (G) A lubricant (G) Benzoic acid
additive for engines phenyl ester
P-09-0067 11/12/08 02/09/09 CBI (G) Binder resin (G) Polyester resin
ingredient amine salt
P-09-0068 11/12/08 02/09/09 CBI (G) Lubricant (G) Alkoxylated alkyl
additive phosphate,
bis(alkyl)amine salt
P-09-0069 11/13/08 02/10/09 Meadwestvaco (S) Asphalt emulsifer (G) Amides, from
Corporation lignin, tall oil
fatty acids, C21
dicarboxylic acids
and
polyalkanolamines.
P-09-0070 11/13/08 02/10/09 Meadwestvaco (S) Asphalt emulsifer (G) Amides, from
Corporation salt lignin, tall oil
fatty acids, C21
dicarboxylic acids
and
polyalkanolamines,
hydrochlorides
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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
Notices of Commencement to manufacture received:
II. 10 Notices of Commencement From: 11/03/08 to 11/14/08
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Commencement Notice
Case No. Received Date End Date Chemical
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P-06-0469 11/10/08 10/22/08 (G) Chlorinated polyester
resin
P-07-0348 10/31/08 10/29/08 (G) Copolymer based on
sulfonic acid monomer
P-08-0127 11/10/08 11/05/08 (S) 2-hexenoic acid, 2-
methyl-, methyl ester,
(2)-
P-08-0191 10/31/08 10/22/08 (G) Modified polyamine
P-08-0192 10/31/08 10/23/08 (G) Modified polyamine
P-08-0382 11/05/08 10/27/08 (G) Propenenitrile,
reaction products with
alkylenediamine,
hydrogenated, N-aryl
derivates
P-08-0499 11/05/08 10/29/08 (S) Arylesterase - The CAS
registy number (9032-73-
9) was determined by
using the enzyme
classification number for
this enzyme. arylesterase
(EC 3.1.1.2) is
referenced in the Brenda
Comprehensive Enzyme
Information System and in
the expasy enzyme
database. Synonyms are
paraoxonase and alpha-
esterase. The systematic
name is aryl-ester
hydrolase. Arylesterases
act on many phenolic
esters. It is likely that
the three forms of human
paraoxonase are
lactonases rather than
aromatic esterases [7,8].
The natural substrates of
the paraoxonases are
lactones, with ()-5-
hydroxy-6E,8Z,11Z,4Z-
eicostetraenoic-acid 1,5-
lactone being the best
substrate
P-08-0528 11/05/08 10/16/08 (S) Butanoic acid, 2-
methyl-, 5-hexen-1-yl
ester
P-08-0529 11/06/08 10/21/08 (G) 1,2,3 - propanetriol,
homopolymer, ether with
aliphatic alcohol
P-08-0553 11/06/08 10/20/08 (G) Polycarbonate
polyurethane acrylate
oligomer
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Premanufacturer notices.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
Chandler Sirmons,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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