[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12410-12411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4572]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-TRI-2006-0319; FRL-8539-7]
RIN 2025-AA19
Acetonitrile Petition; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical
Release Reporting; Notice of Data Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of data availability.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this action is to solicit public comment on two
documents developed in response to a petition to remove acetonitrile
from the list of chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986,
commonly referred to as the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The two
documents EPA is making available for public comment are: The TRI
Technical Review of Acetonitrile and the Acetonitrile External Peer
Review charge. EPA is also providing the public with access to related
reference documents.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 7, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
TRI-2006-0319 by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-9744.
Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 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. EPA-HQ-TRI-
2006-0319. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
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 www.regulations.gov. The
www.regulations.gov Web site 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 www.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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional
instructions on submitting comments, go to Unit III. Public Comments of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. 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 either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at OEI Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West,
Room 3334, 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: Mavis Sanders, Environmental Analysis
Division (EAD), Office of Information Analysis and Access (OIAA)
(MC2842T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number 202-566-0646; fax number: 202-566-0677; or e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does This Action Apply to Me?
This document does not make any changes to existing regulations.
However, you may be interested in this document if you manufacture,
process, or otherwise use acetonitrile. Potentially interested
categories and entities may include, but are not limited to the
following:
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Category Examples of potentially affected entities
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Industry..................... Facilities included in the following
NAICS manufacturing codes (corresponding
to SIC codes 20 through 39): 311*, 312*,
313*, 314*, 315*, 316, 321, 322, 323*,
324, 325*, 326*, 327, 331, 332, 333,
334*, 335*, 336, 337*, 339*, 111998*,
211112*, 212234*, 212235*, 212393*,
212399*, 488390*, 511110, 511120,
511130, 511140*, 511191, 511199, 511220,
512230*, 516110*, 541710*, or 811490*.
*Exceptions and/or limitations exist for
these NAICS codes.
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Facilities included in the following
NAICS codes (corresponding to SIC codes
other than SIC codes 20 through 39):
212111, 212112, 212113 [correspond to
SIC 12, Coal Mining (except 1241)]; or
212221, 212222, 212231, 212234, 212299
[correspond to SIC 10, Metal Mining
(except 1011, 1081, and 1094)]; or
221111, 221112, 221113, 221119, 221121,
221122 (Limited to facilities that
combust coal and/or oil for the purpose
of generating power for distribution in
commerce) (correspond to SIC 4911, 4931,
and 4939, Electric Utilities); or
424690, 425110, 425120 (Limited to
facilities previously classified in SIC
5169, Chemicals and Allied Products, Not
Elsewhere Classified.); or 424710
(corresponds to SIC 5171, Petroleum Bulk
Terminals and Plants); or 562112
[Limited to facilities primarily engaged
in solvent recovery services on a
contract or fee basis (previously
classified under SIC 7389, Business
Services, NEC).]; or 562211, 562212,
562213, 562219, 562920 (Limited to
facilities regulated under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, subtitle
C, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) (correspond
to SIC 4953).
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 interested in this
document. Some of the entities listed in the table have exemptions and/
or limitations regarding coverage, other types of entities not listed
in this table may also be interested in this document are those covered
in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 372, subpart B. If you
have any questions regarding whether a particular entity is covered by
this section of the CFR, consult the technical person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
B. How Should I Submit CBI to the Agency?
Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI through
www.regulations.gov or 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. What Is the Purpose of This Document?
On June 28, 2002, Innovene (formerly BP Chemicals Inc.) petitioned
the Agency to remove acetonitrile (methyl cyanide) from the list of
chemicals subject to the reporting requirements of EPCRA section 313.
In response to the petition to delist acetonitrile, EPA has prepared a
hazard assessment for acetonitrile entitled ``TRI Technical Review of
Acetonitrile,'' which will shortly be submitted for external peer
review. This notice provides the public access to EPA's ``TRI Technical
Review of Acetonitrile'', the acetonitrile petition, related materials,
peer review charge, and all associated references.
III. Public Comments
EPA is accepting comments only on the two documents made available
through this action. These documents are: (1) The TRI Technical Review
of Acetonitrile and (2) the Acetonitrile External Peer Review charge.
Comments submitted in response to this notification should be limited
to the scientific findings in these documents. Comments responding to
these documents will be made available to the peer reviewers for
consideration during the external peer review process.
EPA does not intend to respond to comments unrelated to the two
documents identified as open for public comment and will not provide
them to peer reviewers for consideration.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements and Community right-to-know.
Dated: February 27, 2008.
Michael P. Flynn,
Director, Office of Information Access and Analysis, Office of
Environmental Information.
[FR Doc. E8-4572 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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