[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 277-280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31290]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0908; FRL-8397-3]
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 17, 2008 through November 28, 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 February 4, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0908, 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., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0908. 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-
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2008-0908. 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 17, 2008 through November
28, 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 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
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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. 16 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 11/17/08 to 11/28/08
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Projected Notice End
Case No. Received Date Date Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical
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P-09-0071 11/14/08 02/11/09 CBI (G) Chemical (G) N,N-dialkylamine
intermediate
P-09-0072 11/14/08 02/11/09 Mane, USA (G) Perfumery (S) 2-ethoxy-4-
ingredients ethoxymethyl-phenol
P-09-0073 11/18/08 02/15/09 CBI (S) Hot melt adhesive (G) Fatty acids, C18-
for metal-metal unsaturated, dimers,
applications; hot polymers with
melt adhesive for cycloaliphatic
automotive parts; amide, aliphatic
hot adhesive for diamine, seabacic
medical device; hot acid and stearic
melt adhesive for acid
electronics
P-09-0074 11/17/08 02/14/09 Esstech, Inc. (S) Adhesive (S) Butanedioic acid,
methylene-, polymer
with (2Z)-2-
butenedioic acid and
2-propeneoic acid
P-09-0075 11/18/08 02/15/09 CBI (G) Highly dispersive (G) Aliphatic
use aromatic unsaturated
bicyclic derivative
P-09-0076 11/19/08 02/16/09 CBI (G) Coloration (G) Diamino -
component for (substituted
cellulosic phenylazo) - benzene
substrates sulfonic acid, salt
P-09-0077 11/19/08 02/16/09 CBI (G) Raw material for (G) Alkylaminoalcohol
paint additive
P-09-0078 11/19/08 02/16/09 CBI (G) Raw material for (G) Alkylaminoalcohol
paint additive
P-09-0079 11/20/08 02/17/09 CBI (G) Printing additive (G) Polyester resin
P-09-0080 11/24/08 02/21/09 CBI (S) Polymer additive (G) Ethylene/
for floor polish; methacrylic acid
heat seal/adhesive ropolymers, zinc and
for flexible potassium salt
packaging; additive
for inks to improve
rub resistance;
sizing agent for
nylon and fiberglass
P-09-0081 11/24/08 02/21/09 CBI (G) Industrial gel (G) Polymer of
coat resins aliphatic diols,
aliphatic polyols,
and carboxylic
anhydrides
P-09-0082 11/25/08 02/22/09 U.S. Polymers- (S) Binder for paint (G) Reaction product
Accurez, LLC of: 1,4
cyclohexanedimethano
l,
trimethylolpropane,
phthalic anhydride,
adipic acid and
other polymers
P-09-0083 11/25/08 02/22/09 Kemira Chemicals (S) Adhesive used in (S) Cationic
creping process of polyamide
tissue paper;
adhesive used for
ply bonding of
tissue sheets
P-09-0084 11/25/08 02/22/09 CBI (G) Emulsifier (G) Benzenesulfonic
acid salt
P-09-0085 11/25/08 02/22/09 Champion (G) Formation (G) 1,3-propane
Technologies, Inc. stabilizer; drilling diaminium-2-
mud additive substituted,-
hexaalkyl-,di halide
P-09-0086 11/28/08 02/25/09 Designer Molecules, (G) Base resin and/or (S) Cyclosiloxanes,
Inc. reactive diluent for me 3-(2-
thermoset adhesives oxiranylmethoxy)prop
yl
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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. 24 Notices of Commencement From: 11/17/08 to 11/28/08
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Commencement Notice
Case No. Received Date End Date Chemical
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P-06-0750 11/25/08 11/11/08 (S) 2,5-furandione,
polymer with 1-
hexadecene, .alpha.-
methyl-.omega.-(2-
propenyloxy)poly(oxy-1,2-
ethanediyl) and 1-
tetradecene, lauryl amide
P-07-0131 11/24/08 11/11/08 (G) Polyether polyol
polyester polyurethane
P-07-0181 11/26/08 10/29/08 (G) SMA ester
P-07-0461 11/25/08 10/30/08 (G) Derivative of a salt
of a polymer of styrene,
substituted methacrylic
acid and an alkyl
acrylate
P-07-0470 11/25/08 10/21/08 (G) Alkyl cycloether
P-08-0118 11/20/08 10/16/08 (G) Amide-alkyldioic acid
compound
P-08-0136 11/25/08 11/05/08 (G) Polyethylene
diethylene succinate
P-08-0202 11/24/08 11/17/08 (G) Polyetheramine
diisocyanate prepolymer
P-08-0257 11/14/08 11/07/08 (G) Isocyanate
quasiprepolymer
P-08-0258 11/14/08 11/03/08 (G) Isocyanate
quasiprepolymer
P-08-0319 11/17/08 11/05/08 (G) Urethane diol
P-08-0394 11/25/08 11/03/08 (G) Dodecanedioic acid
polymer with nonanediol
P-08-0423 11/24/08 11/11/08 (G) Poly(styrene-
methacryloyloxyethylphosp
horic acid ester)
P-08-0474 11/21/08 10/19/08 (G) Polyester
P-08-0487 11/26/08 11/11/08 (G) Triazine derivative
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P-08-0488 11/26/08 11/11/08 (G) Triazine derivative
P-08-0490 11/19/08 10/21/08 (S) Tert-decanoic acid,
ethenyl ester, polymer
with ethene, ethenyl
acetate and methyl 2-
methyl-2-propenoate
P-08-0492 11/26/08 11/11/08 (G) Aluminum diazo
naphthalene derivative
P-08-0493 11/26/08 11/11/08 (G) Aluminum diazo
naphthalene derivative
P-08-0538 11/19/08 10/23/08 (G) Polyetheramine
derivative
P-08-0571 11/26/08 11/06/08 (G) Acrylate, polymer with
acrylate, ketoacrylamide,
styrene and acrylate
P-08-0659 11/19/08 11/19/08 (S) Chitosan, 2-
hydroxypropanoate (salt)
P-08-0660 11/19/08 11/19/08 (S) Chitosan, acetate
(salt)
P-96-1164 11/25/08 10/30/08 (G) Fatty acids, C18-
unsaturated dimers,
polymers with
ethylenediamine, a
dibasic acid, a dibasic
acid, diamines and a mono-
basic acid
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List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Premanufacturer notices.
Dated: December 23, 2008.
Darryl S. Ballard,
Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics.
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