[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR750.9]

[Page 569]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 750--PROCEDURES FOR RULEMAKING UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES 
CONTROL ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--Procedures for Rulemaking Under Section 6 of the Toxic 
                         Substances Control Act
 
Sec. 750.9  Final rule.

    (a) As soon as feasible after the deadline for submittal of reply 
comments, the Agency shall issue a final rule. Final versions of the 
statements required by paragraph (b) of Sec. 750.2 shall be published in 
the Federal Register together with the final rule. The Agency shall also 
publish at that time:
    (1) A list of all material added to the record (other than public 
comments and material from the hearng record) which has not previously 
been listed in a Federal Register document, and
    (2) The effective date of the rule.
    (b) [Reserved]

                         Appendix A to Subpart A

    To assist in reading the regulations set forth above, this appendix 
sets forth the principal stages through which rules promulgated under 
section 6 of TSCA will pass.
    The second column gives the relationship that one date bears to 
another whenever that relationship is specified in the regulations, and 
cites the governing provision. The third column contains estimates of 
the time that a typical rulemaking is likely to require to reach and 
complete each stage of these proceedings. In drawing up this third 
column, we have assumed that 60 days will be allowed for the submission 
of main comments; that the legislative phase of the informal hearing 
will take two weeks, and that cross-examination will take four days. 
Since these are only estimates, in any given rulemaking shorter or 
longer times may actually be required for each of these stages.

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                                                               Estimated
                                                                 total
                Stage                  Timing in relation to      time
                                            other stages        elapsed
                                                                 (days)
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Proposed regulation.................  Sec. 750.2.............
Requests to participate in informal   3 weeks prior to               53
 hearing due.                          beginning of hearing
                                       (Sec.  750.2(a)).
Main comments due...................  2 weeks prior to               60
                                       beginning of hearing
                                       (Sec.  750.2(c)(3)).
Begin informal hearing..............  .......................        74
End legislative hearing.............  .......................        88
Requests for cross-examination due..  1 week after end of            95
                                       legislative hearing
                                       (Sec.  750.8(a)).
Ruling on cross-examination requests  1 week after requests         102
                                       are due (Sec.
                                       750.8(b)).
Cross-examination begins............  1 week afer ruling on         109
                                       cross-examination
                                       requests (Sec.
                                       750.8(c)).
Cross-examination ends; informal      .......................       113
 hearing ends.
Reply comments due..................  2 weeks after end of          127
                                       informal hearing (Sec.
                                        750.4(b)).
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