TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data

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>Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 16:55:12 -0400
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>[Federal Register: May 20, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 98)]
>[Notices]
>[Page 25224]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
>[OPPTS-44626; FRL-5370-3]
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>TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data
>
>AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
>ACTION: Notice.
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>SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's receipt of test data on the
>diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBPA) (CAS No. 1675-54-3). These
>data were submitted pursuant to an enforceable consent agreement/order
>issued by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act
>(TSCA). Publication of this notice is in compliance with section 4(d)
>of TSCA.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director,
>Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution
>Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-543B, 401
>M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551;
>e-mail:TSCA-Hotline@epamail.epa.gov.
>
>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40 CFR Part 790.60, all TSCA section 4
>enforceable consent agreements/orders must contain a statement that
>results of testing conducted pursuant to testing enforceable consent
>agreements/orders will be announced to the public in accordance with
>section 4(d).
>
>I. Test Data Submissions
>
>    Test data for DGEBPA were submitted by The Society of the Plastics
>Industry, Epoxy Resin Systems Task Force pursuant to a TSCA section 4
>enforceable consent agreement/order at 40 CFR Part 799.5000 and were
>received by EPA on April 19, 1996. The submission includes two final
>reports entitled: (1) ``DGEBPA: 13 Week Repeated Dose Dermal Toxicity
>in the Male B6C3F1 Mouse,'' and (2) ``DGEBPA: Two Generation Oral
>Gavage Reproduction Study in Sprague-Dawley Rats.'' This chemical is
>used primarily as the principal component in epoxy resins.
>    EPA has initiated its review and evaluation process for this data
>submission. At this time, the Agency is unable to provide any
>determination as to the completeness of the submission.
>
>II. Public Record
>
>    EPA has established a public record for this TSCA section 4(d)
>receipt of data notice (docket number OPPTS-44626). This record
>includes copies of all studies reported in this notice. The record is
>available for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
>except legal holidays, in the TSCA Public Docket Office, Rm. B-607
>Northeast Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
>
>    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603.
>
>List of Subjects
>
>    Environmental protection, Test data.
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>    Dated: May 13, 1996.
>
>Frank Kover,
>Acting Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution
>Prevention and Toxics.
>
>[FR Doc 96-12604 File 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
>BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
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Tony Tweedale                               || "I'm not going to get
involved in any
Bx 7941                                           ||   of that
peer-reviewed mumbo-jumbo."
Missoula, Montana 59807            ||      -Rep. John Doo<-->little (R-CA)
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