Receipt of Request for Waiver from Testing

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>[Federal Register: December 12, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 240)]
>[Notices]               
>[Page 65402]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
>[OPPTS-83005; FRL-5575-6]
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>Receipt of Request for Waiver from Testing
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>AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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>ACTION: Notice of receipt of request for waiver from testing.
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>SUMMARY: Regulations issued by EPA under section 4 of the Toxic 
>Substances Control Act require that specified chemical substances be 
>tested to determine if they are contaminated with halogenated dibenzo-
>p-dioxins (HDDs) or halogenated dibenzofurans (HDFs), and that results 
>be reported to EPA. However, provisions have been made for exclusion 
>and waiver from these requirements if an appropriate application is 
>submitted to EPA and is approved. EPA has received and will accept 
>comments on a request from Rhone-Poulenc for a waiver to import 2,4-
>dichlorophenol. EPA will publish another Federal Register notice 
>announcing its decisions on this request.
>DATES: Submit written comments on or before December 27, 1996.
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>ADDRESS: Submit written comments in triplicate, identified with the 
>docket number OPPTS-83005, to: TSCA Docket Receipts (7407), Office of 
>Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Room 
>G-099, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Information submitted as a 
>comment concerning this document may be claimed confidential by marking 
>any part or all of that information as ``Confidential Business 
>Information (CBI)''.
>    Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending 
>electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic 
>comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
>characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be 
>accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII file 
>format. All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by 
>the docket number OPPTS-83005. No Confidential Business Information 
>(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this 
>proposed rule may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries. 
>Additional information on electronic submissions can be found below in 
>this document.
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Hazen, Director, 
>Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of Pollution 
>Prevention and Toxics, Rm. E-543, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, 
>(202) 554-1404, TDD (202) 554-0551, e-mail: TSCA-
>Hotline@epamail.epa.gov.
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>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40 CFR part 766 (52 FR 2112, June 5, 
>1987), EPA requires testing of certain chemical substances to determine 
>whether they may be contaminated with HDDs and HDFs. Under 40 CFR 
>766.32(a)(2)(i), a waiver may be granted if a responsible company 
>official certifies that the chemical substance is produced only in 
>quantities of 100 kilograms or less per year, and only for research and 
>development purposes. Under 40 CFR 766.32(b), a request for a waiver 
>must be made 60 days before resumption of manufacture or importation of 
>a chemical substance produced by a specific process if the chemical 
>substance is not being manufactured, imported, or processed as of June 
>5, 1987.
>    Rhone-Poulenc requested a waiver under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(i), in a 
>letter to EPA dated October 29, 1996. Rhone-Poulenc plans to import 
>2,4-dichlorophenol (CAS No. 120-83-2), a substance subject to testing 
>under 40 CFR part 766, solely for research and development purposes. 
>Rhone-Poulenc will limit its import of 2,4-dichlorophenol to 100 
>kilograms (or less) per year.
>    A record has been established for this notice of receipt under 
>docket number OPPTS-83005 (including comments and data submitted 
>electronically as described below). A public version of this record, 
>including printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does 
>not include any information claimed as confidential business 
>information (CBI), is available for inspection from 12 noon to 4 p.m., 
>Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public record is 
>located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm. NE-B607, 
>401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
>    Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
>    oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov
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>    Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
>use of special characters and any form of encryption.
>    The official record for this notice of receipt, as well as the 
>public version, as described above will be kept in paper form. 
>Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments received electronically 
>into printed, paper form as they are received and will place the paper 
>copies in the official record which will also include all comments 
>submitted directly in writing. The official record is the paper record 
>maintained at the address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this 
>document.
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>    Dated: December 6, 1996.
>Frank D. Kover,
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>Drector, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
>Toxics.
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