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PBT TRI rule just published
go to www.epa.gov/fedrgstr click on 5 jan. to get the whole proposed rule.
The relevant table on the reporting thresholds is 3/4 through it (Table 2,
pasted here), the rest of the large bulk is explanation of the relevant
law, and (mostly) the PBT science justifying the reporting thresholds.
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[Federal Register: January 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 2)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 687-729]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr05ja99-36]
40 CFR Part 372
[OPPTS-400132; FRL-6032-3]
RIN 2070-AD09
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) Chemicals; Lowering of
Reporting Thresholds for Certain PBT Chemicals; Addition of Certain PBT
Chemicals; Amendments to Proposed Addition of a Dioxin and Dioxin-Like
Compounds Category; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-
to-Know
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to lower the reporting thresholds for certain
persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals that are subject to
reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). EPA is also proposing lower reporting
thresholds for dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, which were previously
proposed for addition to the EPCRA section 313 list of toxic chemicals.
EPA is proposing these actions pursuant to its authority under EPCRA
section 313(f)(2) to revise reporting thresholds. In addition, EPA is
proposing to add certain persistent and bioaccumulative toxic chemicals
to the list of chemicals subject to the reporting under EPCRA section
313 and PPA section 6607 and to establish lower reporting thresholds
for these chemicals. EPA is proposing to add these chemicals to the
EPCRA section 313 list pursuant to its authority to add chemicals and
chemical categories that meet the EPCRA section 313(d)(2) toxicity
criteria. The proposed additions of these chemicals are based on their
carcinogenicity or other chronic human health effects and/or their
adverse effects on the environment. As part of today's actions, EPA is
amending its proposal published in the Federal Register of May 7, 1997,
to add a category of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds to the EPCRA
section 313 list of toxic chemicals by proposing to exclude the co-
planar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the category and by
proposing to add an activity qualifier to the category. EPA is also
proposing to require that separate reports be filed for tetraethyl lead
and tetramethyl lead which are listed under the lead compounds
category. Today's actions also include proposed modifications to
certain reporting exemptions and requirements for those toxic chemicals
that would be subject to the lower reporting thresholds.
DATES: Written comments, identified by the docket control number OPPTS-
400132, must be received by EPA on or before March 8, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, electronically, or in
person. Please follow the detailed instructions for each method as
provided in Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
proposal.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel R. Bushman, Petitions
Coordinator, 202-260-3882, e-mail: bushman.daniel@epamail.epa.gov, for
specific information on this proposed rule, or for more information on
EPCRA section 313, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Hotline, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 5101, 401 M St.,
SW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll free: 1-800-535-0202, in Virginia and
Alaska: 703-412-9877 or Toll free TDD: 1-800-553-7672.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does This Action Apply To Me?
[SNIP]
3. Proposed reporting thresholds by chemical/category. Table 2
contains the proposed section 313 reporting thresholds for each of the
PBT chemicals included in this proposed rule. For purposes of section
313 reporting, threshold determinations for chemical categories must be
based on the total of all toxic chemicals in the category (see 40 CFR
372.25(d)). For example, a facility that manufactures three members of
a toxic chemical category would count the total amount of all three
toxic chemicals manufactured towards the manufacturing threshold for
that category. One report is filed for the category and all releases
are reported on one Form R (the form for filing reports under EPCRA
section 313 and PPA section 6607).
Table 2.--Reporting Thresholds for EPCRA Section 313 Listed PBT
Chemicals
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Section 313
Reporting
Chemical Name or Chemical CASRN Threshold (in
Category Name pounds unless
noted otherwise)
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Aldrin 309-00-2 100
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Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 191-24-2 10
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Chlordane 57-74-9 10
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Dicofol 115-32-2 10
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Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds NA 0.1 grams
category (manufacture only)
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Heptachlor 76-44-8 10
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Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 10
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Isodrin 465-73-6 10
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Methoxychlor 72-43-5 100
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Octachlorostyrene 29082-74-4 10
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Pendimethalin 40487-42-1 100
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Pentachlorobenzene 608-93-5 10
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Polycyclic aromatic compounds NA 10
category
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Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) 1336-36-3 10
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Tetrabromobisphenol A 79-94-7 100
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Toxaphene 8001-35-2 10
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Trifluralin 1582-09-8 100
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Mercury 7439-97-6 10
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Mercury compounds NA 10
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B. Proposed Changes to the Use of the de minimis Exemption
[SNIP]