71 FR 121 pgs. 36085-36088 - Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 121Pages: 36085 - 36088
Docket number: [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516; FRL-8073-8]
FR document: [FR Doc. E6-9862 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516; FRL-8073-8]

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

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 May 22, 2006 to June 2, 2006, 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 July 24, 2006.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) no. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516, by one of the following methods.

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-2006-0516. 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 Docket'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-2006-0516. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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" systems, 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 public 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.

Docket : All documents in the docket are listed in the regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically through regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566-0280.

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: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov .

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 as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed 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 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 the estimate.

vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and suggested 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 May 22, 2006 to June 2, 2006, 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 II. 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 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.

Case No. Received Date Projected Notice End Date Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical
P-06-0537 05/19/06 08/16/06 CBI (G) Surfactant for resins (polymer additives) (G) Ester of fatty acid with bisphenol a ethoxylate
P-06-0539 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (G) Reactant (G) Methyl propylhexanol
P-06-0540 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (G) Open non-dispersive(coating) (G) Aliphatic polyester-polyether polyurethane dispersion
P-06-0541 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (G) Open non-dispersive(coating) (G) Aromatic thermoplastic polyurethane
P-06-0542 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (G) Plasticizer (G) Tridecyl phthalate
P-06-0543 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (G) Reactant (G) methyl propylhexanol
P-06-0544 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (S) Component of antifouling paint (G) Metal complex, copolymer of substituted acrylic acid, substituted methacrylate, substituted acrylate, and ethylene glycol substituted acrylate alkyl ether.
P-06-0545 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI (G) Dispersing agent (G) Poly(alkoxy), .alpha.-[2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)alkyl]-.omega.-alkoxy-
P-06-0546 05/23/06 08/20/06 Cytec Surface Specialties Inc. (S) Resin for paints and coatings (G) Substituted carbomonocycle, polymer withisocyanate substituted alkyl carbomonocycle, substituted alkenoates, substituted heteromonocycle, alkanedioic acid, alkane diol, reaction products with substituted alkylamine, compounds with substituted alkanol.
P-06-0547 05/23/06 08/20/06 BASF Corporation (S) Sizing agent (G) Anionic acrylonitrile-acrylic copolymer dispersion
P-06-0548 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences (G) Process intermediate (G) Substituted trihalomethylpyridine
P-06-0549 05/24/06 08/21/06 CBI (G) Open, non-dispersive (resin) (G) Quaternized styrene polymer
P-06-0550 05/24/06 08/21/06 CBI (G) Open, non-dispersive (resin) (G) Quaternized styrene polymer
P-06-0551 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences (G) Process intermediate (G) Substituted trihalomethylpyridine chloride
P-06-0552 05/24/06 08/21/06 Hybrid Plastics, Inc. (G) Thermoplastic polymer additive (open, non-dispersive) (S) Tricyclo[7.3.3.15,11]heptasiloxane-3,7,14-triol, 1,3,5,7,9,11,14-heptakis(2-methylpropyl)-
P-06-0553 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences (G) Process intermediate (G) Substituted trihalomethylpyridinethiolate
P-06-0554 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences (G) Process intermediate (G) Substituted aminotriazolopyrimidine
P-06-0555 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI (G) Coating to make copper laminate (G) Phthalic anhydride polymer with benzenediamine, carbonylated furandion and substituted aniline
P-06-0556 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI (S) Dispersing agent for crop protection; dispersing agent for home care cleaners (G) Polyoxyalkylenesilane
P-06-0557 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI (S) Intermediate for dispersing agent (G) Silane hydride
P-06-0558 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI (S) Intermediate for dispersing agent (G) Chlorosilane
P-06-0559 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Prepolymer of polyester urethane (G) Aromatic saturated copolyester
P-06-0560 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Paper treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0561 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0562 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Carpet treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer
P-06-0563 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0564 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0565 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0566 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0567 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Carpet treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer
P-06-0568 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0569 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer
P-06-0570 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0571 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0572 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0573 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Carpet treatment additive (G) Fluorochemical urethane
P-06-0574 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Tile surface treatment (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0575 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Paper treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer
P-06-0576 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkylacrylate copolymer
P-06-0577 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Paper treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer
P-06-0578 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Paper treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer
P-06-0579 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkylacrylate copolymer
P-06-0580 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI (G) Textile treatment additive (G) Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer

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:

Case No. Received Date Commencement Notice End Date Chemical
P-05-0058 05/22/06 05/11/06 (G) Ether amine phosphonate salt
P-05-0062 05/22/06 05/11/06 (G) Ether amine phosphonate salt
P-05-0304 05/23/06 05/18/06 (S) 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-diethanol, .beta.,.beta.,.beta.',.beta.'-tetramethyl-
P-05-0552 05/22/06 05/03/06 (G) Aromatic polyurethane polymer
P-05-0722 05/24/06 04/28/06 (G) Carbon black, hydroxy- and 4-[[2-(sulfooxy)ethyl]substituted]phenyl-modified, sodium salt
P-05-0835 05/19/06 05/09/06 (G) Vinyl homopolymer, salt
P-06-0038 05/24/06 04/30/06 (S) Starch, polymer with 2-propenenitrile, hydrolyzed, potassium salts
P-06-0085 05/30/06 05/19/06 (G) (substituted)-benzenecarboxylic acid,2,2'-[(substituted) bis[imino(substituted)-azo]] bis-,tetramethyl ester
P-06-0104 05/24/06 04/10/06 (G) Substituted sulfonated phenyl azo naphthalene
P-06-0157 05/19/06 04/12/06 (G) Organic acid salt of an alkylalkanolamine
P-06-0158 05/19/06 04/12/06 (G) Organic acid salt of an alkylalkanolamine
P-06-0159 05/19/06 04/12/06 (G) Organic acid salt of an alkylalkanolamine ethoxylate
P-06-0160 05/19/06 04/12/06 (G) Organic acid salt of an ethoxylated alkanolamine
P-06-0161 05/19/06 04/12/06 (G) Organic acid salt of an alkanolamine
P-06-0174 05/30/06 05/17/06 (G) Amine salt of an organic acid
P-06-0244 05/30/06 05/14/06 (G) Isocyanate functional polyester polyether urethane polymer
P-06-0245 05/25/06 05/10/06 (G) Siloxanes and silicones, di-me, 3-hydroxypropyl me, ethers with polyalkylene glycol mono[2-hydroxy-3-[[6-(oxiranylalkoxy)alkyl]oxy]alkyl alkyl-carbomonocyclicdicarboxylate]
P-06-0271 05/31/06 05/22/06 (S) Oils, agathosma ovata
P-06-0292 05/19/06 05/11/06 (G) Olefinic carbamate
P-06-0296 05/19/06 05/13/06 (G) Naphthalenesulfonic acid azo substituted naphthalenesulfonic acid amino substituted triazine amino substituted phenyl azo phenyl sulfonyl compound
P-06-0301 05/19/06 05/16/06 (G) Modified anionic polyacrylamide
P-93-0999 05/24/06 04/27/06 (G) Modified polymer of alkenoic esters and styrene

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals, Premanufacturer notices.

Dated: June 8, 2006.

LaRona M. Washington,

Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. E6-9862 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]

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