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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 13, January 21, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 13
Thursday, January 21, 2010
 
There are 2announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - ND/New General Practice. EPA. Claims of Confidentiality of Certain Chemical Identities Submitted under Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
 
    2. CLIMATE - ND. DOS. Invitation for Recommendations for U.S. Authors and Reviewers to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
 
   
CODES USED:  THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.  

REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES:  AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES  - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT -  Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 1


Subject: TOXICS - ND/New General Practice. EPA. Claims of Confidentiality of Certain Chemical Identities Submitted under Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
 
[Federal Register: January 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 13)]
[Notices]              
[Page 3462-3463]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-1013; FRL-8807-9]

Claims of Confidentiality of Certain Chemical Identities
Submitted under Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  EPA is announcing a new general practice of reviewing
submissions under section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) for confidential business information (CBI) claims of chemical
identities listed on the public portion of the TSCA Chemical Substances
Inventory. Where a health and safety study submitted under section 8(e)
of TSCA involves a chemical identity that is already listed on the
public portion of the TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory, EPA expects
to find that the chemical identity clearly is not entitled to
confidential treatment. EPA believes this new general practice will
make more health and safety information available to the public and
support an important part of the Agency's mission: To promote public
understanding of the potential risks posed by chemicals in commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For general information contact:
Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance
Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail
address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
    For technical information contact: Scott M. Sherlock, Environmental
Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8257; e-mail
address: sherlock.scott@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: CLIMATE - ND. DOS. Invitation for Recommendations for U.S. Authors and Reviewers to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
 
[Federal Register: January 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 13)]
[Notices]              
[Page 3516-3517]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 6877]

Invitation for Recommendations for U.S. Authors and Reviewers to
the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)

ACTION: Invitation for recommendations for U.S. authors and reviewers
to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State invites recommendations for
qualified U.S. experts to serve as authors or reviewers of the Fifth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), which will be developed and finalized over the coming four
years.

DATES: Qualified U.S. experts wishing to be considered for nomination
should submit an electronic application and supporting material
conforming to the information specified at http://www.globalchange.gov
by February 15th, 2010.
 
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