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Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 20
Monday, February 1, 2010
Vol. 75, No. 20
Monday, February 1, 2010
There are 3 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FRD. EPA. Significant New Use Rules on 15 Certain Chemical Substances
2. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Pesticide Product; Registration Application
3. AGRICULTURE - NM. USDA. Departmental Management; Public meeting on BioPreferred\SM\ Complex Products and Assemblies Designation and Industry Training on Selling Biobased Products to the Federal Government
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 - FRD. EPA. Significant New Use Rules on 15 Certain Chemical Substances
[Federal Register: February 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 20)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4983-4996]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 9 and 721
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0918; FRL-8438-4]
RIN 2070-AB27
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under
section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 15
chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices
(PMNs). Three of these chemical substances are subject to TSCA section
5(e) consent orders issued by EPA. This action requires persons who
intend to manufacture, import, or process any of these 15 chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA
at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required
notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the
intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity
before it occurs.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is April 2, 2010 without further
notice, unless EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or
notice of intent to submit adverse or critical comments before March 3,
2010. This rule shall be promulgated for purposes of judicial review at
1 p.m. (e.s.t.) on February 16, 2010.
If EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or notice of
intent to submit adverse or critical comments, on one or more of these
SNURs before March 3, 2010, EPA will withdraw the relevant sections of
this direct final rule before its effective date. EPA will then issue a
proposed SNUR for the chemical substance(s) on which adverse or
critical comments were received, providing a 30-day period for public
comment.
Significant new use designations for a chemical substance are
legally established as of the date of publication of this direct final
rule February 1, 2010. See the discussion in Unit VII. for more
specific details.
Any persons intending to import or export a chemical substance that
is the subject of this rule on or after March 3, 2010 are subject to
the TSCA section 13 import certification requirements and the export
notification provisions of TSCA section 12(b). See the discussion in
Unit I.A. and Unit II.C. for more specific details.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0918, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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, Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention:
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0918. 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 DCO's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
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: Tracey Klosterman, Chemical
Control Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-2209; e-mail
address: klosterman.tracey@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4983-4996]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 9 and 721
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0918; FRL-8438-4]
RIN 2070-AB27
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under
section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 15
chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices
(PMNs). Three of these chemical substances are subject to TSCA section
5(e) consent orders issued by EPA. This action requires persons who
intend to manufacture, import, or process any of these 15 chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA
at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required
notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the
intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity
before it occurs.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is April 2, 2010 without further
notice, unless EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or
notice of intent to submit adverse or critical comments before March 3,
2010. This rule shall be promulgated for purposes of judicial review at
1 p.m. (e.s.t.) on February 16, 2010.
If EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or notice of
intent to submit adverse or critical comments, on one or more of these
SNURs before March 3, 2010, EPA will withdraw the relevant sections of
this direct final rule before its effective date. EPA will then issue a
proposed SNUR for the chemical substance(s) on which adverse or
critical comments were received, providing a 30-day period for public
comment.
Significant new use designations for a chemical substance are
legally established as of the date of publication of this direct final
rule February 1, 2010. See the discussion in Unit VII. for more
specific details.
Any persons intending to import or export a chemical substance that
is the subject of this rule on or after March 3, 2010 are subject to
the TSCA section 13 import certification requirements and the export
notification provisions of TSCA section 12(b). See the discussion in
Unit I.A. and Unit II.C. for more specific details.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0918, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
East, Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention:
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0918. 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 DCO's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
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: Tracey Klosterman, Chemical
Control Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-2209; e-mail
address: klosterman.tracey@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - NM. EPA. Pesticide Product; Registration Application
[Federal Register: February 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 20)]
[Notices]
[Page 5077-5079]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0020; FRL-8808-3]
Pesticide Product; Registration Application
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received an application to register a pesticide
product containing an active ingredient not included in any previously
registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of section
3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to
comment on this application.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0020, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9525; e-mail
address: benmhend.driss@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 5077-5079]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0020; FRL-8808-3]
Pesticide Product; Registration Application
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received an application to register a pesticide
product containing an active ingredient not included in any previously
registered pesticide products. Pursuant to the provisions of section
3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to
comment on this application.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0020, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-9525; e-mail
address: benmhend.driss@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: AGRICULTURE - NM. USDA. Departmental Management; Public meeting on BioPreferred\SM\ Complex Products and Assemblies Designation and Industry Training on Selling Biobased Products to the Federal Government
[Federal Register: February 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 20)]
[Notices]
[Page 5033-5034]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Departmental Management; Public meeting on BioPreferred\SM\
Complex Products and Assemblies Designation and Industry Training on
Selling Biobased Products to the Federal Government
AGENCY: Departmental Management, Office of Procurement and Property
Management, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and industry training.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will hold a public
meeting on February 24, 2010, for interested stakeholders to discuss
the issue of complex assembly products that contain biobased materials
and components. Complex assembly products are made of distinct
materials and components where some or all of the components contain
biobased materials. One example of a complex assembly product is an
office chair where the seat cushion, fabric, seat base and plastic
molding are produced using biobased materials.
This issue pertains to (1) the designation USDA of biobased
products for a Federal procurement preference, as mandated by the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and (2) the potential
implications for complex assembly products under the pending ``USDA
Certified Biobased Product'' labeling program. Given the growing
importance of biobased products to consumers, industry, and government,
there is a clear need to assess the viability of complex products, and
to do so using an agreed-upon and credible process.
Prior to the public meeting, USDA will conduct training for
biobased manufacturers on February 23, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (PST)
to provide useful information on selling biobased products to the
Federal government. Topics will include:
1. Using BioPreferred tools to position your business to sell or
increase sales to the Federal government;
2. The General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules/Programs
(also referred to as the Multiple Award Schedules and Federal Supply
Schedules) and GSA Advantage; and
3. Selling products via the Department of Defense's (DOD) EMALL to
the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Department of Defense's largest
logistics combat support agency.
Speakers will include representatives from GSA, DLA, and a former
government procurement official.
Dates
Industry training: February 23, 2010, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (PST)
Public meeting: February 24, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (PST)
Meeting Location
University of California Riverside--The Pentland Hills Bear Cave,
One Pentland Way, Riverside, CA 92507. Both the industry training and
the public meeting will be at this location.
Pre-registration for both the public meeting on February 24, 2010,
and industry training on February 23, 2010, is not required but would
be helpful, particularly if you wish to make a presentation. If you
wish to register to attend the public meeting, please do so at this Web
site: http://www.cepd.iastate.edu/biopreferred-training and state
whether or not you wish to be recognized to make a formal presentation.
If you wish to register to attend the industry training, please do so
at the above Web site. Both meetings are free of charge.
Directions to the Pentland Hills facility may be found at http://
conferences.ucr.edu/Resources/Directions and a map of the UCA Riverside
campus is accessible at http://campusmap.ucr.edu/campusMap.php. The
Pentland Hills Bear Cave facility is365 (pent) on the Campus
Map. Parking for the event will be in Lot 21 at Pentland Hills. The
parking rate is $5.00 per day.
Those unable to attend the public meeting in person may listen to
the meeting by calling 866-433-4616. The pass code is ``635195.''
Participants using the audio bridge may submit questions or comments
during the meeting to USDABioInfo@iastate.edu or through the webinar
itself, the exact link of which will be sent to participants via email
after registering. The industry training on the 23rd will be available
only to those attending in person.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ron Buckhalt, BioPreferred Manager, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property
Management, 342 Reporters Building, 300 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20024, (202) 205-4008. RonB.Buckhalt@DA.USDA.GOV.
[Notices]
[Page 5033-5034]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Departmental Management; Public meeting on BioPreferred\SM\
Complex Products and Assemblies Designation and Industry Training on
Selling Biobased Products to the Federal Government
AGENCY: Departmental Management, Office of Procurement and Property
Management, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and industry training.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will hold a public
meeting on February 24, 2010, for interested stakeholders to discuss
the issue of complex assembly products that contain biobased materials
and components. Complex assembly products are made of distinct
materials and components where some or all of the components contain
biobased materials. One example of a complex assembly product is an
office chair where the seat cushion, fabric, seat base and plastic
molding are produced using biobased materials.
This issue pertains to (1) the designation USDA of biobased
products for a Federal procurement preference, as mandated by the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and (2) the potential
implications for complex assembly products under the pending ``USDA
Certified Biobased Product'' labeling program. Given the growing
importance of biobased products to consumers, industry, and government,
there is a clear need to assess the viability of complex products, and
to do so using an agreed-upon and credible process.
Prior to the public meeting, USDA will conduct training for
biobased manufacturers on February 23, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (PST)
to provide useful information on selling biobased products to the
Federal government. Topics will include:
1. Using BioPreferred tools to position your business to sell or
increase sales to the Federal government;
2. The General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules/Programs
(also referred to as the Multiple Award Schedules and Federal Supply
Schedules) and GSA Advantage; and
3. Selling products via the Department of Defense's (DOD) EMALL to
the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Department of Defense's largest
logistics combat support agency.
Speakers will include representatives from GSA, DLA, and a former
government procurement official.
Dates
Industry training: February 23, 2010, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (PST)
Public meeting: February 24, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (PST)
Meeting Location
University of California Riverside--The Pentland Hills Bear Cave,
One Pentland Way, Riverside, CA 92507. Both the industry training and
the public meeting will be at this location.
Pre-registration for both the public meeting on February 24, 2010,
and industry training on February 23, 2010, is not required but would
be helpful, particularly if you wish to make a presentation. If you
wish to register to attend the public meeting, please do so at this Web
site: http://www.cepd.iastate.edu/biopreferred-training and state
whether or not you wish to be recognized to make a formal presentation.
If you wish to register to attend the industry training, please do so
at the above Web site. Both meetings are free of charge.
Directions to the Pentland Hills facility may be found at http://
conferences.ucr.edu/Resources/Directions and a map of the UCA Riverside
campus is accessible at http://campusmap.ucr.edu/campusMap.php. The
Pentland Hills Bear Cave facility is
Map. Parking for the event will be in Lot 21 at Pentland Hills. The
parking rate is $5.00 per day.
Those unable to attend the public meeting in person may listen to
the meeting by calling 866-433-4616. The pass code is ``635195.''
Participants using the audio bridge may submit questions or comments
during the meeting to USDABioInfo@iastate.edu or through the webinar
itself, the exact link of which will be sent to participants via email
after registering. The industry training on the 23rd will be available
only to those attending in person.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ron Buckhalt, BioPreferred Manager, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property
Management, 342 Reporters Building, 300 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20024, (202) 205-4008. RonB.Buckhalt@DA.USDA.GOV.
