[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70552-70557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26821]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 9 and 712
[OPPT-2004-0089; FRL-7366-8]
RIN 2070-AB08
Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting; Addition of Certain
Chemicals
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule, issued pursuant to section 8(a) of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA), will require certain manufacturers
(including importers) of 3 chemical substances in the chemical category
``Pyridinamines'' and 20 chemical substances in the chemical category
``Tungsten Compounds'' to submit a one-time report on general
production/importation volume, end use, and exposure-related
information to EPA. The Interagency Testing Committee (ITC),
established under section 4(e) of TSCA to recommend chemicals and
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chemical mixtures to EPA for priority testing consideration, amends the
TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List through periodic reports
submitted to EPA. The ITC recently added these 2 categories containing
23 chemicals to the Priority Testing List.
In addition, EPA is adding as required under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved
information collection requirements contained in this final rule to
EPA's table of OMB control numbers in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR).
DATES: This final rule is effective on January 6, 2005. For purposes of
judicial review, this rule shall be promulgated at 1 p.m. eastern
daylight/standard time on December 21, 2004. (See 40 CFR 23.5)
For submission of a Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting
(PAIR) Form, see Unit III.B. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
A request to withdraw a chemical from this rule, pursuant to 40 CFR
712.30(c), must be received on or before December 21, 2004. (See Unit
IV. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.)
ADDRESSES: Instructions: Direct your submissions to docket
identification (ID) number OPPT-2004-0089. 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.epa.gov/edocket/,
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 EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-mail. The EPA EDOCKET
and the regulations.gov websites are ``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 EDOCKET or
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. For
additional information about EPA's public docket visit EDOCKET on-line
or see the Federal Register of May 31, 2002 (67 FR 38102) (FRL-7181-7).
Submit your withdrawal requests and PAIR forms, identified by
docket ID number OPPT-2004-0089, by one of the following methods:
Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001, Attention: 8(a)
Auto-ITC.
Hand delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: 8(a) Auto-ITC. 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.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the EDOCKET index
at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/. 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 either electronically in EDOCKET or in hard
copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Rm. B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading Room telephone number is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket, which is
located in the EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-0280.
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: [email protected].
For technical information contact: Joe Nash, Chemical Control
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8886; fax
number: (202) 564-4765; e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you manufacture
(defined by statute to include import) any of the chemical substances
that are listed in 40 CFR 712.30(e) of the regulatory text of this
document. Entities potentially affected by this action may include, but
are not limited to:
Chemical manufacturers (including importers), (NAICS 325,
324110), e.g., persons who manufacture (defined by statute to include
import) one or more of the subject chemical substances.
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document and Other
Related Information?
In addition to EDOCKET (http://www.epa.gov/edocket/), you may
access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA
Internet under the ``Federal Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. A frequently updated electronic version of 40 CFR parts 9
and 712 is available on E-CFR Beta Site Two at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/.
C. How Do I Submit CBI Information?
Do not submit this information to EPA through EDOCKET,
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 as 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
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disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
EPA is issuing a final TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule which requires
certain manufacturers (including importers) of 3 chemical substances in
the chemical category ``Pyridinamines'' and 20 chemical substances in
the chemical category ``Tungsten Compounds'' added to the ITC's TSCA
section 4(e) Priority Testing List to submit production and exposure
reports. The regulatory text of this rule lists the 23 chemical
substances that are being added to the PAIR rule.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
EPA promulgated the PAIR rule in 40 CFR part 712 under TSCA section
8(a) (15 U.S.C. 2607(a)). This model TSCA section 8(a) rule establishes
standard reporting requirements for certain manufacturers (including
importers) of the chemicals listed in the rule at 40 CFR 712.30. These
entities are required to submit a one-time report on general
production/importation volume, end use, and exposure-related
information using the PAIR Form entitled Manufacturer's Report-
Preliminary Assessment Information (EPA Form No. 7710-35). (See 40 CFR
712.28.) EPA uses this model TSCA section 8(a) rule to quickly gather
current information on chemicals or chemical categories as referenced
in TSCA section 26(c) (15 U.S.C. 2625(c)).
This model TSCA section 8(a) rule provides for the addition of TSCA
section 4(e) Priority Testing List chemicals. Whenever EPA announces
the receipt of an ITC Report, EPA can, and without providing notice or
an opportunity for public comment, amend the model information-
gathering rule by adding the recommended (or designated) chemicals. The
amendment adding these chemicals to the PAIR rule is effective 30 days
after the date of publication in the Federal Register.
C. Why is this Action Being Issued as a Final Rule?
EPA is publishing this action as a final rule without prior notice
and an opportunity for comment pursuant to the procedures set forth in
40 CFR 712.30(c). EPA finds that there is ``good cause'' under the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B)) to make
these amendments without prior notice and comment. EPA believes notice
and an opportunity for comment on this action are unnecessary. TSCA
directs the ITC to add chemicals to the Priority Testing List for which
EPA should give priority consideration. EPA also lacks the authority to
remove a chemical from the Priority Testing List once it has been added
by the ITC. As explained earlier in this rule, pursuant to 40 CFR
712.30(c), once the ITC adds a chemical to the Priority Testing List,
EPA in turn is obliged to add that chemical to the list of chemicals
subject to PAIR reporting requirements, unless requested not to do so
by the ITC. EPA promulgated this procedure in 1985 after having
solicited public comment on the need for and mechanics of this
procedure. (See the Federal Register of August 28, 1985 (50 FR 34805)).
Because that rulemaking established the procedure for adding ITC
chemicals to the PAIR rule, it is unnecessary to request comment on the
procedure in this action. EPA believes this action does not raise any
relevant issues for comment. EPA is not changing the PAIR reporting
requirements or the process set forth in 40 CFR 712.30(c). Finally, 40
CFR 712.30(c) does provide EPA with the discretion to withdraw a
chemical from the PAIR rule if a chemical manufacturer submits to EPA
information showing why a chemical should be removed from the PAIR
rule.
III. Final Rule
A. What Chemicals are to be Added ?
In this rule, EPA is adding 3 chemical substances in the chemical
category ``Pyridinamines'' and 20 chemical substances in the chemical
category ``Tungsten Compounds'' to the TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule as
requested by the ITC in its 53\rd\ Report (Ref. 1).
B. Who Must Report Under this PAIR Rule?
Persons who manufactured (defined by statute to include import) the
chemicals identified in the regulatory text of this document during
their latest complete corporate fiscal year must submit a PAIR Form for
each site at which they manufactured or imported a named substance.
Exemptions from this reporting requirement are found at 40 CFR 712.25.
A separate form must be completed for each substance and submitted to
the Agency as specified in 40 CFR 712.28 no later than March 7, 2005.
Persons who have previously and voluntarily submitted a PAIR Form to
the ITC may be able to submit a copy of the original report to EPA
along with an accompanying letter notifying EPA of the respondent's
intent that the submission be used in lieu of a current data
submission. Persons who have previously and voluntarily submitted a
PAIR Form to EPA may be able to notify EPA by letter of their desire to
have this voluntary submission accepted in lieu of a current data
submission. (See 40 CFR 712.30(a)(3)).
Details of the PAIR reporting requirements, including the basis for
exemptions, are provided in 40 CFR part 712. Copies of the PAIR Form
are available from the general information contact person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Copies of the PAIR Form are also
available electronically from the Chemical Testing and Information
Branch Home Page on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemtest/pairform.pdf/.
C. Economic Analysis
The economic analysis for the addition of the 23 chemicals to the
TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule is entitled Economic Analysis for the
Addition of 23 Chemical Abstract Service (CAS)-numbered Chemicals
Requested to be added to EPA's Preliminary Assessment Information
Reporting (PAIR) Rule in the 53\rd\ Report of the TSCA Interagency
Testing Committee (Ref. 2). A report was located on only one of the 23
chemicals in EPA's 2002 Chemical Update System (CUS) utilizing the ITC-
supplied CAS numbers, yielding one company producing that one chemical
at one site. Because the threshold for reporting to CUS under the
Inventory Update Rule through its most recent reporting cycle in 2002
was 10,000 lbs., and the threshold for PAIR reporting is 500 kilograms
(kg) (1,100 lbs.), and because there was no requirement that inorganic
chemicals be reported to CUS (the majority of the tungsten compounds
are inorganic), EPA assumed that one manufacturer exists per chemical
to account for the possibility that there may be manufacturers
producing PAIR-reportable amounts that were not captured by CUS. Given
the assumptions in this unit, the costs and burden associated with this
rule are estimated in the economic analysis (Ref. 2) to be the
following:
Reporting Costs (dollars)
23 reports estimated at $345.81 per report = $7,953.63
Total Cost = $31,162.43
Unit cost of this rule per site/report = $31,162.43
Total cost/23 total sites/reports = $1,354.89
Reporting Burden (hours)
Form familiarization: 7 hours/site x 23 sites =161 hours
Reporting: 490.71 hours
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Total burden hours = 651.71 hours
Unit burden of this rule per site/report = 651.7
Total hours/23 total sites/reports = 28.3 hours
EPA Costs (dollars) and Burden (hours)
It is estimated that the annual cost to the Federal Government will
be $5,072.24 (23 reports @ $220.53 each), plus 0.0581 Full Time
Equivalents (FTEs). At an estimated $97,021 per FTE, the total of
0.0581 FTEs will cost EPA $5,632.35 in salaries, bringing the total
costs to the Federal Government to $10,704.59 (i.e., $5,072.24 +
$5,632.35).
IV. Requesting a Chemical be Withdrawn from the Rule
As specified in 40 CFR 712.30(c), EPA may remove a chemical
substance, mixture, or category of chemical substances from this rule
for good cause prior to January 6, 2005 if a chemical manufacturer
submits to EPA information showing why a chemical should be removed
from the PAIR. Any chemical manufacturer who believes that the
reporting required by this rule is not warranted for a chemical listed
in this rule, must submit to EPA detailed reasons for that belief. You
must submit your request to EPA on or before December 21, 2004 and in
accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR 712.30(c), which
are briefly summarized here. In addition, to ensure proper receipt by
EPA, you must identify docket ID number OPPT- 2004-0089 in the subject
line on the first page of your submission. If the Administrator
withdraws a chemical substance, mixture, or category of chemical
substances from the amendment, a Federal Register document announcing
this decision will be published no later than January 6, 2005.
V. Materials in the Docket
The official docket for this rule has been established under docket
ID number OPPT-2004-0089. The official public docket is available for
review as specified in ADDRESSES. The following is a listing of the
documents that have been placed in the official docket for this rule:
1. ITC. 2004. Fifty-Third Report of the ITC. Federal Register (69
FR 2468, January 15, 2004) (FRL-7335-2). Available online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
2. EPA. 2004. Economic Analysis for the Addition of 23 Chemical
Abstract Service (CAS)-numbered Chemicals Requested to be added to
EPA's Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting (PAIR) Rule in the
53\rd\ Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee. April 2, 2004.
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has exempted actions
under TSCA section 8(a) related to the PAIR rule from the requirements
of Executive Order 12866, entitled Regulatory Planning and Review (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993).
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
The information collection requirements contained in TSCA section
8(a) PAIR rules have already been approved by OMB under the provisions
of PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and OMB control number 2070-0054 (EPA
ICR No. 0586). The collection activities in this final rule are
captured by the existing approval and do not require additional review
and/or approval by OMB.
EPA estimates that the information collection activities related to
PAIR reporting for all chemicals in this final rule will result in an
annual public reporting burden of 28.3 hours per chemical, for a total
of 651.7 hours for the 23 chemicals (Ref. 2). As defined by the PRA and
5 CFR 1320.3(b), ``burden'' means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal Agency. This
includes the time needed to: Review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Under PRA, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is
not required to respond to, an information collection request unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers
for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the
related collection instrument. EPA is amending the table in 40 CFR part
9 to list the OMB approval number for the information collection
requirements contained in this final rule. This listing of the OMB
control numbers and their subsequent codification in the CFR satisfies
the display requirements of PRA and OMB's implementing regulations at 5
CFR part 1320. This ICR was previously subject to public notice and
comment prior to OMB approval, and given the technical nature of the
table, EPA finds that further notice and comment is unnecessary. As a
result, EPA finds that there is ``good cause'' under section 553(b)(B)
of the APA, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), to amend this table without further
notice and comment.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),
5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., the Agency hereby certifies that this final rule
will not have a significant adverse economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The factual basis for the Agency's
determination is presented in the small entity impact analysis prepared
as part of the economic analysis for this rule (Ref. 2), and is briefly
summarized here.
For this final rule, EPA has analyzed the potential small business
impacts using the size standards established under the default
definition of ``small business'' established under section 601(3) of
RFA, which basically uses the definition used in section 3 of the Small
Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 632, under which the Small Business
Administration (SBA) establishes small business size standards for each
industry sector (13 CFR 121.201). The SBA size standards, which are
primarily intended to determine whether a business entity is eligible
for government programs and preferences reserved for small businesses
(13 CFR 121.101), ``seek to ensure that a concern that meets a specific
size standard is not dominant in its field of operation'' (13 CFR
121.102(b)). (See section 632(a)(1) of the Small Business Act.)
The small business size standards promulgated by SBA (61 FR 3280,
3289-3291, January 31, 1996) for chemical manufacturers are based
solely on the number of employees, with a base threshold of 1,000
employees for the ultimate corporate parent, under which all businesses
are considered small. Of the 23 businesses assumed to be affected by
this rule, it is unknown how many meet this definition of small
business. To estimate the impact of the rule on a business, the
preferred method is the ``sales test,'' wherein costs for any
individual firm are measured as a percent of annual sales. At a maximum
cost for any one firm of $1,511.78, the firm's total sales would have
to be less than $160,000 for this rule to have an
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impact of even 1% of sales. Thus, EPA has determined that this rule
will not impose a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Pursuant to Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(UMRA), Public Law 104-4, EPA has determined that this rule does not
contain a Federal mandate that may result in expenditures of $100
million or more for State, local, and tribal governments, in the
aggregate, or the private sector in any 1 year. In addition, EPA has
determined that this rule will not significantly or uniquely affect
small governments. Accordingly, the rule is not subject to the
requirements of UMRA sections 202, 203, 204, or 205.
E. Executive Order 13132 and 13175
Based on EPA's experience with past TSCA section 8(a) rules, State,
local, and tribal governments have not been impacted by these rules,
and EPA does not have any reasons to believe that any State, local, or
tribal government will be impacted by this rule. As a result, these
rules are not subject to the requirements in Executive Order 13132,
entitled Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999) or Executive Order
13175, entitled Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments (65 FR 67249, November 6, 2000).
F. Executive Order 13045
Executive Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April
23,1997), does not apply to this rule, because it is not ``economically
significant'' as defined under Executive Order 12866, and does not
concern an environmental health or safety risk that may have a
disproportionate effect on children. This rule requires the one-time
reporting on general production/importation volume, end use, and
exposure-related information to EPA by certain manufacturers (including
importers) of certain chemicals requested by the ITC to be added to the
PAIR rule in its 53\rd\ Report (Ref. 1).
G. Executive Order 13211
This rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, entitled Actions
that Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001), because this action is not expected to affect
energy supply, distribution, or use.
H. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
This action does not involve any technical standards that would
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272
note). Section 12(d) of NTTAA directs EPA to use voluntary consensus
standards in its regulatory activities unless to do so would be
inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary
consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., materials
specifications, test methods, sampling procedures, and business
practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to provide Congress, through
OMB, explanations when the Agency decides not to use available and
applicable voluntary consensus standards.
I. Executive Order 12898
This action does not involve special considerations of
environmental justice-related issues pursuant to Executive Order 12898,
entitled Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
J. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This rule is not a
``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 9
Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
40 CFR Part 712
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Health
and safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 1, 2004.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
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Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:
PART 9--[AMENDED]
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1. By amending part 9 as follows:
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a. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330,
1342,1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR,
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g,
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2,
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542,
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.
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b. In Sec. 9.1, the table is amended by removing the entries under the
undesignated center heading ``Chemical Information Rules'' and adding
in their place the entry below to read as follows:
Sec. 9.1 OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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40 CFR citation OMB control No.
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Chemical Information Rules
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Part 712............................................. 2070-0054
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PART 712--[AMENDED]
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2. By amending part 712 as follows:
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a. The authority citation for part 712 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2607(a).
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b. In Sec. 712.30, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding in
alphabetical order the category ``Pyridinamines'' containing 3
chemicals in ascending CAS number order and the category ``Tungsten
Compounds'' containing 20 chemicals in ascending CAS number order to
read as follows:
Sec. 712.30 Chemical lists and reporting periods.
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CAS No. Substance Effective date Reporting date
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Pyridinamines:
462-08-8 3-Pyridinamine..................... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
504-24-5 4-Pyridinamine..................... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
504-29-0 2-Pyridinamine..................... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
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Tungsten compounds:
1314-35-8 Tungsten oxide (WO3)............... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
7440-33-7 Tungsten........................... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
7783-03-1 Tungstate (WO4\2\-), dihydrogen, (T- January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
4)-.
7783-82-6 Tungsten fluoride (WF6), (OC-6-11)- January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
7790-60-5 Tungstate (WO4\2\-), dipotassium, January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
(T-4)-.
7790-85-4 Cadmium tungsten oxide (CdWO4)..... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
10213-10-2 Tungstate (WO4\2\-), disodium, January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
dihydrate, (T-4)-.
11105-11-6 Tungsten oxide (WO3), hydrate...... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
11120-01-7 Sodium tungsten oxide.............. January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
11120-25-5 Tungstate (W12(OH)2O40\10\-), January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
decaammonium.
12027-38-2 Tungstate(4-),[.mu.12- January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
[orthosilicato(4-)-
.kappa.O:.kappa.O:.kappa.O:
.kappa.O':.kappa.O':.kappa.O':
.kappa.O'':.kappa.O'' :.kappa.O''
:.kappa.O''':.kappa.O'''
:.kappa.O''']]tetracosa- .mu.-
oxododecaoxododeca-, tetrahydrogen.
12028-48-7 Tungstate (W12(OH)2O38\6\-), January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
hexaammonium.
12036-22-5 Tungsten oxide (WO2)............... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
12067-99-1 Tungsten hydroxide oxide phosphate. January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
12138-09-9 Tungsten sulfide (WS2)............. January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
12141-67-2 Tungstate (W12(OH)2O38\6\-), January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
hexasodium.
13283-01-7 Tungsten chloride (WCl6), (OC-6-11)- January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
.
13472-45-2 Tungstate (WO4\2\-), disodium, (T- January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
4)-.
14040-11-0 Tungsten carbonyl (W(CO)6), (OC-6- January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
11)-.
23321-70-2 Tungsten oxide (WO3), dihydrate.... January 6, 2005 March 7, 2005
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[FR Doc. 04-26821 Filed 12-6-04; 8:45 am]
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