Wednesday,

July 23, 2003

Part III

Environmental 

Protection Agency

Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA 

Interagency Testing Committee to the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency; Receipt of Report and 

Request for Comments; Notice

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPPT–2003–0026; FRL–7314–4] 

Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA 

Interagency Testing Committee to the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency; Receipt of Report 

and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing 

Committee (ITC) transmitted its FiftySecond Report to the Administrator of 

the EPA on May 30, 2003. In the 52nd

ITC Report, which is included with this 

notice, the ITC is not revising the 

Priority Testing List. However, the ITC 

is revising the Voluntary Information 

Submissions Innovative Online Network 

(VISION). 

In its 51st ITC Report, the ITC 

announced that it would consider 

revising its voluntary information 

submission procedures to encourage 

greater and more efficient use of its 

VISION. The ITC has reviewed its 

voluntary information submission 

procedures and considered industry 

comments discussed in the 51st ITC 

Report. At this time, the ITC is revising 

the VISION as outlined in the 52nd ITC 

Report, which is included in this notice 

and on the ITC web site.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

ID number OPPT–2003–0026, must be 

received on or before August 22, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: Barbara 

Cunningham, Director, 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: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

For technical information contact: Dr. 

John D. Walker, ITC Director (7401), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–7527; fax: (202) 564–7528; email address: walker.johnd@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This notice is directed to the public 

in general. It may, however, be of 

particular interest to you if you 

manufacture (defined by statute to 

include import) and/or process TSCAcovered chemicals and you may be 

identified by the North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes 325 (Chemical 

Manufacturing) and 32411 (Petroleum 

Refineries). Because this notice is 

directed to the general public and other 

entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be 

interested in this action. 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 Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPPT–2003–0026. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-Reading 

Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center 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 EPA Docket Center, 

is (202) 566–0280. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.You may 

also access additional information about 

the ITC at http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/

itc/ or through the web site for the 

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and 

Toxic Substances (OPPTS) at http://

www.epa.gov/opptsfrs/home/

opptsim.htm/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket ID number. 

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket. 

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical

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objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff. 

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number in the subject line on 

the first page of your comment. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit I.D. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute. 

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets 

at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ and then key in 

docket ID number OPPT–2003–0026. 

The system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, e-mail address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov, Attention: 

Docket ID Number OPPT–2003–0026. In 

contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s e-mail system is not an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you 

send an e-mail comment directly to the 

docket without going through EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system automatically captures your email address. E-mail addresses that are 

automatically captured by EPA’s e-mail 

system are included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit I.C.2. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption. 

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Document Control Office (7407M), 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001. 

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO) in EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number–– OPPT–2003–0026. 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. 

D. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency? 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA’s electronic public docket 

or by e-mail. You may claim 

information that you submit to EPA as 

CBI by marking any part or all of that 

information as CBI (if you submit CBI 

on disk or CD ROM, 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 

CBI). Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 

In addition to one complete version of 

the comment that includes any 

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 and EPA’s electronic public 

docket. If you submit the copy that does 

not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and EPA’s 

electronic public docket without prior 

notice. If you have any questions about 

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, 

please consult the technical person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

We invite you to provide your views 

and comments on the ITC 52nd Report. 

You may find the following suggestions 

helpful for preparing your comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

5. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

notice. 

6. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

II. Background 

The Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 260l et seq.) 

authorizes the Administrator of the EPA 

to promulgate regulations under section 

4(a) requiring testing of chemicals and 

chemical mixtures in order to develop 

data relevant to determining the risks 

that such chemicals and chemical 

mixtures may present to health or the 

environment. Section 4(e) of TSCA 

established the ITC to recommend 

chemicals and chemical mixtures to the 

Administrator of the EPA for priority 

testing consideration. Section 4(e) of 

TSCA directs the ITC to revise the TSCA 

section 4(e) Priority Testing List at least 

every 6 months. 

A. The ITC’s 52nd Report 

The 52nd ITC Report was transmitted 

to the EPA’s Administrator on May 30, 

2003, and is included in this notice. In 

the 52nd ITC Report, the ITC revises the 

VISION. 

B. Status of the Priority Testing List 

The current TSCA 4(e) Priority 

Testing List as of May 2003 can be found 

in Table 1 of the 52nd ITC Report, which 

is included in this notice.

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Hazardous substances.

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Dated: July 11, 2003. 

Charles M. Auer, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics.

Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA 

Interagency Testing Committee to the 

Administrator, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency

Table of Contents

Summary

The TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List 

(May 2003)

I. Background 

II. TSCA Section 8 Reporting 

A. TSCA Section 8 Reporting Rules 

B. ITC’s Use of TSCA Section 8 and Other 

Information 

C. Previous and New Requests to Add 

Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(a) PAIR 

Rules 

D. Previous and New Requests to Add 

Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(d) HaSDR 

Rules 

III. ITC’s Activities During this Reporting 

Period (November 2002 to May 2003): 

Voluntary Information Submissions 

Innovative Online Network (VISION) 

IV. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) 

Priority Testing List 

A. Chemicals Added to the Priority Testing 

List 

B. Chemicals Removed From the Priority 

Testing List 

V. References 

VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee

SUMMARY 

In this 52nd ITC Report, the ITC is not 

revising the Priority Testing List. However, 

the ITC is revising the Voluntary Information 

Submissions Innovative Online Network 

(VISION). 

The TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List

is Table 1 of this unit.

TABLE 1.— THE TSCA SECTION 4(E) PRIORITY TESTING LIST (MAY 2003)

ITC Report Date Chemical name/Group Action 

31 January 1993 13 Chemicals with insufficient dermal absorption rate data Designated 

32 May 1993 16 Chemicals with insufficient dermal absorption rate data Designated 

35 November 1994 4 Chemicals with insufficient dermal absorption rate data Designated 

37 November 1995 2 Alkylphenols Recommended 

41 November 1997 1 Alkylphenol Recommended 

42 May 1998 3-Amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole Recommended 

42 May 1998 Glycoluril Recommended 

47 November 2000 9 Indium compounds Recommended 

48 May 2001 Benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro- N,N-dipropyl-4-

(trifluoromethyl)-

Recommended 

49 November 2001 Stannane, dimethylbis[(1-oxoneodecyl)oxy]- Recommended 

50 May 2002 Benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-propenyloxy)- Recommended 

50 May 2002 1-Triazene, 1,3-diphenyl- Recommended 

51 November 2002 43 Vanadium compounds Recommended 

I. Background 

The ITC was established by section 4(e) of 

the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ‘‘to 

make recommendations to the Administrator 

respecting the chemical substances and 

mixtures to which the Administrator should 

give priority consideration for the 

promulgation of a rule for testing under 

section 4(a).... At least every six months ..., 

the Committee shall make such revisions to 

the Priority Testing List as it determines to be 

necessary and transmit them to the 

Administrator together with the Committee’s 

reasons for the revisions’’ (Public Law 94–

469, 90 Stat. 2003 et seq., 15 U.S.C. 2601 et 

seq.). Since its creation in 1976, the ITC has 

submitted 51 semi-annual (May and 

November) reports to the EPA Administrator 

transmitting the Priority Testing List and its 

revisions. ITC reports are available from the 

ITC’s web site

(http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc) within a 

few days of submission to the Administrator 

and from http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ after 

publication in the Federal Register. The ITC 

meets monthly and produces its revisions to 

the Priority Testing List with administrative 

and technical support from the ITC Staff and 

ITC Members and their U.S. Government 

organizations and contract support provided 

by EPA. ITC Members and Staff are listed at 

the end of this report. 

II. TSCA Section 8 Reporting 

A. TSCA Section 8 Reporting Rules 

Following receipt of the ITC’s report (and 

the revised Priority Testing List) by the EPA 

Administrator, the EPA’s Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) appends the 

chemicals added to the Priority Testing List

to TSCA section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment 

Information Reporting (PAIR) and TSCA 

section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting 

(HaSDR) rules. The PAIR rule requires 

producers and importers of Chemical 

Abstract Service (CAS)-numbered chemicals 

added to the Priority Testing List to submit 

production and exposure reports (http://

www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemtest/

pairform.pdf). The HaSDR rule requires 

producers, importers, and processors of all 

chemicals (including those with no CAS 

numbers) added to the Priority Testing List to 

submit unpublished health and safety studies 

under TSCA section 8(d) that must be in 

compliance with the revised HaSDR rule. 

(Ref. 1) All submissions must be received by 

the EPA within 90 days of the reporting rules 

Federal Register publication date. The 

reporting rules are automatically 

promulgated by OPPT unless otherwise 

requested by the ITC. 

B. ITC’s Use of TSCA Section 8 and Other 

Information 

The ITC reviews the TSCA section 8(a) 

PAIR rule reports, TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR 

rule studies and other information that 

becomes available after the ITC adds 

chemicals to the Priority Testing List. Other 

information includes TSCA section 4(a) 

studies, TSCA section 8(c) submissions, 

TSCA section 8(e) ‘‘substantial risk’’ notices, 

‘‘For Your Information’’ (FYI) submissions, 

unpublished data submitted to and from U.S. 

Government organizations represented on the 

ITC, published papers, as well as use, 

exposure, effects, and persistence data that

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are voluntarily submitted to the ITC by 

manufacturers, importers, processors, and 

users of chemicals recommended by the ITC. 

The ITC reviews this information and 

determines if data needs should be revised, 

if chemicals should be removed from the 

Priority Testing List or if recommendations 

should be changed to designations. To avoid 

duplicate reporting, the ITC carefully 

coordinates its information solicitations and 

reporting requirements with other national 

and international testing programs, e.g., the 

National Toxicology Program (NTP) (http://

ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/), the Organization 

for Economic Cooperation and Development 

(OECD) Screening Information Data Set 

(SIDS) Program (http://www.oecd.org) and 

EPA’s High Production Volume (HPV) 

Challenge Program (http://www.epa.gov/

opptintr/chemrtk/volchall.htm). 

C. Previous and New Requests to Add 

Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(a) PAIR Rules 

The following chemicals will be added to 

a TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule: Benzenamine, 

3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4- 

(trifluoromethyl)- (CAS No. 29091–20–1) 

(Ref. 2); stannane, dimethylbis[(1-

oxoneodecyl)oxy]- (CAS No. 68928–76–7), 

benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-propenyloxy)- 

(CAS No. 3278–89–5) and 1-triazene, 1,3-

diphenyl- (CAS No.136-35-6) (Ref. 3); and 43 

vanadium compounds (Ref. 4). At this time, 

there are no new requests to add chemicals 

to the TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rule. 

D. Previous and New Requests to Add 

Chemicals to TSCA Section 8(d) HaSDR 

Rules 

The ITC has requested in previous reports 

to the EPA Adminstrator that the following 

chemicals be added to TSCA section 8(d) 

HaSDR rules: H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, 5-

amino-1,2-dihydro- (3-amino-5-mercapto1,2,4-triazole) (CAS No. 16691–43–3) and 

imidazol[4,5-d]imidazole-2,5(1H,3H)-dione, 

tetrahydro- (glycoluril) (CAS No. 496–46–8) 

(Ref. 5); 9 indium compounds (Ref. 6); 

benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,Ndipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)- (CAS No. 

29091–20–1) (Ref. 2); and stannane, 

dimethylbis[(1-oxoneodecyl)oxy]- (CAS No. 

68928–76–7), benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-

propenyloxy)- (CAS No. 3278–89–5) and 1-

triazene, 1,3-diphenyl- (CAS No.136–35–6) 

(Ref. 3). At this time, the ITC is requesting 

that the EPA not add vanadium compounds 

to the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule to allow 

producers and importers of vanadium 

compounds an opportunity to voluntarily 

provide the information requested in section 

IV.A.3. of the 51st ITC Report (Ref. 4). 

For 3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione, 5-amino1,2-dihydro- (3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-

triazole) and imidazo[4,5-d]imidazole-2,5-

(1H,3H)-dione, tetrahydro- (glycoluril), the 

ITC requests that the TSCA section 8(d) 

HaSDR rule require the submission of 

pharmacokinetics, subchronic toxicity, 

immunotoxicity, genotoxicity, 

carcinogenicity, reproductive effects and 

developmental toxicity, and ecological effects 

studies. Only studies for which 3-amino-5-

mercapto-1,2,4-triazole or glycoluril is ≥ 90% 

of the test substance by weight should be 

submitted. 

For the 9 indium compounds remaining on 

the Priority Testing List, the ITC requests that 

the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule require 

the submission of pharmacokinetics, 

genotoxicity, subchronic and chronic 

toxicity, reproductive effects and 

developmental toxicity studies. Only studies 

where indium compounds are ≥ 90% of the 

test substance by weight should be 

submitted. Indium tin oxide was 

inadvertently listed in the 51st ITC Report 

with CAS No. 17906–67–7. The correct CAS 

number for indium tin oxide is 50926–11–9 

as listed in the 47th ITC Report. Indium tin 

oxide with CAS No. 50926–11–9 will be 

added to the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule. 

For benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitroN,N-dipropyl-4- (trifluoromethyl)-, the ITC 

requests that the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR 

rule require the submission of 

biodegradation, bioconcentration, 

pharmacokinetics, subchronic toxicity, 

mutagenicity, reproductive effects and 

developmental toxicity, carcinogenicity, and 

ecological effects studies. Only studies where 

benzenamine, 3-chloro-2,6-dinitro-N,Ndipropyl-4- (trifluoromethyl)- is ≥ 90% of the 

test substance by weight should be 

submitted. 

For stannane, dimethylbis[(1-

oxoneodecyl)oxy]-, the ITC requests that the 

TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule require the 

submission of hydrolysis, biodegradation, 

bioconcentration, pharmacokinetics, 

subchronic toxicity, mutagenicity, 

neurotoxicity, reproductive effects and 

developmental toxicity, carcinogenicity, and 

ecological effects studies. Only studies where 

stannane, dimethylbis[(1-oxoneodecyl)oxy]- 

is ≥ 90% of the test substance by weight 

should be submitted. 

For benzene, 1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-

propenyloxy)-, the ITC requests that the 

TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR rule require the 

submission of biodegradation, 

bioconcentration, pharmacokinetics, 

subchronic toxicity, neurotoxicity, 

reproductive effects and developmental 

toxicity, carcinogenicity, and ecological 

effects studies. Only studies where benzene, 

1,3,5-tribromo-2-(2-propenyloxy)- is ≥ 90% of 

the test substance by weight should be 

submitted. 

For 1-triazene, 1,3-diphenyl-, the ITC 

requests that the TSCA section 8(d) HaSDR 

rule require the submission of 

pharmacokinetics, genotoxicity, subchronic 

and chronic toxicity, reproductive effects and 

developmental toxicity studies. Only studies 

where 1-triazene, 1,3-diphenyl- is ≥ 90% of 

the test substance by weight should be 

submitted. 

At this time, there are no new requests to 

add chemicals to the TSCA Section 8(a) 

HaSDR Rule. 

III. ITC’s Activities During this Reporting 

Period (November 2002 to May 2003): 

Voluntary Information Submissions 

Innovative Online Network (VISION) 

In its 51st ITC Report, the ITC announced 

that it would consider revising its voluntary 

information submission procedures to 

encourage greater and more efficient use of 

its VISION. The ITC has reviewed its 

voluntary information submission 

procedures and considered industry 

comments discussed in the 51st ITC Report. 

At this time, the ITC is revising the VISION 

as outlined in this unit. The revised VISION 

will be accessible on the ITC web site 

following submission of this 52nd ITC Report 

to the EPA Administrator. 

1. The ITC will continue to acknowledge 

trade organizations and companies that 

voluntarily submit information in response to 

an ITC solicitation. During this reporting 

period, the ITC acknowledges the voluntary 

submissions of information from the Color 

Pigments Manufacturers Association on 

DEBITS chemicals and vanadium 

compounds and from the Indium Corporation 

of America on indium compounds as 

requested in previous ITC reports. 

2. The ITC has requested that the EPA 

include ITC’s solicitations for voluntary 

information submissions in the summary and 

body of the preambles that are prepared for 

publication of the ITC’s reports in the 

Federal Register. This change should allow 

companies to readily determine if the ITC is 

soliciting voluntary information for 

chemicals they produce or import. 

3. The ITC will notify major chemical trade 

associations by e-mail that new ITC reports 

have been posted to the ITC’s web site (http:/

/www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc/). The e-mails will 

include a summary of the report and 

announcements of new information 

solicitations. This change should increase 

awareness of the ITC information 

solicitations and encourage voluntary 

submission of data. 

4. The voluntary information submissions 

should be submitted within 90 days of the 

date the ITC report is published in the 

Federal Register. Failure to voluntarily 

submit information in a timely manner may 

lead ITC to request that the EPA promulgate 

the appropriate TSCA section 8(a) and 8(d) 

reporting rules in a subsequent report to the 

EPA Administrator. 

5. The ITC will accept hard copy or 

electronic voluntary information 

submissions. All submissions should be 

titled as ITC-FYI and should bear the 

document control number or document ID 

number of the ITC report for which the 

submission is being provided, e.g., the docket 

ID number for the 50th ITC Report is OPPT2002-0026. Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) must be submitted as hard 

copies. Both sanitized (no CBI) and 

unsanitized (CBI) versions must be provided. 

6. Information submitted voluntarily will 

not have to be re-submitted under a TSCA 

section 8(d) rule. 

7. Voluntary information may be submitted 

by mail, in person or by courier, or 

electronically. 

a. By mail. Document Control Office 

(7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

b. In person or by courier. OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO) in EPA East Bldg., Rm. 

6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. 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.

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c. Electronically. By e-mail to: 

oppt.ncic@epa.gov, or mail your computer 

disk to the address identified above. Do not 

submit any information electronically that 

you consider to be CBI. Electronic voluntary 

information submissions may be submitted 

as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel, 

Integrated Scientific Information System 

(ISIS) Base, or pdf (portable document 

format) files. 

8. To assure rapid review, copies of all CBI 

and non-CBI voluntary information 

submissions should also be sent to: John D. 

Walker, ITC Director, Office Pollution 

Prevention Toxic (7401), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; e-mail: 

walker.johnd@epa.gov. 

The ITC is continuing to discuss changes 

to the Electronic Health and Safety Data 

Reporting Form with the EPA along with 

other ways to improve electronic reporting of 

health and safety studies. To supplement the 

efforts to obtain studies in electronic format 

through VISION, the ITC Staff will continue 

to contact the producers and importers of 

ITC-recommended chemicals to obtain 

voluntary information submissions. 

IV. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) 

Priority Testing List 

A. Chemicals Added to the Priority Testing 

List 

At this time the ITC is not adding any 

chemicals to the Priority Testing List. 

B. Chemicals Removed From the Priority 

Testing List 

At this time the ITC is not removing any 

chemicals from the Priority Testing List. 

V. References 

1. EPA. 1998. Revisions to Reporting 

Regulations Under TSCA Section 8(d) (63 FR 

15765, April 1, 1998) (FRL–5750–4). 

Available online at: http://www.epa.gov/

fedrgstr/. 

2. ITC. 2001. Forty-Eighth Report of the 

ITC. Federal Register (66 FR 51276, October 

5, 2001) (FRL–6786–7). Available online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

3. ITC. 2002. Fiftieth Report of the ITC. 

Federal Register (67 FR 49530, July 30, 2002) 

(FRL–7183–7). Available online at: http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

4. ITC. 2003. Fifty-First Report of the ITC. 

Federal Register (68 FR 8976, February 26, 

2003) (FRL–7285–7). Available online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

5. ITC. 1998. Forty-Second Report of the 

ITC. Federal Register (63 FR 42554, August 

7, 1998) (FRL–5797–8). Available online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

6. ITC. 2001. Forty-Seven Report of the 

ITC. Federal Register (66 FR 17768, April 3, 

2001) (FRL–6763–6). Available online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing 

Committee

Statutory Organizations and Their 

Representatives

Council on Environmental Quality

Vacant

Department of Commerce

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology

Robert Huie, Member 

Barbara C. Levin, Alternate

National Oceanographic and 

Atmospheric Administration

Thomas P. O’Connor, Member, Vice 

Chair 

Teri Rowles, Alternate

Environmental Protection Agency

Gerry Brown, Member 

Paul Campanella, Alternate

National Cancer Institute

Alan Poland, Member 

David Longfellow, Alternate

National Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences

Scott Masten, Member 

William Eastin, Alternate

National Institute for Occupational Safety 

and Health

Mark Toraason, Member, Chair 

Dennis W. Lynch, Alternate

National Science Foundation

Marge Cavanaugh, Member 

Parag R. Chitnis, Alternate

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration

Val H. Schaeffer, Member 

Lyn Penniman, Alternate

Liaison Organizations and Their 

Representatives

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 

Registry

William Cibulas, Member 

Daphne Moffett, Alternate

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Treye Thomas, Member 

Jacqueline Ferrante, Alternate

Department of Agriculture

Clifford P. Rice, Member 

Laura L. McConnell, Alternate

Department of Defense

Barbara Larcom, Member 

Warren Jederberg, Alternate 

Jose ́ Centeno, Alternate

Department of the Interior

Barnett A. Rattner, Member

Food and Drug Administration

David Hatten, Member 

Kirk Arvidson, Alternate 

Ronald F. Chanderbhan, Alternate

National Library of Medicine

Vera W. Hudson, Member

National Toxicology Program

NIEHS, FDA, and NIOSH Members

Technical Support Contractor

Syracuse Research Corporation

ITC Staff

John D. Walker, Director 

Norma S. L. Williams, Executive 

Assistant

TSCA Interagency Testing Committee, Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7401), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–

7527; fax number: (202) 564–7528; e-mail 

address: williams.norma@epa.gov; url:

http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc.

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