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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 5 2 nd

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 5 2 nd 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/opptintrl

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/edocketl

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 ID. 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. 2601 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 5 2 nd Report

The 5 2 nd ITC Report was transmitted

to the EPA's Administrator on May 30,

2003, and is included in this notice. In

the 5 2 nd 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 5 2 nd 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- Recommended

(trifluoromethyl)-

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.govlopptintrlitc) within a

few days of submission to the Administrator

and from http://www.epa.govlfedrgstr 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/opp tin tr/ch em test/

pairform.pdfl. 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:ll

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.govl

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 -prop enyloxy)-

(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(IH,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 Itriazene, 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 5111 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> Y90% of the

test substance by weight should be

submitted. Indium tin oxide was

inadvertently listed in the 5 1 st ITC Report

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

number for indium tin oxide is 50926-11-9

as listed in the 4 7th 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 5 1 st 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 5 2 nd 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.govlopptintrlitc/). 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 5 0 th 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.govlfedrgstrl.

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

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

(FRL-7183-7). Available online at: http:ll

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.govlfedrgstrl.

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.govlfedrgstrl.

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.govlfedrgstrl.

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

Jos6 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.govlopptintrlitc.

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