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does not create an environmental risk to 

health or risk to safety that may 

disproportionately affect children. 

11. Indian Tribal Governments 

This rule does not have tribal 

implications under Executive Order 

13175, Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments, 

because it does not have a substantial 

direct effect on one or more Indian 

tribes, on the relationship between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 

or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes. 

12. Energy Effects 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

energy action’’ under Executive Order 

13211, Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use. 

13. Technical Standards 

This rule does not use technical 

standards. Therefore, we did not 

consider the use of voluntary consensus 

standards. 

14. Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Department of Homeland Security 

Management Directive 023–01 and 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

which guide the Coast Guard in 

complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and 

have determined that this action is one 

of a category of actions that do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment. This rule involves 

establishment of a safety zone. This rule 

is categorically excluded from further 

review under paragraph 34(g) of Figure 

2–1 of the Commandant Instruction. An 

environmental analysis checklist 

supporting this determination and a 

Categorical Exclusion Determination are 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department 

of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T11–583 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T11–583 Safety Zone; Kuoni 

Destination Management Fireworks; San 

Diego, CA. 

(a) Location. The limits of the safety 

zone will include all the navigable 

waters within 500 feet of the nearest 

point of the fireworks barge in 

approximate position 32°42′56.20′′ N 

117°10′39.36′′ W. 

(b) Enforcement Period. This section 

will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. to 9:15 

p.m. on August 6, 2013. 

(c) Definitions. The following 

definition applies to this section: 

Designated representative means any 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer 

of the Coast Guard on board Coast 

Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, and 

local, state, and federal law enforcement 

vessels who have been authorized to act 

on the behalf of the Captain of the Port. 

(d) Regulations. (1) Entry into, transit 

through or anchoring within this safety 

zone is prohibited unless authorized by 

the Captain of the Port of San Diego or 

his designated representative. 

(2) All persons and vessels shall 

comply to the instructions of the Coast 

Guard Captain of the Port of his 

designated representative. 

(3) Upon being hailed by U.S. Coast 

Guard patrol personnel by siren, radio, 

a flashing light, or other means, the 

operator of a vessel shall proceed as 

directed. 

(4) The Coast Guard may be assisted 

by other federal, state, or local agencies. 

Dated: July 25, 2013. 

S.M. Mahoney, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Diego. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18986 Filed 8–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Part 668 

RIN 1880–AA87 

Student Assistance General Provisions 

AGENCY: Office of Hearings & Appeals, 

Office of Management, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Final regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary amends the 

Student Assistance General Provisions 

regulations governing participation in 

the student financial assistance 

programs authorized under Title IV of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (Title IV, HEA programs). The 

amended regulations implement the 

Office of Hearings & Appeals (OHA) 

Electronic Filing System, which 

provides a Web-based interface for the 

submission of documents in 

administrative litigation involving 

enforcement and compliance with 

requirements of Title IV, HEA programs. 

The OHA Electronic Filing System 

(OES) permits documents to be 

submitted electronically in an Adobe 

Portable Document Format (PDF) 

directly to OHA through standard Webbased screens and prompts. 

DATES: These regulations are effective 

August 7, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Furey, Director, Office of 

Hearings & Appeals, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4616. 

Telephone: (202) 619–9700. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

regulations implement changes 

governing filing procedures in 

proceedings before the OHA. The 

changes allow parties participating in 

administrative adjudications involving 

Title IV, HEA programs to file 

documents electronically. The changes 

include removing the requirement that 

evidence must be filed at the time a 

postsecondary institution or third-party 

servicer files a request for review of a 

final audit determination or a final 

program review determination. The 

Secretary modified this requirement by 

holding that evidence filed after a 

request for review is filed may be 

considered by the hearing official, 

notwithstanding the rule codified by 34 

CFR 668.116(e). See, In re Baytown 

Technical School, Inc., Docket No. 91– 

40–SP, U.S. Dep’t of Educ. (April 12, 

1994). For nearly two decades, the 

Department’s hearings officials have 

followed the Secretary’s decision. This 

revision brings the regulations into 

conformity with the Secretary’s ruling. 

The amended regulations also remove 

a requirement imposed by existing 

regulations mandating that certain 

filings be submitted by hand delivery or 

certified mail. The new procedures offer 

litigants an alternative to using current 

paper-based procedures for the 

submission of documents. The amended 

regulations allow any filing to be 

submitted to OHA electronically by use 

of the OES, which is a Web-based 


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interface that is accessible 24 hours 

every day. The OES provides 

administrative litigants with an 

acknowledgement of receipt of filings 

and records at the time of submission. 

The OES generates email notifications 

when a document filed electronically 

has been received and has been 

accepted. 

To use the OES, a party must notify 

OHA and the opposing party of its 

intention to submit filings electronically 

through OES. Each party is free to elect 

to use the OES filing system, and may 

decline to do so. The regulations require 

each party to deliver a copy of any filing 

to the opposing party. If both parties 

have notified OHA and each other of 

their intent to use the OES, the parties 

may satisfy both their obligation to 

submit a filing to OHA as well as their 

obligation to deliver a copy of any filing 

to the opposing party simply by filing 

that document with OHA through the 

OES and obtaining confirmation of its 

acceptance. The OES generates notice to 

the opposing party that the document so 

filed has been accepted and is available 

on the OES. No further action is needed 

to serve a copy of that filing with the 

opposing party. 

If, however, a party who wishes to file 

through the OES has not received an 

affirmative agreement by the opposing 

party to use the OES, the party that files 

through the OES must, as under current 

regulations, deliver a copy of the filing 

to the opposing party by mail, by 

facsimile transmission, or by handdelivery. In addition, the parties are free 

to agree to meet their respective 

obligations by any other means, 

including transmitting the filing directly 

by email or other electronic means. 

Unless a party affirmatively notifies the 

opposing party that it also chooses to 

use the OES, the party that elects to file 

by means of the OES must ensure that 

any filing it makes through the OES is 

delivered to the non-electing party by 

mail, by facsimile transmission, or by 

hand-delivery, as required under 

existing regulations. 

Furthermore, a party who chooses to 

file electronically through the OES may 

do so for some or all filings in the 

matter. For those filings not made 

through the OES, the party must meet 

all requirements in current regulations 

for filing with OHA and delivering 

copies to the opposing party. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking, 

Negotiated Rulemaking, and Delayed 

Effective Date 

Under the Administrative Procedure 

Act (5 U.S.C. 553) (APA), the 

Department generally offers interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

proposed regulations. These regulations 

allow for electronic filing of documents 

in actions before the OHA, and they 

remove a deadline for filing evidence 

when a party requests review of a final 

audit determination or a final program 

review determination. As such, these 

regulations make procedural changes 

only and do not establish substantive 

policy. The revised regulations are 

therefore rules of agency practice and 

procedure, and the APA does not 

require notice and comment rulemaking 

here. See, Bachow Communications Inc. 

v. FCC, 237 F.3d 683, 690 (D.C. Cir. 

2001) (rules governing an application 

process are ‘‘rules of agency 

organization, procedure, or practice’’ 

and exempt from the APA’s notice and 

comment requirement); see also, Merck 

& Co., Inc. v. Kessler, 80 F.3d 1543, 1549 

(Fed. Cir. 1996) (holding that rules of 

practice are not substantive rules to 

which notice and comment would 

apply). 

In addition, the Secretary has decided 

to waive the 30-day delay in the 

effective date of these regulatory 

changes under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). It is 

unnecessary because here ‘‘the 

administrative rule is a routine 

determination, insignificant in nature 

and impact, and inconsequential to the 

industry and to the public.’’ Mack 

Trucks v. EPA, 682 F.3d 87, 94 (D.C. Cir. 

2012). The 30-day delay is unnecessary 

because we have merely broadened the 

way the public may file papers, adding 

electronic filing to the other options that 

already existed. This is a ministerial 

change that requires no change in 

behavior by the public. For the same 

reasons, the Secretary has determined, 

under section 492(b)(2) of the HEA, 20 

U.S.C. 1098a(b)(2), that these 

regulations should not be subject to 

negotiated rulemaking. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive order and subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as an action likely to 

result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

stated in the Executive order. 

This final regulatory action is not a 

significant regulatory action subject to 

review by OMB under section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed these 

regulations under Executive Order 

13563, which supplements and 

explicitly reaffirms the principles, 

structures, and definitions governing 

regulatory review established in 

Executive Order 12866. To the extent 

permitted by law, Executive Order 

13563 requires that an agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

on a reasoned determination that their 

benefits justify their costs (recognizing 

that some benefits and costs are difficult 

to quantify); 

(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account—among other things 

and to the extent practicable—the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

provide information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

an agency ‘‘to use the best available 

techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing these regulations only 

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benefits justify their costs. In choosing 

among alternative regulatory 

approaches, we selected those 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

Based on the analysis that follows, the 

Department believes that these final 

regulations are consistent with the 

principles in Executive Order 13563. 

We also have determined that this 

regulatory action would not unduly 

interfere with State, local, or tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

In accordance with both Executive 

orders, the Department has assessed the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of this 

regulatory action. The potential costs 

associated with this regulatory action 

are those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering the Department’s 

programs and activities. However, there 

are no identifiable or measurable costs 

expected. The benefit of these 

regulations is that parties will now have 

the option of filing documents 

electronically. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Secretary certifies that these 

regulations do not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The small 

entities that could be affected by these 

regulations are small postsecondary 

institutions. These regulations do not 

have a significant economic impact on 

these small entities because the 

regulations provide a voluntary, 

alternative means of filing documents in 

addition to the current methods, which 

remain available to all parties, including 

small postsecondary institutions. The 

amended regulations impose minimal 

requirements to ensure the proper 

expenditure of student financial 

assistance program funds. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

Sections 668.98, 668.113, and 668.124 

contain information collection 

requirements that have already been 

approved by OMB. The changes in these 

final regulations do not alter those 

approved information collection 

requirements. Therefore, the 

Department will not need to submit a 

copy of those sections to OMB for its 

review (44 U.S.C. 3504(h)). 

Intergovernmental Review 

These programs are not subject to the 

requirements of Executive Order 12372 

and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

Assessment of Educational Impact 

Based on our review, we have 

determined that these final regulations 

do not require transmission of 

information that any other agency or 

authority of the United States gathers or 

makes available. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number: 84.268, Federal Direct Student 

Loans) 

List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 668 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Aliens, Colleges and 

universities, Consumer protection, 

Grant programs—education, Loan 

programs—education, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Selective 

Service System, Student aid, Vocational 

education. 

Dated: August 2, 2013. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

For the reasons discussed, the 

Secretary amends part 668 of title 34 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations as 

follows: 

PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 668 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001–1003, 1070g, 

1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, and 

1099c-1, unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Section 668.91 is amended by: 

■ A. Revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (4). 

■ B. Adding paragraphs (a)(5), (a)(6), 

and (b)(2)(v). 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 668.91 Filing of requests for hearings 

and appeals; confirmation of mailing and 

receipt dates. 

(a) * * * 

(1)(i) A request by an institution or 

third-party servicer for a hearing or 

show-cause opportunity, or other 

material submitted by an institution or 

third-party servicer in response to a 

notice of proposed action under this 

subpart, must be filed with the 

designated department official by handdelivery, mail, or facsimile 

transmission. 

(ii) An appeal to the Secretary by a 

party must be filed with the designated 

department official by hand-delivery, 

mail, facsimile transmission, or by use 

of the Office of Hearings and Appeals 

Electronic Filing System (OES). 

* * * * * 

(4)(i) A party may file an appeal to the 

Secretary, and any other pleading or 

other document submitted in a 

proceeding under this subpart, by use of 

the Office of Hearings and Appeals 

Electronic Filing System (OES), by 

hand-delivery, by mail, or by facsimile 

transmission. 

(ii) A party must serve a copy on the 

other party of any pleading or other 

document it files, including an appeal to 

the Secretary, in a proceeding under this 

subpart. A party must do so by certified 

mail, return receipt requested; by handdelivery; or, if agreed upon by the 

parties, service may also be made by use 

of the OES or any other means agreed 

to by the parties. 

(iii) A party who agrees to receive a 

document by any means other than 

service by certified mail, return receipt 

requested or hand-delivery may limit 

that agreement to one or more particular 

documents. 

(iv) A party who agrees to service of 

a document through the OES thereby 

agrees that the notice of such filing 

provided to the party by the OES 

suffices to meet any obligation of the 

filing party under these regulations to 

provide a copy of that document. 

(5) Documents filed using the OES 

must be transmitted to the designated 

department official identified in 

instructions provided by the hearing 

official as the individual responsible to 

receive them. A party filing a document 

using the OES must ensure that the 

party has received an electronic 

confirmation that the document was 

accepted and approved for filing by the 

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designated department official to 

provide a hard copy of the document. 

(6) Electronic documents must be 

formatted in Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at www.adobe.com. 

(b) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(v) The date a document sent 

electronically via the OES is recorded as 

received by the OES as indicated in the 

confirmation of receipt email for Efiling. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 668.98 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) to 

read as follows: 

§ 668.98 Interlocutory appeals to the 

Secretary from rulings of a hearing official. 

* * * * * 

(c) A copy of the petition must be 

provided to the hearing official at the 

time of filing with the Secretary, and a 

copy of a petition or any certification 

must be served upon the parties as 

provided in § 668.91(a)(4). The petition 

or certification must reflect this service. 

(d) If a party files a petition under this 

section, the hearing official may state to 

the Secretary a view as to whether 

review is appropriate or inappropriate 

by submitting a brief statement 

addressing the party’s petition within 10 

days of the receipt of that petition by the 

hearing official. A copy of the statement 

must be served on all parties in the 

manner provided in § 668.91(a)(4)(ii). 

(e) A party’s response to a petition or 

certification for interlocutory review 

must be filed within 7 days after service 

of the petition or statement, as 

applicable, and may not exceed 10 

pages, double-spaced, in length. The 

response must be filed, and a copy 

served on the other party, as provided 

in § 668.91(a)(4). 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Section 668.113 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 668.113 Request for review. 

* * * * * 

(b) The institution or servicer must 

file its request for review no later than 

45 days from the date that the 

institution or servicer receives the final 

audit determination or final program 

review determination. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Section 668.116 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (e)(1)(ii), (iii), (v), 

and (vi) to read as follows: 

§ 668.116 Hearing. 

* * * * * 

(e)(1) * * * 

(ii) In the case of an institution, 

institutional audit work papers, records, 

and other materials. 

(iii) In the case of a third-party 

servicer, the servicer’s audit work 

papers and the records and other 

materials of the servicer or any 

institution that contracts with the 

servicer. 

* * * * * 

(v) Institutional or servicer records 

and other materials (including records 

and other materials of any institution 

that contracts with the servicer) 

provided to the Department of 

Education in response to a program 

review. 

(vi) Other Department of Education 

records and materials. 

* * * * * 

■ 6. Section 668.122 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as 

follows: 

§ 668.122 Determination of filing, receipt, 

and submission dates. 

(a)(1) Appeals and written 

submissions to a hearing official 

referred to in this subpart may be handdelivered, mailed, or filed electronically 

by use of the Office of Hearings and 

Appeals Electronic Filing System (OES). 

(2)(i) Service on the other party of a 

document required to be served on 

another party may be made by mail or 

by hand delivery, or, if agreed upon by 

the parties, by use of the OES or by any 

other means agreed to by the parties. A 

party who agrees to receive a document 

filed by another party by any means 

other than service by mail or handdelivery may limit that agreement to one 

or more particular documents. 

(ii) A party who agrees to service of 

a document through the OES thereby 

agrees that the notice of such filing 

provided to the party by the OES 

suffices to meet any obligation of the 

filing party under these regulations to 

provide a copy of that document. 

* * * * * 

(c) Determination of filing, receipt, or 

submission dates is based on the date of 

hand-delivery, the date of receipt 

recorded by the U.S. Postal Service, the 

date a document sent electronically by 

using the OES is recorded as received as 

indicated in the confirmation of receipt 

email for E-filing, or for other means, 

the date on which the delivery is 

recorded in the medium used for 

delivery. 

* * * * * 

■ 7. Section 668.124 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) to 

read as follows: 

§ 668.124 Interlocutory appeals to the 

Secretary from rulings of a hearing official. 

* * * * * 

(c) A copy of the petition must be 

provided to the hearing official at the 

time of filing with the Secretary, and a 

copy of a petition or any certification 

must be served upon the parties as 

provided in § 668.122(a)(2). The petition 

or certification must reflect this service. 

(d) If a party files a petition under this 

section, the hearing official may state to 

the Secretary a view as to whether 

review is appropriate or inappropriate 

by submitting a brief statement 

addressing the party’s petition within 10 

days of the receipt of that petition by the 

hearing official. A copy of the statement 

must be served on all parties in the 

manner provided in § 668.122(a)(2). 

(e) A party’s response to a petition or 

certification for interlocutory review 

must be filed within 7 days after service 

of the petition or statement, as 

applicable, and may not exceed 10 

pages, double-spaced, in length. A copy 

of the response must be served on the 

parties and the hearing official as 

provided in § 668.122(a)(2). 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 9 and 721 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0399; FRL–9393–4] 

RIN 2070–AB27 

Significant New Use Rules on Certain 

Chemical Substances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating 

significant new use rules (SNURs) under 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) for 53 chemical substances 

which were the subject of 

premanufacture notices (PMNs). Seven 

of these chemical substances are subject 

to TSCA section 5(e) consent orders 

issued by EPA. This action requires 

persons who intend to manufacture or 

process any of these 53 chemical 

substances for an activity that is 

designated as a significant new use by 

this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days 

before commencing that activity. The 

required notification will provide EPA 

with the opportunity to evaluate the 

intended use and, if necessary, to 

prohibit or limit that activity before it 

occurs. 


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