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and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. 

EPA has determined that this 

proposed rule will not have 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on minority or low-income populations 

because it does not affect the level of 

protection provided to human health or 

the environment. Today’s action merely 

removes a reference to a historical 

voluntary consensus standard and does 

not impose any new requirements. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 312 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Hazardous substances. 

Dated: June 6, 2014. 

Mathy Stanislaus, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, title 40, chapter I, of the Code 

of Federal Regulations proposes to 

amend as follows: 

PART 312—INNOCENT 

LANDOWNERS, STANDARDS FOR 

CONDUCTING ALL APPROPRIATE 

INQUIRIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 312 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Section 101(35)(B) of CERCLA, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601(35)(B). 

Subpart B—Definitions and References 

§ 312.11 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 312.11 is amended by 

removing paragraph (a) and 

redesignating paragraphs (b) and (c) as 

paragraphs (a) and (b). 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 766 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0261; FRL–9911–88] 

Receipt of Request for Waiver From 

Testing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Receipt of request for waiver 

from testing. 

SUMMARY: EPA received from Nation 

Ford Chemical (NFC) a request for a 

waiver from testing requirements 

promulgated by rule under section 4 of 

the Toxic Substances Control Act to 

ascertain whether certain specified 

chemical substances may be 

contaminated with halogenated 

dibenzodioxins (HDDs)/dibenzofurans 

(HDFs). EPA will accept comments on 

this request and will publish another 

Federal Register document on or before 

July 21, 2014, announcing its decision 

on this request. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0261, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Hiroshi 

Dodahara, National Program Chemicals 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (7404T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 566–0507; 

email address: dodahara.hiroshi@

epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe the specific 

entities that this action may apply to. 

Although others may be affected, this 

action applies directly to the submitter 

of the request for waiver. 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. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

A. What action is the agency taking? 

EPA is announcing receipt of a 

request for waiver from testing from 

NFC. EPA will accept comments on this 

request on or before July 17, 2014 and 

will publish another Federal Register 

document announcing its decisions on 

this request. See 40 CFR 766.32(c). 


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B. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Under 40 CFR part 766, EPA requires 

testing of certain chemical substances to 

determine whether they may be 

contaminated with HDDs and HDFs. 

Under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(ii), a waiver 

may be granted if, in the judgment of 

EPA, the cost of testing would drive the 

chemical substance off the market, or 

prevent resumption of manufacture or 

import of the chemical substance, if it 

is not currently manufactured, and the 

chemical substance will be produced so 

that no unreasonable risk will occur due 

to its manufacture, import, processing, 

distribution, use, or disposal. The 

manufacturer must submit to EPA all 

data supporting the determination. 

Under 40 CFR 766.32(b), a request for 

a waiver must be made 60 days before 

resumption of manufacture or 

importation of a chemical substance not 

being manufactured, imported, or 

processed as of June 5, 1987. 

On May 21, 2014, EPA received a 

completed waiver request from NFC 

under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(ii) (Ref. 1). 

NFC originally sent a waiver request in 

a letter dated March 18, 2014 (Ref. 2), 

which was amended for a technical 

correction in a letter resubmitted on 

April 2, 2014 (Ref. 3). EPA informed 

NFC by letter (Ref. 4) that it would need 

to submit certain additional information 

before the submission was complete and 

EPA could begin its review of the 

request. The resubmitted request 

indicates that NFC intends to import 

2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-2,5- 

cyclohexadienel,4-dione (Chloranil) 

(CASRN 118–75–2), a chemical 

substance subject to testing under 40 

CFR part 766, to use chloranil as a 

substitute for an ingredient in the 

manufacture of a pigment (Ref. 1). 

III. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this document. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. National Ford Chemical. Letter from 

Phillip McCarter to Tanya Hodge 

Mottley, May 16, 2014 (Received by EPA 

on May 21, 2014). 

2. National Ford Chemical. Letter from 

Phillip McCarter to Wendy ClelandHamnett, March 18, 2014. (Received by 

EPA on March 27, 2014). 

3. National Ford Chemical. Technical 

Correction to Letter from Phillip 

McCarter to Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, 

March 18, 2014. (Received by EPA on 

April 2, 2014). 

4. EPA. Letter to Phillip McCarter from Tanya 

Hodge Mottley, May 5, 2014. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 766 

Environmental protection, Chloranil, 

Dibenzofurans, Dioxins, Hazardous 

substances. 

Dated: June 9, 2014. 

Wendy C. Hamnett, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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