UNITED ST ATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTE C TI O N A GEN CY WASHINGTO N , D
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. 20460

OFFIC E OF CHEMICAL SAFETY A N D POLLUTION PREVE N TIO N Posting an FDMS Docket without a Federal Register Notice 

### MEMORANDUM SU BJE CT : Extens ion of public comment period fo r dock ets : EP A -HQ -OPPT-20 15- 0068, E P A

- HQ-OPPT

- 20 15-0081. EPA -HQ-OPP T -2014-0730 o n Regulation s .go v 

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RO M: Stanley Barone, Ph .D,



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Th i s memora ndum authorizes the extension of th e 3 0 day public comment p e riod for TSC A Work Plan Chemica l problem formulation and initial assessment d oc um e nts for three flam e r e tardant clu s te r s ( Br ominat ed Bi s phen o l A (T BBP A), Chlorinated Phosphate Es te rs (CP E) , and Cyclic A liphati c Br o mide s ( HB CD)). There i s a se parat e docket assig ned to eac h flam e retardant clu s t e r probl e m for mulation and initial ass ess ment d oc ument o n Regulations.gov. The flame retardant c lu s ter probl e m formul a ti o n documents a nd assi g n ed docket numb e r s a r e as foll ows : C hl o rin a t e d Ph osp hat e Esters C lu s ter- EPA-HQ

- OPPT- 20 15

- 0068 ; Cy clic Aliphatic Bromides Cluster- E PA-HQOPPT

- 20 15-0081; and Te trabromobi s phenol A and Related Ch e m ica ls Clus t e r -EPAH Q-OPPT- 20 14-07 30. Du e to num e rou s requ es t s f r o m various s takeh o ld e r gro up s . th e public comment peri o d will be ex t e nded on the thr ee flame r e tardant clu s te r problem form ulation documents from Octob e r 1 9 , 2015 to Nove mb er 1 8 , 2015
. S ubmit yo ur co mment s , id e ntified b y docket id entification ( ID ) number for th e co rrespondin g TSCA Work Plan chemica ls as identifi e d in th i s memo , b y o ne of the followin g m e thods: • www . re gul a ti o n s .go v : Fo ll ow th e o n-lin e in struction s for s ubmitting comments. Do not s ubmit electr o ni ca ll y any inf o rm a tion yo u co n s ider to be Confiden ti al Bu s in ess Inf ormation (C BI ) o r o th e r in fo rmation whose disclo s ure i s r e stricted by statute.

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### • Mail: Document Control Office (7407M). Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT)
. Environmental Protection Agenc y . 1 2 00 Pennsylvania Ave
. NW
. . Wa s hington. DC 20460

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. • Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand de li ver y or delivery of boxed information , please follow the in struc tion s at h llp : ll

www. e pa. gov l docke t slc onta cts . h tm l. 

### Such deli ve rie s are only accept ed during the Docket 's normal hour s of ope rati on, and special arrangements s hould be mad e fo r de li veries of boxed informati o n. EPA 's pol icy is that a ll co mments r eceived wi II be includ ed in the pub! ic docket without change and may be made available online at http :// www .r e gul ation s . gov , including any per so nal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Bu s iness Information (CBr) or other information whos e disclosur e is restricted by statute. Do not s ubmit inf o rmati o n th at yo u co nsid er to be C BI or o therwise protected through http :// www .regulation s . gov or e-mai l. The http :// www . r e gu la tion s . gov Web s ite i s an "a non y mou s access" system. which mean s E P A will not know yo ur identity or contact information unless yo u provide it in the body of yo ur comme nt. 

### Jf yo u se nd an e-mail comme nt direc tl y to E PA without going through http ://www . regulation s . go v, you r e -m a il address will be au tomaticall y captured a nd included as part of th e comment that is placed in th e public do cket and made ava ilable on the Internet. If yo u submit an electronic comment , EPA r ecommend s that yo u include your nam e and o ther contact informati on in th e bod y of yo ur comment and with any disk or 

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- ROM you s ubmit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarifi cat ion, EPA may not be abl e to con s ider yo ur comment. Electronic files s hould avo id the use of special cha ra cters , avoid any form of encrypt ion, and be fre e of an y def ec ts or v iru ses . For additional in formation about EPA· s public docket, vi s it the E PA Docket Center homepage at http :// www . epa .gov /e pahome/d oc k e t

s . htm . Should yo u have any questi o ns r ega rdin g thi s m emo randum , please contact Eric Shultz at (202) 566-1883, or via e mai I 

### at s chultz . cric @ epa . g o v .