Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 1997 / Notices 61821

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5924–3]

Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee Meeting;

December 1997

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–463, notice

is hereby given that the Drinking Water

Committee (DWC) of the Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a

public meeting beginning on Thursday,

December 4, 1997 beginning at 9:00 a.m.

and ending not later than 5:00 p.m.

(Eastern Time) on December 5, 1997.

The meeting will be held in Room 2103-

Mall of the EPA Headquarters Building,

401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20460.

The purpose of the meeting is to

discuss a number of issues that are of

importance to the Agency’s future

activities under the recently amended

Safe Drinking Water Act. The Drinking

Water Committee will receive briefings

on: (a) A notice of data availability

relevant to the Stage I Disinfection

Byproducts Rule and the Interim

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment

Rule, (b) the EPA’s Draft Drinking Water

Contaminant Candidate List, (c)

prioritization process for future

disinfection byproduct research, (d) a

pilot project for the Integrated Risk

Information System (IRIS), (e) the status

of a number of risk assessment research

projects conducted jointly between EPA

and the International Life Sciences

Institute (ILSI), (f) probabilistic risk

assessment techniques, and (g) the EPA

cumulative risk policy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Single copies of the background

information for this review, or the

meeting agenda, can be obtained by

contacting Mr. Thomas O. Miller,

Designated Federal Officer for the

Drinking Water Committee, Science

Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; by

telephone at (202)260–5886; by fax at

(202) 260–7118 or via the INTERNET at:

miller.tom@epamail.epa.gov, or by

contacting Ms. Mary L. Winston at (202)

260–8414, by fax at (202) 260–7118, and

by INTERNET at:

winston.mary@epamail.epa.gov.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

Anyone wishing to make an oral

presentation to the Committee must

contact Mr. Miller, in writing (by letter,

fax, or INTERNET—at the INTERNET

address) no later than 12 noon (Eastern

Standard Time) Monday, November 28,

1997, in order to be included on the

Agenda. The request should identify the

name of the individual who will make

the presentation and an outline of the

issues to be addressed. At least 35

copies of any written comments to the

Committee are to be given to Mr. Miller

no later than the time of the

presentation for distribution to the

Committee and the interested public.

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, each individual

or group making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. Written comments received in

the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to

a meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–44644; FRL–5753–7]

TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of

Test Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

receipt of environmental release data on

cyclohexane (CAS No. 110–827). These

data were submitted pursuant to an

enforceable testing consent agreement/

order issued by EPA under section 4 of

the Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA). Publication of this notice is in

compliance with section 4(d) of TSCA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–543B, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 554–

1404, TDD (202) 554–0551; e-mail:

TSCA-Hotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40

CFR 790.60, all TSCA section 4

enforceable consent agreements/orders

must contain a statement that results of

testing conducted pursuant to testing

enforceable consent agreements/orders

will be announced to the public in

accordance with procedures specified in

section 4(d) of TSCA.

I. Test Data Submissions

Environmental release data for

cyclohexane were submitted by the

Cyclohexane Panel of the Chemical

Manufacturers Association (CMA). The

seven Panel companies include:

Chevron Chemical Company; CITGO

Refining Chemicals Co., LP; E.I. du Pont

de Nemours Company; Huntsman

Corporation; Koch Industries Inc.;

Phillips Petroleum Company; and Sun

Company, Inc. The data was submitted

pursuant to a TSCA section 4

enforceable testing consent agreement/

order at 40 CFR 799.5000 and represents

the last study report required under the

enforceable consent agreement. EPA

received the data on September 19,

1997. The consent agreement signed by

the cyclohexane producers stipulated

that within 3 months following

submission of the last study report

required under the agreement, the

companies would submit a final report

to EPA summarizing the then current

data on environmental releases of

cyclohexane from facilities that

manufacture, process or use

cyclohexane. The purpose of this

product stewardship program was to

reduce cyclohexane emissions. As

reported by the Panel companies,

cyclohexane environmental emissions

were decreased by 52.5% during a 5

year period from 1991 to 1995 and 57%

as compared to the total cyclohexane

emissions reported in the 1989 Toxic

Release Inventory database.

Cyclohexane is found in a number of

consumer products including spray

paint and spray adhesives. It is also

available as a laboratory solvent.

EPA has initiated its review and

evaluation process for this data

submission. At this time, the Agency is

unable to provide any determination as

to the completeness of the submission.

II. Public Record

EPA has established a public record

for this TSCA section 4(d) receipt of

data notice (docket number OPPTS–

44644). This record includes a copy of

the report indicated in this notice. The

record is available for inspection from

12 noon to 4:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays, in the

TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center (also known as the TSCA Public

Docket Office), Rm. B–607 Northeast

Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460. Requests for documents should

be sent in writing to: Environmental