47026 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 180 / Monday September 17, 2018 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 721 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0567; FRL–9983–59] 

RIN 2070–AB27 

Significant New Use Rules on Certain 

Chemical Substances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing significant 

new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 28 

chemical substances which were the 

subject of premanufacture notices 

(PMNs). The chemical substances are 

subject to Orders issued by EPA 

pursuant to section 5(e) of TSCA. This 

action would require persons who 

intend to manufacture (defined by 

statute to include import) or process any 

of these 28 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 

initiates EPA’s evaluation of the 

intended use within the applicable 

review period. Persons may not 

commence manufacture or processing 

for the significant new use until EPA 

has conducted a review of the notice, 

made an appropriate determination on 

the notice, and has taken such actions 

as are required with that determination. 

In addition to this Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, EPA is issuing the action 

as a direct final rule elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0567, 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: Kenneth 

Moss, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–9232; email address: 

moss.kenneth@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: In 

addition to this Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, EPA is issuing the action 

as a direct final rule elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. For further 

information about the proposed 

significant new use rules, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title, that is 

located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

section of this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 721 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Hazardous substances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 5, 2018. 

Jeffery T. Morris, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19949 Filed 9–14–18; 8:45 am] 

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