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No. 15 January 23, 2014 

Part III 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Seventy–Third Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the 

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of Report 

and Request for Comments; Notice 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0651; FRL–9905–19] 

Seventy-Third Report of the TSCA 

Interagency Testing Committee to the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency; Receipt of Report 

and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing 

Committee (ITC) transmitted its 73rd 

ITC Report to the EPA Administrator on 

December 31, 2013. In the 73rd ITC 

Report, which is included with this 

notice, the ITC is revising the Priority 

Testing List by removing five High 

Production Volume (HPV) Challenge 

Program orphan chemicals because they 

were included in a HPV Challenge 

Program submission or did not meet the 

≥ 1 million lb criterion for the HPV 

Challenge Program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 24, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0651, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• 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: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. ATTN: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0651. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2013–0651. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or 

email. The regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Michael 

D. Mattheisen, Chemical Control 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–3077; fax 

number: (202) 564–4745; email address: 

mattheisen.mike@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 notice is directed to the public 

in general. It may, however, be of 

particular interest to you if you 

manufacture (defined by statute to 

include import) and/or process TSCAcovered chemicals and you may be 

identified by the North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes 325 and 32411. Because 

this notice is directed to the general 

public and other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be interested in this 

action. 

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. 

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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 

The Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 260l et seq.) 

authorizes the EPA Administrator to 

promulgate regulations under TSCA 

section 4(a) requiring testing of 

chemicals and chemical groups in order 

to develop data relevant to determining 

the risks that such chemicals and 

chemical groups may present to health 

or the environment. Section 4(e) of 

TSCA established the ITC to 

recommend chemicals and chemical 

groups to the EPA Administrator for 

priority testing consideration. Section 

4(e) of TSCA directs the ITC to revise 

the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing 

List at least every 6 months. You may 

access additional information about the 

ITC at http://www.epa.gov/oppt/itc. 

A. The 73rd ITC Report 

The ITC is revising the TSCA section 

4(e) Priority Testing List by removing 

five HPV Challenge Program orphan 

chemicals. 

B. Status of the TSCA Section 4(e) 

Priority Testing List 

The TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing 

List includes 2 alkylphenols, 45 HPV 

Challenge Program orphan chemicals, 

cadmium, a category of cadmium 

compounds, 6 non-phthalate 

plasticizers, 25 phosphate ester flame 

retardants, 2 other flame retardants, 9 

chemicals to which children living near 

hazardous waste sites may be exposed, 

and 19 diisocyanates and related 

compounds. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Hazardous substances. 

Dated: January 16, 2014. 

Barbara A. Cunningham, 

Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics. 

Seventy-Third Report of the TSCA 

Interagency Testing Committee to the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency 

Table of Contents 

Summary 

I. Background 

II. ITC’s Activities During this Reporting 

Period (June 2013 to November 2013) 

III. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) 

Priority Testing List: Removal of HPV 

Challenge Program Orphan Chemicals 

IV. References 

V. The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee 

Summary 

The Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) Interagency Testing Committee 

(ITC) is revising the TCSA section 4(e) 

Priority Testing List by removing five 

High Production Volume (HPV) 

Challenge Program orphan chemicals. 

Orphan chemicals are those HPV 

chemicals for which no sponsors have 

volunteered to develop and submit 

robust summaries of basic hazard and 

fate testing data to EPA. 

The TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing 

List is Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 1—TSCA SECTION 4(E) PRIORITY TESTING LIST (NOVEMBER 2013) 

ITC Report Date Chemical Name/Group Action 

37 ........................................... November 1995 .................... Branched 4-nonylphenol (mixed isomers) ............................ Recommended. 

41 ........................................... November 1997 .................... 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl) phenol ....................................... Recommended. 

55 ........................................... December 2004 .................... 44 High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program orphan chemicals.Recommended. 

56 ........................................... August 2005 .......................... 1 HPV Challenge Program orphan chemical, naphtha (petroleum), clay-treated light straight-run.Recommended. 

68 ........................................... May 2011 .............................. Cadmium .............................................................................. Recommended. 

69 ........................................... November 2011 .................... Cadmium compounds ........................................................... Recommended. 

69 ........................................... November 2011 .................... 6 Non-phthalate plasticizers ................................................. Recommended. 

69 ........................................... November 2011 .................... 25 Phosphate ester flame retardants ................................... Recommended. 

69 ........................................... November 2011 .................... 2 Other flame retardants ...................................................... Recommended. 

69 ........................................... November 2011 .................... 9 Chemicals to which children living near hazardous waste 

sites may be exposed.

Recommended. 

69 ........................................... November 2011 .................... 19 Diisocyanates and related compounds ........................... Recommended. 

I. Background 

The ITC was established by TSCA 

section 4(e) ‘‘to make recommendations 

to the Administrator respecting the 

chemical substances and mixtures to 

which the Administrator should give 

priority consideration for the 

promulgation of rules for testing under 

section 4(a). . . At least every six 

months . . ., the Committee shall make 

such revisions to the Priority Testing 

List as it determines to be necessary and 

transmit them to the Administrator 

together with the Committee’s reasons 

for the revisions’’ (Pub. L. 94–469, 90 

Stat. 2003 et seq., 15 U.S.C. 2601 et 

seq.). ITC reports are available from 

regulations.gov (http://

www.regulations.gov) after publication 

in the Federal Register. The ITC 

produces its revisions to the TSCA 

section 4(e) Priority Testing List with 

administrative and technical support 

from the ITC staff, ITC members, and 

their U.S. Federal Government 

organizations. ITC members and staff 

are listed at the end of this report. 

II. ITC’s Activities During This 

Reporting Period (June 2013 to 

November 2013) 

During this reporting period, the ITC 

discussed the 50 HPV Challenge 

Program orphan chemicals remaining on 

the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing 

List. As a result of these discussions, the 

ITC removed 5 HPV Challenge Program 

orphan chemicals from the TSCA 

section 4(e) Priority Testing List. The 

hazard and fate testing data requested 

by the EPA for HPV Challenge Program 

orphan chemicals are necessary to 

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establish a screening level 

understanding of their potential human 

health and environmental impacts. The 

HPV Challenge Program orphan 

chemicals are discussed further in 

section III of this 73rd ITC Report. 

III. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) 

Priority Testing List: Removal of HPV 

Challenge Program Orphan Chemicals 

In 2004, at EPA’s request, the ITC 

added 281 HPV Challenge Program 

orphan (unsponsored) chemicals to the 

Priority Testing List in the ITC’s 55th 

and 56th ITC Reports (Refs. 1 and 2). As 

of June 2013, 231 HPV Challenge 

Program orphan chemicals had been 

removed from the Priority Testing List 

because they were included in EPA’s 

test rules, the testing was voluntarily 

sponsored or because they no longer 

met the ≥ 1 million lb production or 

importation volume criterion for the 

HPV Challenge Program. During this 

reporting period, EPA requested that 5 

HPV Challenge Program orphan 

chemicals be removed from the Priority 

Testing List in this 73rd ITC Report (Ref. 

3). One of the HPV Challenge Program 

orphan chemicals is included in a HPV 

Challenge Program submission and 4 

chemicals had production or 

importation volumes below 1 million lb 

reported to the 2006 Inventory Update 

Reporting (IUR) rule and the 2012 

Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule. 

The five HPV Challenge Program orphan 

chemicals being removed from the 

Priority Testing List and the rationales 

for their removal are listed in Table 2 of 

this unit. The 45 HPV Challenge 

Program orphan chemicals remaining on 

the Priority Testing List are listed in 

Table 3 of this unit. 

TABLE 2—HPV CHALLENGE PROGRAM ORPHAN CHEMICALS BEING REMOVED FROM THE PRIORITY TESTING LIST

CAS No. Chemical name Rationale 

94–96–2 ...................................................... 1,3-Hexanediol, 2-ethyl- ................................................................................................... A 

111–85–3 .................................................... Octane, 1-chloro- ............................................................................................................. B 

3386–33–2 .................................................. Octadecane, 1-chloro- ..................................................................................................... B 

52184–19–7 ................................................ Phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)-6-[2-(2-nitrophenyl)diazenyl]- .................................. B 

68515–89–9 ................................................ Barium, carbonate nonylphenol complexes .................................................................... B 

A—Included in a HPV Challenge Program submission http://www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/2ethlhex/c15756tp.pdf. 

B—Did not meet the ≥ 1 million lb production or importation volume criterion for the HPV Challenge Program in the 2006 Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule and the 2012 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule. 

TABLE 3—HPV CHALLENGE PROGRAM ORPHAN CHEMICALS REMAINING ON THE PRIORITY TESTING LIST

CAS No. Chemical name 

104–66–5 ............................................................ Benzene, 1,1’-[1,2-ethanediylbis(oxy)]bis107–39–1 ............................................................ 1-Pentene, 2,4,4-trimethyl107–40–4 ............................................................ 2-Pentene, 2,4,4-trimethyl121–82–4 ............................................................ 1,3,5-Triazine, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro- (RDX) 

137–20–2 ............................................................ Ethanesulfonic acid, 2-[methyl[(9Z)-1-oxo-9-octadecen-1-yl]amino]-, sodium salt (1:1) 

529–34–0 ............................................................ 1(2H)-Naphthalenone, 3,4-dihydro590–19–2 ............................................................ 1,2-Butadiene 

598–72–1 ............................................................ Propanoic acid, 2-bromo1401–55–4 .......................................................... Tannins 

1738–25–6 .......................................................... Propanenitrile, 3-(dimethylamino)- 

2210–79–9 .......................................................... Oxirane, 2-[(2-methylphenoxy)methyl]- 

2372–45–4 .......................................................... 1-Butanol, sodium salt (1:1) 

2409–55–4 .......................................................... Phenol, 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl2425–54–9 .......................................................... Tetradecane, 1-chloro2691–41–0 .......................................................... 1,3,5,7-Tetrazocine, octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro- (HMX) 

3039–83–6 .......................................................... Ethenesulfonic acid, sodium salt (1:1) 

4170–30–3 .......................................................... 2-Butenal 

4860–03–1 .......................................................... Hexadecane, 1-chloro8001–58–9 .......................................................... Creosote 

17103–31–0 ........................................................ Urea, sulfate (2:1) 

17976–43–1 ........................................................ 2,4,6,8,3,5,7-Benzotetraoxatriplumbacycloundecin-3,5,7-triylidene, 1,9-dihydro-1,9-dioxo21351–39–3 ........................................................ Urea, sulfate (1:1) 

24794–58–9 ........................................................ Formic acid, compd. with 2,2’,2’’-nitrilotris[ethanol] (1:1) 

26680–54–6 ........................................................ 2,5-Furandione, dihydro-3-(octen-1-yl)- 

28908–00–1 ........................................................ Benzothiazole, 2-[(chloromethyl)thio]- 

38321–18–5 ........................................................ Ethanol, 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)-, sodium salt (1:1) 

56803–37–3 ........................................................ Phosphoric acid, (1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl diphenyl ester 

68187–41–7 ........................................................ Phosphorodithioic acid, O,O-di-C1–14-alkyl esters 

68187–59–7 ........................................................ Coal, anthracite, calcined 

68308–74–7 ........................................................ Amides, tall-oil fatty, N,N-di-Me 

68309–27–3 ........................................................ Fatty acids, tall-oil, sulfonated, sodium salts 

68441–66–7 ........................................................ Decanoic acid, mixed esters with dipentaerythritol, octanoic acid and valeric acid 

68527–22–0 ........................................................ Naphtha (petroleum), clay-treated light straight-run 

68584–25–8 ........................................................ Benzenesulfonic acid, C10–16-alkyl derivs., compds. with triethanolamine 

68602–81–3 ........................................................ Distillates, hydrocarbon resin prodn. higher boiling 

68649–42–3 ........................................................ Phosphorodithioic acid, O,O-di-C1–14-alkyl esters, zinc salts

68650–36–2 ........................................................ Aromatic hydrocarbons, C8, o-xylene-lean 

68782–97–8 ........................................................ Distillates (petroleum), hydrofined lubricating-oil 

68919–17–5 ........................................................ Hydrocarbons, C12–20, catalytic alkylation by-products 

68953–80–0 ........................................................ Benzene, mixed with toluene, dealkylation product 

68955–76–0 ........................................................ Aromatic hydrocarbons, C9–16, biphenyl deriv.-rich 

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TABLE 3—HPV CHALLENGE PROGRAM ORPHAN CHEMICALS REMAINING ON THE PRIORITY TESTING LIST—Continued 

CAS No. Chemical name 

68990–61–4 ........................................................ Tar, coal, high-temp., high-solids 

70084–98–9 ........................................................ Terpenes and Terpenoids, C10–30, distn. residues 

71077–05–9 ........................................................ Ethanol, 2,2’-oxybis-, reaction products with ammonia, morpholine product tower residues 

119345–02–7 ...................................................... Benzene, 1,1’-oxybis-, tetrapropylene derivs. 

IV. References 

1. ITC. Fifty-Fifth Report of the ITC; Notice. 

Federal Register (70 FR 7364, February 11, 

2005) (FRL–7692–1). Available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0651. 

2. ITC. Fifty-Sixth Report of the ITC; Notice. 

Federal Register (70 FR 61520, October 24, 

2005) (FRL–7739–9). Available at http://

www.regulations.gov. Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0651. 

3. EPA. Memo to Dr. John D. Walker, re: 

EPA’s comments on removal of five High 

Production Volume (HPV) Challenge 

Program orphan chemicals from the TSCA 

section 4(e) Priority Testing List. December 

12, 2013. Available at http://

www.regulations.gov. Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0651. 

VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing 

Committee 

Statutory Organizations With 

Representatives 

Department of Commerce 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Michele Schantz, Member 

Jessica Reliner, Alternate 

Environmental Protection Agency 

John E. Schaeffer, Alternate 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences 

Nigel Walker, Member 

Scott Masten, Alternate 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health 

Dennis W. Lynch, Alternate 

National Science Foundation 

Tyrone D. Mitchell, Member 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Janet Carter, Member and Chairperson 

Thomas Nerad, Alternate 

Liaison Organizations With 

Representatives 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

Glenn D. Todd, Member 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

Dominique Johnson, Member 

Department of Agriculture 

Clifford P. Rice, Member 

Cathleen J. Hapeman, Alternate 

Department of Defense 

Laurie E. Roszell, Member and ViceChairperson 

Department of the Interior 

Barnett A. Rattner, Member 

Food and Drug Administration 

Kirk Arvidson, Member 

Ronald F. Chanderbhan, Alternate 

ITC Staff 

John D. Walker, Director 

Carol Savage, Administrative 

Assistant (NOWCC Employee) 

TSCA Interagency Testing Committee 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; url: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppt/itc. 

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