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2 2 Ma y201 3 Documen t Contro l Offic e Chemica l Contro l Divisio n (M C 7405M ) Offic e o f Pollutio n Preventio n an d Toxic s U S Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y Arie l Rio s Buildin g 120 0 Pennsylvani a Avenue , N W Washington , D C 20460-000 1 Docket : EPA*HQ-OPPT-2007-053 1 Re : Applicatio n fo rExemption—TSCA§4(a)(1)(B ) Tes t Rule , 4 0 CF R 799.5087 ; HPV Secon d Grou p Chemicals ; Pentaerythrito l tetranitrat e (CASR N 78-11-5 ) Dea rSi ro rMadam , Pursuan t t o th e above-reference d rule , BST Manufacturing , Inc

. (BST) herebysubmit s thi s request fo rexemptio n fro m testin g o f Pentaerythrito l tetranitrat e (PETN ; CASR N 78
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. Thi s reques t i s bein g submitte d i n accordanc e wit h a 2 1 Ma y201 3 telephon e conversatio n betwee n Joh n Schaeffer , USEPA , an d Michae l Meredith , Oric a USA

. I n suppor t o f ou rrequest , w e provid e th e followin g informatio n a s specifie d i n 4 0 CF R 790.8 2 (Conten t of exemptio n application) : 1

. Testin g requirement s were publishe d i n th e Federa l Registe rat 7 6 F R 106 7 i n whic h USEPApromulgate d a fina l rul e unde rth e Toxi cSubstance s Contro l Ac t (TSCA) §4(a)(1)(B ) o n 7 Januar y201 1 (4 0 CF R 799.5087)

. PET N (CASR N 78
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. Th e rul e specifie s acut e toxicitytestin g o f PET N t o fis h (Pimephale s promelas ) an d aquati cinvertebrate s (Daphni a magna)

. Th e principa l basi s fo rthi s exemptio n request i s tha t anothe rpart y(Dyn o Nobe l Americas ) submitte d th e requisit e testin g t o USEPAi n Marc h 2013

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. Th e exemptio n applican t is : BSTManufacturing , Inc

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