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.5087 Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0531 Attention : TSCA Section 4 To WhomIt May Concern: RE: Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemicals; Second Group of Chemicals. Federal Register 76 (5), 1067-1093, January 7, 2011 . C .I . Leuco Sulphur Black 1 (CAS No. 66241-11-0) . On behalf of C.H. Patrick &Company, Inc., the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) submits this letter of intent to comply with the subject test rule for C .I . Leuco Sulphur Black 1 (CAS No. 66241-11-0) . C .H. Patrick & Company will supply test results data for the following required tests in compliance with the test rule and according to current OPPTS Harmonized Guidelines: 1 . Melting point: ASTM E 324-99 (capillary tube) or, if a freezing point : OECD 102 (melting point/melting range) . 2. Boiling point : ASTM E 1719-05 (ebulliometry) . 3 . Vapor pressure: ASTME 1782-08 (thermal analysis) . 4 . N-Octanol/water partition coefficient (log 10 basis) or IogKowby appropriate method as specified as Method A, 40 CRFR 799 .6755 (shake flask) ; Method B, ASTME 1147-92 (reapproved 2005) (liquid chromatography) ; or Method C, 40 CFR799.6756 (generator column) . 5. Water solubility: By appropriate test method as specified as Method A, ASTM E 1148- 02 (reapproved 2008) (shake flask) ; Method B, 40 CFR 799.6784 (shake flask) ; Method C, 40 CFR799.6784 (column elution) ; or Method D, 40 CFR 799 .6786 (generator column) . 6 . Environmental fate and pathways - ready biodegradation: According to ISO 10634:1995(E) guidance by one of the following: 1) ASTM E 1720-01 (reapproved 2008) (sealed vessel C02 production test) ; 2) ISO 14593:1999(E) (C02 headspace test) ; 3) ISO 7827:1994(E) (analysis of DOC) ; 4) ISO9408:1999(E) (determination of oxygen demand in a closed respirometer) ; 5) ISO 9439:1999(E) (C02 evolution test) ; 6) ISO 10707:1994(E) (closed bottle test) ; or 7) ISO 10708:1997(E) (two-phased closed bottle test) .

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# SOCMA 7. Aquatic toxicity, depending on whether Test Group 1 or Test Group 2, as defined in the test rule. Test Group 1 : 1) Acute toxicity to fish, ASTME 729-96 (reapproved 2007) ; 2) Acute toxicity to Daphnia, ASTM E 729-96 (reapproved 2007) ; 3) Toxicity to plants (algae), ASTM

E 1218-04e' . Test Group 2 : 1) Chronic toxicity to Daphnia ASTME 1193-97 (reapproved 2004) ; 2) Toxicity to plants (algae), ASTM E 1218-04e' . 8. Mammalian toxicity - acute, by either: 1 . Acute (up/down) oral toxicity (rat), ASTM E 1163-98 (reapproved 2002) or 2 . Acute (up/down) oral toxicity (rat), 40 CFR 799 .9110(d)(1)(i)(A) . 9 . Mammalian toxicity - genotoxicity: Bacterial reverse mutation test (in vitro), 40 CFR 799 .9510 . 10. Mammalian toxicity - genotoxicity (chromosomal damage) by any one of: 1 . In vitro mammalian chromosome aberration, 40 CFR 799.9537; 2 . Mammalian bone marrow chromosomal aberration (in vivo in mouse (preferred), rat, or Chinese hamster), 40 CFR 799.9538; or 3. Mammalian erythrocyte microneucleus test (sampled in bone marrow) (in vivo in mouse (preferred), rat, or Chinese hamster), 40 CFR 799.9539 . 11 . Mammalian toxicity - repeated dose/reproduction/developmental by either : Combined repeated dose toxicity study with reproduction/developmental toxicity screening test, 40 CFR 799.9365 or Reproduction/developmental toxicity screening test, 40 CFR 799.9355 and Repeated dose 28-day oral toxicity study in rodents, 40 CFR 799.9305. For further information concerning these plans to satisfy the requirements of the subject test rule, please contact the undersigned directly at 301-987-0924 or diloretoiCa)-socma .com . Sincerely, 

# ttiJW~ETJohn DiLoreto Executive Director. .+ . Hs PATRICK & " 0 .t INC



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### l .eu,ca Sulphur Black I (GAS No. 66241-11 :D This letter is to confirmthe intention r)f C I"4 Patrick & Company Inc to comply with the subject test rule for t-eisco Sulphur Black rCAS No 662d'-t"-0r as a member o( a cqrzsor9iurn being formed and managed under the Society ; .,s Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCk1A) Sincerely

Steven .3 Miesbauer V p' t;hemrca1s & Environmental Control lai Patrick & Company Inc