16752 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 58 / Wednesday, March 26, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR 

7629, Feb. 16, 1994) establishes federal 

executive policy on environmental 

justice. Its main provision directs 

federal agencies, to the greatest extent 

practicable and permitted by law, to 

make environmental justice part of their 

mission by identifying and addressing, 

as appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the U.S. 

EPA has determined that this action 

will not have disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects on minority or 

low-income populations because it 

increases the level of environmental 

protection for all affected populations 

without having any disproportionately 

high and adverse human health or 

environmental effects on any 

population, including any minority or 

low-income population. This action 

updates regulatory provisions related to 

the HCFC trade ban: The effect is to 

prohibit export of HCFCs to a small list 

of countries that are not Party to the 

Beijing Amendment to the Montreal 

Protocol. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 82 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Chemicals, 

Exports, Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, 

Imports. 

Dated: March 7, 2014. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05817 Filed 3–25–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 721 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0740; FRL–9907–54] 

RIN 2070–AB27 

Significant New Use Rules on Certain 

Chemical Substances; Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: EPA is withdrawing a 

significant new use rule (SNUR) 

proposed under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) for chemical 

substances generically identified as 

vinylidene esters, which were the 

subject of premanufacture notices 

(PMNs) P–12–298 and P–12–299. The 

Agency is taking this action in response 

to public comments received on the 

proposed rule. 

DATES: Proposed § 721.10623, published 

in the Federal Register of April 18, 2013 

(78 FR 23184) is withdrawn as of March 

26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0740, is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West 

Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Please review the visitor 

instructions and additional information 

about the docket 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 the 

Federal Register of November 2, 2012 

(77 FR 66149) (FRL–9366–7), EPA 

issued a direct final SNUR on the 

chemical substances generically 

identified as vinylidene ester, which 

were the subject of premanufacture 

notices (PMNs) P–12–298 and P–12– 

299, in accordance with the procedures 

at § 721.160(c)(3)(i). EPA received 

notices of intent to submit adverse 

comments on this SNUR. Therefore, as 

required by § 721.160(c)(3)(ii), EPA 

removed the direct final SNUR in a 

separate final rule published in the 

Federal Register of December 21, 2012 

(77 FR 75566) (FRL 9373–8), and in the 

Federal Register of April 18, 2013 (78 

FR 23184), EPA issued a proposed 

SNUR for these chemical substances. 

EPA is now withdrawing the April 18, 

2013 proposed rule, issued for two 

chemical substances which were the 

subject of PMN P–12–298 and P–12– 

299. This action is being taken based 

upon experimental data provided by the 

PMN submitter, and relevant 

environmental fate and toxicity data 

associated with cyanoacrylates 

submitted to the Agency during the 

public comment period for the proposed 

SNUR. The Agency determined that this 

information demonstrated that 

cyanoacrylates, rather than esters 

identified in the proposed rule, are more 

appropriate structural analogues for 

assessment of potential toxicity of the 

PMN substances to aquatic organisms, 

which was the basis for the notification 

requirements in the proposed SNUR. 

Based on review of experimental data 

provided by the PMN submitter, and 

relevant environmental fate and toxicity 

data associated with cyanoacrylates, the 

Agency no longer supports the original 

concerns for toxicity to aquatic 

organisms. The Agency’s previous 

concerns for ecotoxicity are mitigated 

due to the fact that, like cyanoacrylates, 

the PMN substances react quickly in the 

presence of water or moisture and the 

hydrolysis products are not expected to 

produce toxic effects to aquatic 

organisms at saturation. 

The record for the direct final and 

proposed SNURs on these chemical 

substances was established as docket 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0740. That 

record includes information considered 

by the Agency in developing these rules 

and this withdrawal, and the public 

comments received. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 721 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Hazardous substances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: March 13, 2014. 

Maria J. Doa, 

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

RIN 0648–BC77 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; 

Amendment 3 to the Spiny Dogfish 

Fishery Management Plan 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 


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