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minutes. For conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than five minutes per

speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments (at

least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

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meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

Dated: April 3, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97–9692 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–44639; FRL–5600–7]

TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of

Test Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s

receipt of test data on tertiary amyl

methyl ether (TAME) (CAS No. 994–05–

8). These data were submitted pursuant

to an enforceable testing consent

agreement/order issued by EPA under

section 4 of the Toxic Substances

Control Act (TSCA). Publication of this

notice is in compliance with section

4(d) of TSCA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–543B, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 554–1404,

TDD (202) 554–0551; e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 40

CFR 790.60, all TSCA section 4

enforceable consent agreements/orders

must contain a statement that results of

testing conducted pursuant to testing

enforceable consent agreements/orders

will be announced to the public in

accordance with section 4(d).

I. Test Data Submissions

Test data for TAME were submitted

by The American Petroleum Institute

(API), on behalf of the Tertiary Amyl

Methyl Ether (TAME) Consortium,

pursuant to a TSCA section 4

enforceable testing consent agreement/

order at 40 CFR 799.5000. EPA received

the data on March 6, 1997. The

submission includes two final reports

entitled 1) ‘‘Developmental Toxicity

Evaluation of Inhaled Tertiary Amyl

Methyl Ether (TAME) in CD (SpragueDawley) Rats’’ and 2) ‘‘Developmental

Toxicity Evaluation of Inhaled Tertiary

Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) in CD-1

Mice.’’ This chemical has potentially

wide use as a gasoline additive.

EPA has initiated its review and

evaluation process for this data

submission. At this time, the Agency is

unable to provide any determination as

to the completeness of the submission.

II. Public Record

EPA has established a public record

for this TSCA section 4(d) receipt of

data notice (docket number OPPTS–

44639). This record includes copies of

all studies reported in this notice. The

record is available for inspection from

12 noon to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays, in the

TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center (also known as the TSCA Public

Docket Office), Rm. B–607 Northeast

Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460, e-mail address:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Test data.

Dated: April 7, 1997.

Frank Kover,

Acting Director, Chemical Control Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–9687 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–211043; FRL–5578–1]

Lead Azide; Response to Citizen’s

Petition Under TSCA Section 21

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; Denial of TSCA Section

21 Petition.

SUMMARY: EPA received a petition under

section 21 of the Toxic Substances

Control Act (TSCA) on May 2, 1996,

from a citizen requesting that the

Agency promulgate a regulation under

TSCA section 6 that would prohibit the

manufacturing, processing, or

distribution in commerce of lead azide.

The petitioner claims that she suffered

injuries through the use of lead azide to

produce a ‘‘special effect’’ in

filmmaking and that manufacture of

such substance should be prohibited to

prevent future human injury. EPA has

evaluated the petition and upon further

consideration, denied it on July 31,

1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460, Telephone: 202-260-1404,

TDD: (202-554-0551), e-mail: TSCAHotline@epa.mail.epa.gov.

I. Background

A. Statutory Requirements

1. TSCA section 21. Section 21 of

TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2620, provides that any

person may petition EPA to initiate

proceedings for the issuance,

amendment, or repeal of a rule or order

under section 4, 5, 6, or 8 of TSCA, 15

U.S.C. 2603, 2604, 2605, or 2607. As

required by section 21(b), the petition

must set forth the facts that the

petitioner claims establish the need for

the Agency to issue, amend, or repeal a

rule or order under those sections of

TSCA. (See also Guidance for

Petitioning the Environmental

Protection Agency under Section 21 of

the Toxic Substances Control Act (50 FR

46827, November 13 , 1985). Section

21(b) also directs EPA to decide either

to grant or deny the petition within 90

days after the petition is filed. If EPA

denies a petition, the Agency must

publish the reason(s) for the denial in

the Federal Register. If the Agency

grants the petition, EPA must promptly

commence an appropriate proceeding in

accordance with section 4, 5, 6, or 8 of

TSCA.

If EPA denies a petition, or fails to

make a decision within the 90-day

review period, the petitioner may,

within 60 days from the date of the

decision or from the end of the review

period, commence a civil action in a

U.S. district court to compel initiation

of the requested rulemaking. For a

petition for a new rule or order, the

court must provide opportunity for the

petition to be considered de novo.

Section 21(b)(4) identifies petitioners’

rights and the procedures to be followed

under such civil action. Relief available

under section 21 is limited to initiation

of a proceeding to issue, amend, or

appeal a rule under section 4, 6, or 8,

or an order under section 5(e) or 6(b)(2).

2. TSCA section 6. Under section 6 of

TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2605(a), EPA may issue

rules to limit or prohibit the

manufacture, processing, or distribution