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the States to develop Total Maximum

Daily Loads for impaired watersheds

specifying point and nonpoint source

load reductions necessary to protect

sediment quality; (4) use the NSI to

identify point sources of sediment

contaminants for potential permit

compliance tracking after further

evaluation using program-specific

criteria to confirm sediment quality

problems; (5) ensure that discharges

from CERCLA sites and RCRA facilities

subject to NPDES permits comply with

future NPDES permit requirements to

protect sediment quality; and (6) use the

NSI to identify watersheds where

technical assistance and grants could

effectively be used to reduce nonpoint

source loads of sediment contaminants.

Remediation

OW, OERR, and OECA intend to use

the NSI to help target sites for further

study which may lead to enforcement

action requiring contaminated sediment

remediation. EPA plans to use standard

sediment toxicity, bioaccumulation

tests, and site-specific field-based

methods to identify potential sites for

remediation, to assist in determining

clean-up goals for contaminated sites,

and to monitor the effectiveness of

remedial actions. RCRA Corrective

Action sites are generally determined by

facilities seeking a RCRA permit, not by

the program identifying contaminated

areas, except in enforcement under 7003

orders.

Dredged Material Management

Guidance provided in future updates

of the Strategy will facilitate the

coordination of dredged material

management activities among Federal

agencies and nongovernmental

organizations.

Research

EPA’s Office of Research and

Development (ORD), through its

Environmental Monitoring and

Assessment Program (EMAP), intends to

continue to collect new chemical and

biological data on sediment quality.

These data would be included in the

Agency’s NSI. ORD is developing: new

biological methods to assess the

ecological and human health effects of

sediment contaminants, chemicalspecific sediment quality criteria,

methods to conduct sediment toxicity

identification evaluations and methods

to identify bioaccumulative chemicals

in sediment. ORD intends to develop

dredged material disposal fate and

transport models, sediment wasteload

allocation models, and technologies for

remediation of contaminated sediment.

Outreach

EPA plans to undertake a program of

outreach and technology transfer to

educate target audiences about

contaminated sediment risk

management. Target audiences would

include: other Federal agencies, State

and local agencies, the regulated

community, the scientific community,

environmental advocacy groups, the

news media, and the general public.

EPA plans to provide technical and

nontechnical information to these

audiences by developing a range of

outreach products. Future updates to

the Strategy will be reported in biennial

updates of the National Sediment

Quality Survey Report to Congress.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Carol M. Browner,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–12032 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–44648; FRL–5788–9]

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 alkyl glycidyl

ether (CAS No. 120547–52–6) and

tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME) (CAS

No. 994–05–8). These data were

submitted pursuant to enforceable

testing consent agreements/orders

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 procedures specified in

section 4(d) of TSCA.

I. Test Data Submissions

Test data for alkyl glycidyl ether were

submitted by the Society of the Plastics

Industry, Inc. (SPI) Epoxy Resin

Systems Alkyl Glycidyl Ether Task

Force. The report was submitted

pursuant to a TSCA section 4

enforceable testing consent agreement/

order at 40 CFR 799.5000 and was

received by EPA on March 18, 1998.

The submission includes a final report

entitled ‘‘In Vitro Mammalian Cell Gene

Mutation Test with an Independent

Repeat Assay.’’ This chemical is used as

an epoxy resin additive and as a

modifier for other epoxides in flooring

adhesives.

Test data for tertiary amyl methyl

ether were submitted by the American

Petroleum Institute (API), on behalf of

the Tertiary Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME)

Consortium. The report was also

submitted pursuant to a TSCA section 4

enforceable consent agreement/order at

40 CFR 799.5000. EPA received the

report on March 27, 1998. The

submission includes a final report

entitled ‘‘Two-Generation Reproductive

Toxicity Evaluation of Inhaled Tertiary

Amyl Methyl Ether (TAME) Vapor in

CD (Sprague-Dawley) Rats.’’ This

chemical is widely seen as a possible

additive to gasoline.

EPA has initiated its review and

evaluation process for these data

submissions. At this time, the Agency is

unable to provide any determination as

to the completeness of the submissions.

II. Public Record

EPA has established a public record

for this TSCA section 4(d) receipt of

data notice (docket number OPPTS–

44648). 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. Requests for documents should

be sent in writing to: Environmental

Protection Agency, TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center

(7407), 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460 or fax: (202) 260–5069 or e-mail:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Test data.
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Dated: April 27, 1998.

Charles M. Auer,

Director, Chemical Control Division, Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 98–12029 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–51897; FRL–5786–2]

Certain Chemicals; Premanufacture

Notices

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires

any person who intends to manufacture

or import a new chemical to notify EPA

and comply with the statutory

provisions pertaining to the

manufacture or import of substances not

on the TSCA Inventory. Section 5 of

TSCA also requires EPA to publish

receipt and status information in the

Federal Register each month reporting

premanufacture notices (PMN) and test

marketing exemption (TME) application

requests received, both pending and

expired. The information in this

document contains notices received

from February 23, 1998 to February 27,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments,

identified by the document control

number ‘‘[OPPTS–51897]’’ and the

specific PMN number, if appropriate,

should be sent to: Document Control

Office (7407), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Rm.

ETG–099 Washington, DC 20460.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1/

6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

[OPPTS–51897]. No Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail. Electronic

comments on this notice may be filed

online at many Federal Depository

Libraries. Additional information on

electronic submissions can be found

under ‘‘SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION’’.

All comments which contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record for this notice. Persons

submitting information on any portion

of which they believe is entitled to

treatment as CBI by EPA must assert a

business confidentiality claim in

accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for

each such portion. This claim must be

made at the time that the information is

submitted to EPA. If a submitter does

not assert a confidentiality claim at the

time of submission, EPA will consider

this as a waiver of any confidentiality

claim and the information may be made

available to the public by EPA without

further notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–545, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC, 20460, (202) 554–1404,

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

provisions of TSCA, EPA is required to

publish notice of receipt and status

reports of chemicals subject to section 5

reporting requirements. The notice

requirements are provided in TSCA

sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3). Specifically,

EPA is required to provide notice of

receipt of PMNs and TME application

requests received. EPA also is required

to identify those chemical submissions

for which data has been received, the

uses or intended uses of such chemicals,

and the nature of any test data which

may have been developed. Lastly, EPA

is required to provide periodic status

reports of all chemical substances

undergoing review and receipt of

notices of commencement.

A record has been established for this

notice under docket number ‘‘[OPPTS–

51897]’’ (including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 12 noon

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center

(NCIC), Rm. NEM–B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

In the past, EPA has published

individual notices reflecting the status

of section 5 filings received, pending or

expired, as well as notices reflecting

receipt of notices of commencement. In

an effort to become more responsive to

the regulated community, the users of

this information and the general public,

to comply with the requirements of

TSCA, to conserve EPA resources, and

to streamline the process and make it

more timely, EPA is consolidating these

separate notices into one comprehensive

notice that will be issued at regular

intervals.

In this notice, EPA shall provide a

consolidated report in the Federal

Register reflecting the dates PMN

requests were received, the projected

notice end date, the manufacturer or

importer identity, to the extent that such

information is not claimed as

confidential and chemical identity,

either specific or generic depending on

whether chemical identity has been

claimed confidential. Additionally, in

this same report, EPA shall provide a

listing of receipt of new notices of

commencement.

EPA believes the new format of the

notice will be easier to understand by

the interested public, and provides the

information that is of greatest interest to

the public users. Certain information

provided in the earlier notices will not

be provided under the new format. The

status reports of substances under

review, potential production volume,

and summaries of health and safety data

will not be provided in the new notices.

EPA is not providing production

volume information in the consolidated

notice since such information is

generally claimed as confidential. For

this reason, there is no substantive loss

to the public in not publishing the data.

Health and safety data are not

summarized in the notice since it is

recognized as impossible, given the

format of this notice, as well as the

previous style of notices, to provide

meaningful information on the subject.