[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13047-13048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5984]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 372

[OPPTS-400082B; FRL-4929-2]


Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know; 
Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects seven errors and clarifies one listing 
in the final rule published in the Federal Register of November 30, 
1994, in which EPA promulgated the addition of 286 chemicals and 
chemical categories to section 313 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986. Five of the errors are 
typographical errors, two for the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 
registry numbers for isophorone diisocyanate and metribuzin and three 
for the spelling of the chemical names for acifluorfen, sodium salt, 
dicamba, and 4-methyldiphenylmethane-3,4-diisocyanate. The sixth 
correction is to remove the listing for flumetralin, which the Agency 
has deferred for listing, from the CAS order list in the regulations. 
The seventh correction is an editing error in the chemical formula for 
the polychlorinated alkanes category. In addition, EPA is clarifying 
the listing for the polychlorinated alkanes category. This document 
corrects these errors and makes the above referenced clarification.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This document is effective March 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria J. Doa, Project Manager, 202-
260-9592 for specific information on this document. For general 
information on EPCRA contact the Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Information Hotline, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mail Stop 5101, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, Toll free: 800-
535-0202, Toll free TDD: 800-553-7672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. CAS Number Corrections

    In the Federal Register of November 30, 1994 (59 FR 61432), EPA 
issued the final rule adding chemicals to the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 313 list of toxic 
chemicals. The Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number for isophorone 
diisocyanate was incorrectly published as ``004098-71-0'' in the 
preamble on: (1) Page 61436, second column of the table, seventh entry, 
(2) page 61454, second column, eighth line from the bottom, and (3) in 
the regulatory text, Sec. 372.65(c), on page 61484, 11th entry under 
the diisocyanates category. The correct CAS number for isophorone 
diisocyanate is ``004098-71-9''. In addition, the CAS number for 
metribuzin was incorrectly published in the preamble as ``021087-64-5'' 
on page 61437, second column of the table, 26th entry, and in the 
regulatory text, Sec. 372.65(a), as ``21087-64-5'' on page 61477, 
second column of the table, ninth entry, and page 61483, first column 
of the table, 26th entry. The correct CAS number is ``21087-64-9''.
    The chemical name for acifluorfen, sodium salt was spelled 
incorrectly in the preamble as ``[5-(2-Chloro-4-
(triflouromethyl)phenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoic acid, sodium salt]'' on: (1) 
Page 61434, first column of the table, third entry, and (2) in the 
regulatory text, Sec. 372.65(a), page 61473, first column of the table, 
third entry, and Sec. 372.65(b), page 61484, second column of the 
table, 12th entry. The correct spelling is ``acifluorfen, sodium salt 
[5-(2-Chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoic acid, sodium 
salt]''.
    The chemical name for dicamba was incorrectly spelled in the 
preamble as ``(3,6-Dichloro-2-methyoxybenzoic acid)'' on: (1) Page 
61435, first column of the table, 38th entry, and (2) in the regulatory 
text, Sec. 372.65(a), page 61475, first column of the table, 12th 
entry, and Sec. 372.65(b), page 61482, second column of the table, 13th 
entry. The correct spelling is ``dicamba (3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic 
acid)''.
    In the regulatory text, Sec. 372.65(c), page 61484, first column, 
the 12th entry under the diisocyanates category was incorrectly listed 
as ``4-methyldiphenylmethane-3,4-diisocyante''. The correct spelling is 
``4-methyldiphenylmethane-3,4-diisocyanate''.

II. Chemical Listing Corrections and Clarification

    Also in the Federal Register of November 30, 1994 (59 FR 61432), 
the chemical flumetralin was listed in the regulatory text, 
Sec. 372.65(b), on page 61484. EPA did not finalize the addition of 
flumetralin in this rulemaking and it should not be listed in the 
regulations. Therefore, EPA is removing the entry for flumetralin from 
Sec. 372.65(b). EPA has deferred final action on the listing of 
flumetralin under EPCRA section 313 until a later date (see 59 FR 
61439). [[Page 13048]] 
    The chemical formula for the polychlorinated alkanes category was 
shown as ``C<INF>xH<INF>2x-yCl<INF>y'' in: (1) The preamble on page 
61463, second column, first full paragraph, line seven, and (2) the 
regulatory text, Sec. 372.65(c), on page 61485, column one of the 
table, first entry. The correct formula for the polychlorinated alkanes 
category is ``C<INF>xH<INF>2x-y+2Cl<INF>y''. EPA is also clarifying the 
listing for the polychlorinated alkanes category. The listing for this 
category is changed to ``polychlorinated alkanes (C<INF>10 to 
C<INF>13)''. This clarification is intended to provide more consistency 
between the name of the category and the chemical formula. All other 
information pertinent to this category is correct in the final rule.

    Dated: February 27, 1995.
Susan B. Hazen
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
    Therefore, 40 CFR part 372 is amended as follows:

PART 372--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 372 continues to read as 
follows:
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11013 and 11028.

    2. In Sec. 372.65 by revising the entries for acifluorfen, sodium 
salt [5-(2-Chloro-4-(triflouoromethyl)phenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoic acid, 
sodium salt], dicamba (3,6-Dichloro-2-methyoxybenzoic acid), and 
metribuzin in paragraph (a), revising the entries for 1918-00-9, 21087-
64-5, and 62476-59-9 and removing the entry for 62924-70-3 in paragraph 
(b), and revising under the Diisocyanates category, the entries for 
isophorone diisocyanate and 4-methyldiphenylmethane-3,4-diisocyante, 
and revising the category entry for polychlorinated alkanes in 
paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec. 372.65   Chemicals and chemical categories to which the part 
applies.

    (a) *  *  *

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        Chemical Name              CAS No.            Effective Date    
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Acifluorfen, sodium salt [5-  62476-59-9                          1/1/95
 (2-Chloro-4-                                                           
 (trifluoromethyl)phenoxy)-2-                                           
 nitrobenzoic acid, sodium                                              
 salt]                                                                  
                                                                        
       *                  *                  *                  *       
                  *                  *                  *               
Dicamba (3,6-Dichloro-2-      1918-00-9                           1/1/95
 methoxybenzoic acid)                                                   
                                                                        
       *                  *                  *                  *       
                  *                  *                  *               
Metribuzin                    21087-64-9                          1/1/95
                                                                        
       *                  *                  *                  *       
                  *                  *                  *               
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    (b) *  *  *

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      CAS No.              Chemical Name              Effective Date    
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1918-00-9           Dicamba (3,6-Dichloro-2-                      1/1/95
                     methoxybenzoic acid)                               
                                                                        
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21087-64-9          Metribuzin                                    1/1/95
                                                                        
       *                  *                  *                  *       
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62476-59-9          Acifluorfen, sodium salt [5-                  1/1/95
                     (2-Chloro-4-                                       
                     (trifluoromethyl) phenoxy)-                        
                     2-nitrobenzoic acid,                               
                     sodium salt]                                       
                                                                        
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    (c) *  *  *

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                 Category Name                        Effective Date    
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Diisocyanates                                                           
                                                                        
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  004098-71-9    Isophorone diisocyanate                          1/1/95
                                                                        
  075790-74-0    4-Methyldiphenylmethane-3,4-                           
   diisocyanate                                                   1/1/95
                                                                        
       *                  *                  *                  *       
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Polychlorinated alkanes (C<INF>10 to C<INF>13): Includes                          
 those chemicals defined by the following                               
 formula:                                                               
  C<INF>xH<INF>2x-y+2Cl<INF>y                                                          
where x= 10 to 13;                                                      
  y= 3 to 12; and                                                       
  where the average chlorine content ranges                             
   from 40-70% with the limiting molecular                              
   formulas C<INF>10H<INF>19Cl<INF>3 and C<INF>13H<INF>16Cl<INF>12.                             1/1/95
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