Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0026-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Fifty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments
Posted Date: 2003-07-23T04:00Z

Wednesday,

July
23,
2003
Part
III
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Fifty­
Second
Report
of
the
TSCA
Interagency
Testing
Committee
to
the
Administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency;
Receipt
of
Report
and
Request
for
Comments;
Notice
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68,
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Wednesday,
July
23,
2003
/
Notices
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT
 
2003
 
0026;
FRL
 
7314
 
4]

Fifty­
Second
Report
of
the
TSCA
Interagency
Testing
Committee
to
the
Administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency;
Receipt
of
Report
and
Request
for
Comments
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice
SUMMARY:
The
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA)
Interagency
Testing
Committee
(
ITC)
transmitted
its
Fifty­
Second
Report
to
the
Administrator
of
the
EPA
on
May
30,
2003.
In
the
52nd
ITC
Report,
which
is
included
with
this
notice,
the
ITC
is
not
revising
the
Priority
Testing
List.
However,
the
ITC
is
revising
the
Voluntary
Information
Submissions
Innovative
Online
Network
(
VISION).
In
its
51st
ITC
Report,
the
ITC
announced
that
it
would
consider
revising
its
voluntary
information
submission
procedures
to
encourage
greater
and
more
efficient
use
of
its
VISION.
The
ITC
has
reviewed
its
voluntary
information
submission
procedures
and
considered
industry
comments
discussed
in
the
51st
ITC
Report.
At
this
time,
the
ITC
is
revising
the
VISION
as
outlined
in
the
52nd
ITC
Report,
which
is
included
in
this
notice
and
on
the
ITC
web
site.

DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPPT
 
2003
 
0026,
must
be
received
on
or
before
August
22,
2003.

ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
general
information
contact:
Barbara
Cunningham,
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division
(
7408M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
554
 
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCAHotline
epa.
gov.
For
technical
information
contact:
Dr.
John
D.
Walker,
ITC
Director
(
7401),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
7527;
fax:
(
202)
564
 
7528;
email
address:
walker.
johnd@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
notice
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
It
may,
however,
be
of
particular
interest
to
you
if
you
manufacture
(
defined
by
statute
to
include
import)
and/
or
process
TSCAcovered
chemicals
and
you
may
be
identified
by
the
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
codes
325
(
Chemical
Manufacturing)
and
32411
(
Petroleum
Refineries).
Because
this
notice
is
directed
to
the
general
public
and
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
interested
in
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
technical
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPPT
 
2003
 
0026.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
Rm.
B102­
Reading
Room,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566
 
1744
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OPPT
Docket,
which
is
located
in
EPA
Docket
Center,
is
(
202)
566
 
0280.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
You
may
also
access
additional
information
about
the
ITC
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
itc/
or
through
the
web
site
for
the
Office
of
Prevention,
Pesticides
and
Toxic
Substances
(
OPPTS)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptsfrs/
home/
opptsim.
htm/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
To
the
extent
feasible,
publicly
available
docket
materials
will
be
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
When
a
document
is
selected
from
the
index
list
in
EPA
Dockets,
the
system
will
identify
whether
the
document
is
available
for
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
EPA
intends
to
work
towards
providing
electronic
access
to
all
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
For
public
commenters,
it
is
important
to
note
that
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Public
comments
submitted
on
computer
disks
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
transferred
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Public
comments
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
scanned
and
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Where
practical,
physical
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objects
will
be
photographed,
and
the
photograph
will
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
along
with
a
brief
description
written
by
the
docket
staff.

C.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?

You
may
submit
comments
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
identify
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
comment.
Please
ensure
that
your
comments
are
submitted
within
the
specified
comment
period.
Comments
received
after
the
close
of
the
comment
period
will
be
marked
``
late.''
EPA
is
not
required
to
consider
these
late
comments.
If
you
wish
to
submit
CBI
or
information
that
is
otherwise
protected
by
statute,
please
follow
the
instructions
in
Unit
I.
D.
Do
not
use
EPA
Dockets
or
e­
mail
to
submit
CBI
or
information
protected
by
statute.
1.
Electronically.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment
as
prescribed
in
this
unit,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name,
mailing
address,
and
an
e­
mail
address
or
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
Also
include
this
contact
information
on
the
outside
of
any
disk
or
CD
ROM
you
submit,
and
in
any
cover
letter
accompanying
the
disk
or
CD
ROM.
This
ensures
that
you
can
be
identified
as
the
submitter
of
the
comment
and
allows
EPA
to
contact
you
in
case
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
or
needs
further
information
on
the
substance
of
your
comment.
EPA's
policy
is
that
EPA
will
not
edit
your
comment,
and
any
identifying
or
contact
information
provided
in
the
body
of
a
comment
will
be
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
i.
EPA
Dockets.
Your
use
of
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
to
submit
comments
to
EPA
electronically
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Go
directly
to
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
and
follow
the
online
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
and
then
key
in
docket
ID
number
OPPT
 
2003
 
0026.
The
system
is
an
``
anonymous
access''
system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity,
e­
mail
address,
or
other
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
ii.
E­
mail.
Comments
may
be
sent
by
e­
mail
to
oppt.
ncic@
epa.
gov,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPPT
 
2003
 
0026.
In
contrast
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
is
not
an
``
anonymous
access''
system.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
the
docket
without
going
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
automatically
captures
your
email
address.
E­
mail
addresses
that
are
automatically
captured
by
EPA's
e­
mail
system
are
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
iii.
Disk
or
CD
ROM.
You
may
submit
comments
on
a
disk
or
CD
ROM
that
you
mail
to
the
mailing
address
identified
in
Unit
I.
C.
2.
These
electronic
submissions
will
be
accepted
in
WordPerfect
or
ASCII
file
format.
Avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
2.
By
mail.
Send
your
comments
to:
Document
Control
Office
(
7407M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001.
3.
By
hand
delivery
or
courier.
Deliver
your
comments
to:
OPPT
Document
Control
Office
(
DCO)
in
EPA
East
Bldg.,
Rm.
6428,
1201
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
 
 
OPPT
 
2003
 
0026.
The
DCO
is
open
from
8
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
DCO
is
(
202)
564
 
8930.

D.
How
Should
I
Submit
CBI
to
the
Agency?
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
electronically
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
or
by
e­
mail.
You
may
claim
information
that
you
submit
to
EPA
as
CBI
by
marking
any
part
or
all
of
that
information
as
CBI
(
if
you
submit
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
as
CBI
and
then
identify
electronically
within
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
the
specific
information
that
is
CBI).
Information
so
marked
will
not
be
disclosed
except
in
accordance
with
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2.
In
addition
to
one
complete
version
of
the
comment
that
includes
any
information
claimed
as
CBI,
a
copy
of
the
comment
that
does
not
contain
the
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
submitted
for
inclusion
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
you
submit
the
copy
that
does
not
contain
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
clearly
that
it
does
not
contain
CBI.
Information
not
marked
as
CBI
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
without
prior
notice.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
CBI
or
the
procedures
for
claiming
CBI,
please
consult
the
technical
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

E.
What
Should
I
Consider
as
I
Prepare
My
Comments
for
EPA?

We
invite
you
to
provide
your
views
and
comments
on
the
ITC
52nd
Report.
You
may
find
the
following
suggestions
helpful
for
preparing
your
comments:
1.
Explain
your
views
as
clearly
as
possible.
2.
Describe
any
assumptions
that
you
used.
3.
Provide
copies
of
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
you
used
that
support
your
views.
4.
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns.
5.
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
deadline
in
this
notice.
6.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
be
sure
to
identify
the
docket
ID
number
assigned
to
this
action
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
response.
You
may
also
provide
the
name,
date,
and
Federal
Register
citation.

II.
Background
The
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA)
(
15
U.
S.
C.
260l
et
seq.)
authorizes
the
Administrator
of
the
EPA
to
promulgate
regulations
under
section
4(
a)
requiring
testing
of
chemicals
and
chemical
mixtures
in
order
to
develop
data
relevant
to
determining
the
risks
that
such
chemicals
and
chemical
mixtures
may
present
to
health
or
the
environment.
Section
4(
e)
of
TSCA
established
the
ITC
to
recommend
chemicals
and
chemical
mixtures
to
the
Administrator
of
the
EPA
for
priority
testing
consideration.
Section
4(
e)
of
TSCA
directs
the
ITC
to
revise
the
TSCA
section
4(
e)
Priority
Testing
List
at
least
every
6
months.

A.
The
ITC's
52nd
Report
The
52nd
ITC
Report
was
transmitted
to
the
EPA's
Administrator
on
May
30,
2003,
and
is
included
in
this
notice.
In
the
52nd
ITC
Report,
the
ITC
revises
the
VISION.

B.
Status
of
the
Priority
Testing
List
The
current
TSCA
4(
e)
Priority
Testing
List
as
of
May
2003
can
be
found
in
Table
1
of
the
52nd
ITC
Report,
which
is
included
in
this
notice.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Hazardous
substances.

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Notices
Dated:
July
11,
2003.

Charles
M.
Auer,

Director,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics.

Fifty­
Second
Report
of
the
TSCA
Interagency
Testing
Committee
to
the
Administrator,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Table
of
Contents
Summary
The
TSCA
Section
4(
e)
Priority
Testing
List
(
May
2003)
I.
Background
II.
TSCA
Section
8
Reporting
A.
TSCA
Section
8
Reporting
Rules
B.
ITC's
Use
of
TSCA
Section
8
and
Other
Information
C.
Previous
and
New
Requests
to
Add
Chemicals
to
TSCA
Section
8(
a)
PAIR
Rules
D.
Previous
and
New
Requests
to
Add
Chemicals
to
TSCA
Section
8(
d)
HaSDR
Rules
III.
ITC's
Activities
During
this
Reporting
Period
(
November
2002
to
May
2003):
Voluntary
Information
Submissions
Innovative
Online
Network
(
VISION)
IV.
Revisions
to
the
TSCA
Section
4(
e)
Priority
Testing
List
A.
Chemicals
Added
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
B.
Chemicals
Removed
From
the
Priority
Testing
List
V.
References
VI.
The
TSCA
Interagency
Testing
Committee
SUMMARY
In
this
52nd
ITC
Report,
the
ITC
is
not
revising
the
Priority
Testing
List.
However,
the
ITC
is
revising
the
Voluntary
Information
Submissions
Innovative
Online
Network
(
VISION).
The
TSCA
section
4(
e)
Priority
Testing
List
is
Table
1
of
this
unit.

TABLE
1.
 
THE
TSCA
SECTION
4(
E)
PRIORITY
TESTING
LIST
(
MAY
2003)

ITC
Report
Date
Chemical
name/
Group
Action
31
January
1993
13
Chemicals
with
insufficient
dermal
absorption
rate
data
Designated
32
May
1993
16
Chemicals
with
insufficient
dermal
absorption
rate
data
Designated
35
November
1994
4
Chemicals
with
insufficient
dermal
absorption
rate
data
Designated
37
November
1995
2
Alkylphenols
Recommended
41
November
1997
1
Alkylphenol
Recommended
42
May
1998
3­
Amino­
5­
mercapto­
1,2,4­
triazole
Recommended
42
May
1998
Glycoluril
Recommended
47
November
2000
9
Indium
compounds
Recommended
48
May
2001
Benzenamine,
3­
chloro­
2,6­
dinitro­
N,
N­
dipropyl­
4­
(
trifluoromethyl)­
Recommended
49
November
2001
Stannane,
dimethylbis[(
1­
oxoneodecyl)
oxy]­
Recommended
50
May
2002
Benzene,
1,3,5­
tribromo­
2­(
2­
propenyloxy)­
Recommended
50
May
2002
1­
Triazene,
1,3­
diphenyl­
Recommended
51
November
2002
43
Vanadium
compounds
Recommended
I.
Background
The
ITC
was
established
by
section
4(
e)
of
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA)
``
to
make
recommendations
to
the
Administrator
respecting
the
chemical
substances
and
mixtures
to
which
the
Administrator
should
give
priority
consideration
for
the
promulgation
of
a
rule
for
testing
under
section
4(
a)....
At
least
every
six
months
...,
the
Committee
shall
make
such
revisions
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
as
it
determines
to
be
necessary
and
transmit
them
to
the
Administrator
together
with
the
Committee's
reasons
for
the
revisions''
(
Public
Law
94
 
469,
90
Stat.
2003
et
seq.,
15
U.
S.
C.
2601
et
seq.).
Since
its
creation
in
1976,
the
ITC
has
submitted
51
semi­
annual
(
May
and
November)
reports
to
the
EPA
Administrator
transmitting
the
Priority
Testing
List
and
its
revisions.
ITC
reports
are
available
from
the
ITC's
web
site
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
itc)
within
a
few
days
of
submission
to
the
Administrator
and
from
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/
after
publication
in
the
Federal
Register.
The
ITC
meets
monthly
and
produces
its
revisions
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
with
administrative
and
technical
support
from
the
ITC
Staff
and
ITC
Members
and
their
U.
S.
Government
organizations
and
contract
support
provided
by
EPA.
ITC
Members
and
Staff
are
listed
at
the
end
of
this
report.

II.
TSCA
Section
8
Reporting
A.
TSCA
Section
8
Reporting
Rules
Following
receipt
of
the
ITC's
report
(
and
the
revised
Priority
Testing
List)
by
the
EPA
Administrator,
the
EPA's
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT)
appends
the
chemicals
added
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
to
TSCA
section
8(
a)
Preliminary
Assessment
Information
Reporting
(
PAIR)
and
TSCA
section
8(
d)
Health
and
Safety
Data
Reporting
(
HaSDR)
rules.
The
PAIR
rule
requires
producers
and
importers
of
Chemical
Abstract
Service
(
CAS)­
numbered
chemicals
added
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
to
submit
production
and
exposure
reports
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
chemtest/
pairform.
pdf).
The
HaSDR
rule
requires
producers,
importers,
and
processors
of
all
chemicals
(
including
those
with
no
CAS
numbers)
added
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
to
submit
unpublished
health
and
safety
studies
under
TSCA
section
8(
d)
that
must
be
in
compliance
with
the
revised
HaSDR
rule.
(
Ref.
1)
All
submissions
must
be
received
by
the
EPA
within
90
days
of
the
reporting
rules
Federal
Register
publication
date.
The
reporting
rules
are
automatically
promulgated
by
OPPT
unless
otherwise
requested
by
the
ITC.

B.
ITC's
Use
of
TSCA
Section
8
and
Other
Information
The
ITC
reviews
the
TSCA
section
8(
a)
PAIR
rule
reports,
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
studies
and
other
information
that
becomes
available
after
the
ITC
adds
chemicals
to
the
Priority
Testing
List.
Other
information
includes
TSCA
section
4(
a)
studies,
TSCA
section
8(
c)
submissions,
TSCA
section
8(
e)
``
substantial
risk''
notices,
``
For
Your
Information''
(
FYI)
submissions,
unpublished
data
submitted
to
and
from
U.
S.
Government
organizations
represented
on
the
ITC,
published
papers,
as
well
as
use,
exposure,
effects,
and
persistence
data
that
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Notices
are
voluntarily
submitted
to
the
ITC
by
manufacturers,
importers,
processors,
and
users
of
chemicals
recommended
by
the
ITC.
The
ITC
reviews
this
information
and
determines
if
data
needs
should
be
revised,
if
chemicals
should
be
removed
from
the
Priority
Testing
List
or
if
recommendations
should
be
changed
to
designations.
To
avoid
duplicate
reporting,
the
ITC
carefully
coordinates
its
information
solicitations
and
reporting
requirements
with
other
national
and
international
testing
programs,
e.
g.,
the
National
Toxicology
Program
(
NTP)
(
http://
ntp­
server.
niehs.
nih.
gov/),
the
Organization
for
Economic
Cooperation
and
Development
(
OECD)
Screening
Information
Data
Set
(
SIDS)
Program
(
http://
www.
oecd.
org)
and
EPA's
High
Production
Volume
(
HPV)
Challenge
Program
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
chemrtk/
volchall.
htm).

C.
Previous
and
New
Requests
to
Add
Chemicals
to
TSCA
Section
8(
a)
PAIR
Rules
The
following
chemicals
will
be
added
to
a
TSCA
section
8(
a)
PAIR
rule:
Benzenamine,
3­
chloro­
2,6­
dinitro­
N,
N­
dipropyl­
4­
(
trifluoromethyl)­
(
CAS
No.
29091
 
20
 
1)
(
Ref.
2);
stannane,
dimethylbis[(
1­
oxoneodecyl)
oxy]­
(
CAS
No.
68928
 
76
 
7),
benzene,
1,3,5­
tribromo­
2­(
2­
propenyloxy)­
(
CAS
No.
3278
 
89
 
5)
and
1­
triazene,
1,3­
diphenyl­
(
CAS
No.
136­
35­
6)
(
Ref.
3);
and
43
vanadium
compounds
(
Ref.
4).
At
this
time,
there
are
no
new
requests
to
add
chemicals
to
the
TSCA
section
8(
a)
PAIR
rule.

D.
Previous
and
New
Requests
to
Add
Chemicals
to
TSCA
Section
8(
d)
HaSDR
Rules
The
ITC
has
requested
in
previous
reports
to
the
EPA
Adminstrator
that
the
following
chemicals
be
added
to
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rules:
H­
1,2,4­
triazole­
3­
thione,
5­
amino­
1,2­
dihydro­
(
3­
amino­
5­
mercapto­
1,2,4­
triazole)
(
CAS
No.
16691
 
43
 
3)
and
imidazol[
4,5­
d]
imidazole­
2,5(
1H,
3H)­
dione,
tetrahydro­
(
glycoluril)
(
CAS
No.
496
 
46
 
8)
(
Ref.
5);
9
indium
compounds
(
Ref.
6);
benzenamine,
3­
chloro­
2,6­
dinitro­
N,
Ndipropyl
4­(
trifluoromethyl)­
(
CAS
No.
29091
 
20
 
1)
(
Ref.
2);
and
stannane,
dimethylbis[(
1­
oxoneodecyl)
oxy]­
(
CAS
No.
68928
 
76
 
7),
benzene,
1,3,5­
tribromo­
2­(
2­
propenyloxy)­
(
CAS
No.
3278
 
89
 
5)
and
1­
triazene,
1,3­
diphenyl­
(
CAS
No.
136
 
35
 
6)
(
Ref.
3).
At
this
time,
the
ITC
is
requesting
that
the
EPA
not
add
vanadium
compounds
to
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
to
allow
producers
and
importers
of
vanadium
compounds
an
opportunity
to
voluntarily
provide
the
information
requested
in
section
IV.
A.
3.
of
the
51st
ITC
Report
(
Ref.
4).
For
3H­
1,2,4­
triazole­
3­
thione,
5­
amino­
1,2­
dihydro­
(
3­
amino­
5­
mercapto­
1,2,4­
triazole)
and
imidazo[
4,5­
d]
imidazole­
2,5­
(
1H,
3H)­
dione,
tetrahydro­
(
glycoluril),
the
ITC
requests
that
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
require
the
submission
of
pharmacokinetics,
subchronic
toxicity,
immunotoxicity,
genotoxicity,
carcinogenicity,
reproductive
effects
and
developmental
toxicity,
and
ecological
effects
studies.
Only
studies
for
which
3­
amino­
5­
mercapto­
1,2,4­
triazole
or
glycoluril
is
 
90%
of
the
test
substance
by
weight
should
be
submitted.
For
the
9
indium
compounds
remaining
on
the
Priority
Testing
List,
the
ITC
requests
that
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
require
the
submission
of
pharmacokinetics,
genotoxicity,
subchronic
and
chronic
toxicity,
reproductive
effects
and
developmental
toxicity
studies.
Only
studies
where
indium
compounds
are
 
90%
of
the
test
substance
by
weight
should
be
submitted.
Indium
tin
oxide
was
inadvertently
listed
in
the
51st
ITC
Report
with
CAS
No.
17906
 
67
 
7.
The
correct
CAS
number
for
indium
tin
oxide
is
50926
 
11
 
9
as
listed
in
the
47th
ITC
Report.
Indium
tin
oxide
with
CAS
No.
50926
 
11
 
9
will
be
added
to
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule.
For
benzenamine,
3­
chloro­
2,6­
dinitro­
N,
N­
dipropyl­
4­
(
trifluoromethyl)­,
the
ITC
requests
that
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
require
the
submission
of
biodegradation,
bioconcentration,
pharmacokinetics,
subchronic
toxicity,
mutagenicity,
reproductive
effects
and
developmental
toxicity,
carcinogenicity,
and
ecological
effects
studies.
Only
studies
where
benzenamine,
3­
chloro­
2,6­
dinitro­
N,
Ndipropyl
4­
(
trifluoromethyl)­
is
 
90%
of
the
test
substance
by
weight
should
be
submitted.
For
stannane,
dimethylbis[(
1­
oxoneodecyl)
oxy]­,
the
ITC
requests
that
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
require
the
submission
of
hydrolysis,
biodegradation,
bioconcentration,
pharmacokinetics,
subchronic
toxicity,
mutagenicity,
neurotoxicity,
reproductive
effects
and
developmental
toxicity,
carcinogenicity,
and
ecological
effects
studies.
Only
studies
where
stannane,
dimethylbis[(
1­
oxoneodecyl)
oxy]­
is
 
90%
of
the
test
substance
by
weight
should
be
submitted.
For
benzene,
1,3,5­
tribromo­
2­(
2­
propenyloxy)­,
the
ITC
requests
that
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
require
the
submission
of
biodegradation,
bioconcentration,
pharmacokinetics,
subchronic
toxicity,
neurotoxicity,
reproductive
effects
and
developmental
toxicity,
carcinogenicity,
and
ecological
effects
studies.
Only
studies
where
benzene,
1,3,5­
tribromo­
2­(
2­
propenyloxy)­
is
 
90%
of
the
test
substance
by
weight
should
be
submitted.
For
1­
triazene,
1,3­
diphenyl­,
the
ITC
requests
that
the
TSCA
section
8(
d)
HaSDR
rule
require
the
submission
of
pharmacokinetics,
genotoxicity,
subchronic
and
chronic
toxicity,
reproductive
effects
and
developmental
toxicity
studies.
Only
studies
where
1­
triazene,
1,3­
diphenyl­
is
 
90%
of
the
test
substance
by
weight
should
be
submitted.
At
this
time,
there
are
no
new
requests
to
add
chemicals
to
the
TSCA
Section
8(
a)
HaSDR
Rule.

III.
ITC's
Activities
During
this
Reporting
Period
(
November
2002
to
May
2003):
Voluntary
Information
Submissions
Innovative
Online
Network
(
VISION)

In
its
51st
ITC
Report,
the
ITC
announced
that
it
would
consider
revising
its
voluntary
information
submission
procedures
to
encourage
greater
and
more
efficient
use
of
its
VISION.
The
ITC
has
reviewed
its
voluntary
information
submission
procedures
and
considered
industry
comments
discussed
in
the
51st
ITC
Report.
At
this
time,
the
ITC
is
revising
the
VISION
as
outlined
in
this
unit.
The
revised
VISION
will
be
accessible
on
the
ITC
web
site
following
submission
of
this
52nd
ITC
Report
to
the
EPA
Administrator.
1.
The
ITC
will
continue
to
acknowledge
trade
organizations
and
companies
that
voluntarily
submit
information
in
response
to
an
ITC
solicitation.
During
this
reporting
period,
the
ITC
acknowledges
the
voluntary
submissions
of
information
from
the
Color
Pigments
Manufacturers
Association
on
DEBITS
chemicals
and
vanadium
compounds
and
from
the
Indium
Corporation
of
America
on
indium
compounds
as
requested
in
previous
ITC
reports.
2.
The
ITC
has
requested
that
the
EPA
include
ITC's
solicitations
for
voluntary
information
submissions
in
the
summary
and
body
of
the
preambles
that
are
prepared
for
publication
of
the
ITC's
reports
in
the
Federal
Register.
This
change
should
allow
companies
to
readily
determine
if
the
ITC
is
soliciting
voluntary
information
for
chemicals
they
produce
or
import.
3.
The
ITC
will
notify
major
chemical
trade
associations
by
e­
mail
that
new
ITC
reports
have
been
posted
to
the
ITC's
web
site
(
http:/
/
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
itc/).
The
e­
mails
will
include
a
summary
of
the
report
and
announcements
of
new
information
solicitations.
This
change
should
increase
awareness
of
the
ITC
information
solicitations
and
encourage
voluntary
submission
of
data.
4.
The
voluntary
information
submissions
should
be
submitted
within
90
days
of
the
date
the
ITC
report
is
published
in
the
Federal
Register.
Failure
to
voluntarily
submit
information
in
a
timely
manner
may
lead
ITC
to
request
that
the
EPA
promulgate
the
appropriate
TSCA
section
8(
a)
and
8(
d)
reporting
rules
in
a
subsequent
report
to
the
EPA
Administrator.
5.
The
ITC
will
accept
hard
copy
or
electronic
voluntary
information
submissions.
All
submissions
should
be
titled
as
ITC­
FYI
and
should
bear
the
document
control
number
or
document
ID
number
of
the
ITC
report
for
which
the
submission
is
being
provided,
e.
g.,
the
docket
ID
number
for
the
50th
ITC
Report
is
OPPT­
2002­
0026.
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
must
be
submitted
as
hard
copies.
Both
sanitized
(
no
CBI)
and
unsanitized
(
CBI)
versions
must
be
provided.
6.
Information
submitted
voluntarily
will
not
have
to
be
re­
submitted
under
a
TSCA
section
8(
d)
rule.
7.
Voluntary
information
may
be
submitted
by
mail,
in
person
or
by
courier,
or
electronically.
a.
By
mail.
Document
Control
Office
(
7407),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
OPPT),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001.
b.
In
person
or
by
courier.
OPPT
Document
Control
Office
(
DCO)
in
EPA
East
Bldg.,
Rm.
6428,
1201
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
DCO
is
open
from
8
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
DCO
is
(
202)
564
 
8930.

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Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
141
/
Wednesday,
July
23,
2003
/
Notices
c.
Electronically.
By
e­
mail
to:
oppt.
ncic@
epa.
gov,
or
mail
your
computer
disk
to
the
address
identified
above.
Do
not
submit
any
information
electronically
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI.
Electronic
voluntary
information
submissions
may
be
submitted
as
Microsoft
Word,
WordPerfect,
Excel,
Integrated
Scientific
Information
System
(
ISIS)
Base,
or
pdf
(
portable
document
format)
files.
8.
To
assure
rapid
review,
copies
of
all
CBI
and
non­
CBI
voluntary
information
submissions
should
also
be
sent
to:
John
D.
Walker,
ITC
Director,
Office
Pollution
Prevention
Toxic
(
7401),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
e­
mail:
walker.
johnd@
epa.
gov.
The
ITC
is
continuing
to
discuss
changes
to
the
Electronic
Health
and
Safety
Data
Reporting
Form
with
the
EPA
along
with
other
ways
to
improve
electronic
reporting
of
health
and
safety
studies.
To
supplement
the
efforts
to
obtain
studies
in
electronic
format
through
VISION,
the
ITC
Staff
will
continue
to
contact
the
producers
and
importers
of
ITC­
recommended
chemicals
to
obtain
voluntary
information
submissions.

IV.
Revisions
to
the
TSCA
Section
4(
e)
Priority
Testing
List
A.
Chemicals
Added
to
the
Priority
Testing
List
At
this
time
the
ITC
is
not
adding
any
chemicals
to
the
Priority
Testing
List.

B.
Chemicals
Removed
From
the
Priority
Testing
List
At
this
time
the
ITC
is
not
removing
any
chemicals
from
the
Priority
Testing
List.

V.
References
1.
EPA.
1998.
Revisions
to
Reporting
Regulations
Under
TSCA
Section
8(
d)
(
63
FR
15765,
April
1,
1998)
(
FRL
 
5750
 
4).
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
2.
ITC.
2001.
Forty­
Eighth
Report
of
the
ITC.
Federal
Register
(
66
FR
51276,
October
5,
2001)
(
FRL
 
6786
 
7).
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
3.
ITC.
2002.
Fiftieth
Report
of
the
ITC.
Federal
Register
(
67
FR
49530,
July
30,
2002)
(
FRL
 
7183
 
7).
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
4.
ITC.
2003.
Fifty­
First
Report
of
the
ITC.
Federal
Register
(
68
FR
8976,
February
26,
2003)
(
FRL
 
7285
 
7).
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
5.
ITC.
1998.
Forty­
Second
Report
of
the
ITC.
Federal
Register
(
63
FR
42554,
August
7,
1998)
(
FRL
 
5797
 
8).
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
6.
ITC.
2001.
Forty­
Seven
Report
of
the
ITC.
Federal
Register
(
66
FR
17768,
April
3,
2001)
(
FRL
 
6763
 
6).
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.

VI.
The
TSCA
Interagency
Testing
Committee
Statutory
Organizations
and
Their
Representatives
Council
on
Environmental
Quality
Vacant
Department
of
Commerce
National
Institute
of
Standards
and
Technology
Robert
Huie,
Member
Barbara
C.
Levin,
Alternate
National
Oceanographic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
Thomas
P.
O'Connor,
Member,
Vice
Chair
Teri
Rowles,
Alternate
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Gerry
Brown,
Member
Paul
Campanella,
Alternate
National
Cancer
Institute
Alan
Poland,
Member
David
Longfellow,
Alternate
National
Institute
of
Environmental
Health
Sciences
Scott
Masten,
Member
William
Eastin,
Alternate
National
Institute
for
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Mark
Toraason,
Member,
Chair
Dennis
W.
Lynch,
Alternate
National
Science
Foundation
Marge
Cavanaugh,
Member
Parag
R.
Chitnis,
Alternate
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Administration
Val
H.
Schaeffer,
Member
Lyn
Penniman,
Alternate
Liaison
Organizations
and
Their
Representatives
Agency
for
Toxic
Substances
and
Disease
Registry
William
Cibulas,
Member
Daphne
Moffett,
Alternate
Consumer
Product
Safety
Commission
Treye
Thomas,
Member
Jacqueline
Ferrante,
Alternate
Department
of
Agriculture
Clifford
P.
Rice,
Member
Laura
L.
McConnell,
Alternate
Department
of
Defense
Barbara
Larcom,
Member
Warren
Jederberg,
Alternate
Jose
´
Centeno,
Alternate
Department
of
the
Interior
Barnett
A.
Rattner,
Member
Food
and
Drug
Administration
David
Hatten,
Member
Kirk
Arvidson,
Alternate
Ronald
F.
Chanderbhan,
Alternate
National
Library
of
Medicine
Vera
W.
Hudson,
Member
National
Toxicology
Program
NIEHS,
FDA,
and
NIOSH
Members
Technical
Support
Contractor
Syracuse
Research
Corporation
ITC
Staff
John
D.
Walker,
Director
Norma
S.
L.
Williams,
Executive
Assistant
TSCA
Interagency
Testing
Committee,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
7401),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
7527;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
7528;
e­
mail
address:
williams.
norma@
epa.
gov;
url:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
itc.

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