Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0810-0244
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances; Reopening of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2017-01-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 80-81]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29755]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 721

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0810; FRL-9955-71]

Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances; 
Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

[[Page 81]]

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of October 
27, 2016 proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) for three chemical substances which were 
the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). This document reopens the 
comment period for 60 days. A commenter requested additional time to 
submit written comments for the proposed rule. EPA believes that the 
request is reasonable and is therefore reopening the comment period in 
order to give all interested persons the opportunity to comment fully

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule published in the Federal Register 
of October 27, 2016 (81 FR 74755), identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0810, must be received on or before March 
6, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0810, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is 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: This document reopens the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register document of October 27, 
2016. In that document, EPA proposed SNURs under the TSCA for three 
chemical substances which were the subject of PMNs. EPA is hereby 
reopening the comment period for 60 days.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES. If you have questions, 
consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 2604, 2607, and 2625(c).

    Dated: December 5, 2016.
Maria J. Doa,
Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2016-29755 Filed 12-30-16; 8:45 am]
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