Receipt of Information Under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Published date19 December 2018
Citation83 FR 65163
Record Number2018-27479
SectionNotices
CourtEnvironmental Protection Agency
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 65163]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2018-27479]
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                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0677; FRL-9987-50]
                Receipt of Information Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
                AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: EPA is announcing its receipt of information submitted
                pursuant to a rule, order, or consent agreement issued under the Toxic
                Substances Control Act (TSCA). As required by TSCA, this document
                identifies each chemical substance and/or mixture for which information
                has been received; the uses or intended uses of such chemical substance
                and/or mixture; and describes the nature of the information received.
                Each chemical substance and/or mixture related to this announcement is
                identified in Unit I. under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                 For technical information contact: John Schaeffer, Chemical Control
                Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
                Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
                DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8173; email address:
                schaeffer.john@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:
                I. Chemical Substances and/or Mixtures
                 Information received about the following chemical substance(s) and/
                or mixture(s) is provided in Unit IV.: Acetaldehyde, reaction products
                with formaldehyde, by-products from (CASRN 68442-60-4).
                II. Authority
                 Section 4(d) of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 2603(d)) requires EPA to publish a
                notice in the Federal Register reporting the receipt of information
                submitted pursuant to a rule, order, or consent agreement promulgated
                under TSCA section 4 (15 U.S.C. 2603).
                III. Docket Information
                 A docket, identified by the docket identification (ID) number EPA-
                HQ-OPPT-2013-0677, has been established for this Federal Register
                document, which announces the receipt of the information. Upon EPA's
                completion of its quality assurance review, the information received
                will be added to the docket identified in Unit IV., which represents
                the docket used for the TSCA section 4 rule, order, and/or consent
                agreement. In addition, once completed, EPA reviews of the information
                received will be added to the same docket. Use the docket ID number
                provided in Unit IV. to access the information received and any
                available EPA review.
                 EPA's dockets are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the Office of Pollution Prevention
                and Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), Environmental Protection Agency Docket
                Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
                Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
                from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
                holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
                566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566-
                0280. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information
                about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
                IV. Information Received
                 As specified by TSCA section 4(d), this unit identifies the
                information received by EPA: Acetaldehyde, reaction products with
                formaldehyde, by-products from (CASRN 68442-60-4).
                 1. Chemical use(s): Acetaldehyde, reaction products with
                formaldehyde, by-products from, is a chemical intermediate used in
                processing as a reactant in the construction industrial sector.
                 2. Applicable rule, Order, or Consent agreement: Chemical testing
                requirements for third group of high production volume chemicals
                (HPV3), 40 CFR 799.5089.
                 3. Information received: EPA received the following information:
                 a. Physical-Chemical Properties: Boiling point.
                 b. Physical-Chemical Properties: Melting point.
                 c. Physical-Chemical Properties: Vapor pressure.
                 d. Physical-Chemical Properties: Partition coefficient.
                 e. Physical-Chemical Properties: Water solubility.
                 f. Biodegradation.
                 g. Acute toxicity to fish.
                 h. Daphnia immobilization study.
                 i. Acute oral, skin and eye irritation.
                 j. Chromosomal aberrations assay with Chinese hamster ovary cell.
                 k. Micronucleus test in bone marrow cells of CD-1 mice.
                 l. Rationale for conducting both the in vitro and in vivo
                chromosome aberration test.
                 m. Repeated dose oral toxicity study in rats.
                 n. Reproduction/Developmental toxicity screening test in rats.
                 o. Rationale for use of alternate data to address F1 data
                requirements in rats.
                 p. Ames test report.
                 The docket ID number assigned to this information is EPA-HQ-OPPT-
                2009-0112.
                 Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
                 Dated: December 7, 2018.
                Lynn Vendinello,
                Acting Director, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution
                Prevention and Toxics.
                [FR Doc. 2018-27479 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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