Proposed Rule2022-28468
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (22-1.5e); Extension of Comment Period
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Published
January 3, 2023
Effective
December 2, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
EPA issued a document in the Federal Register of December 2, 2022, proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to Orders issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. This document extends the comment period for 14 days, from January 3, 2023 to January 17, 2023, in response to stakeholder requests for more time to determine if and to what extent they may be affected by the proposed SNURs.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41-42]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28468]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0847; FRL-9972-04-OCSPP]
40 CFR Part 721
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (22-
1.5e); Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued a document in the Federal Register of December 2,
2022, proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the
subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to Orders
issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. This document extends the comment
period for 14 days, from January 3, 2023 to January 17, 2023, in
response to stakeholder requests for more time to determine if and to
what extent they may be affected by the proposed SNURs.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rulemaking that published on
December 2, 2022, at 87 FR 74072, is extended. Comments must be
received on or before January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0847, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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. Additional
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: William Wysong, New Chemicals
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-4163; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3a4aaa0bcbdb4fda4babfbfbab2be93b6a3b2fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06717f7569686128716f6a6a6f676b4663766728616970">[email protected]</span></a>.
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For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eabeb9a9abc7a2859e8683848faa8f9a8bc48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f6b6c7c7e1277504b5356515a7f5a4f5e11585049">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
period established in the proposed rule that published in the Federal
Register of December 2, 2022 (87 FR 74072; FRL-9972-01-OCSPP), and the
correction that published in the Federal Register of December 15, 2022
(87 FR 76957; FRL-9972-03-OCSPP), in which EPA proposed SNURs under
TSCA for chemical substances that were the subject of PMNs and are also
subject to Orders issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. EPA is hereby
extending the comment period, which was set to end on January 3, 2023,
to January 17, 2023.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 721
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: December 21, 2022.
Tala Henry,
Deputy Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2022-28468 Filed 12-30-22; 8:45 am]
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