80 FR 12171 - Implementation of a New Label for the Design for the Environment (DfE) Safer Product Labeling Program and Supporting Modifications to the DfE Standard for Safer Products; Notice of Availability

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 44 (March 6, 2015)

Page Range		12171-12172
FR Document		2015-05073

EPA is making available a document that announces and implements several important changes to EPA's Safer Product Labeling Program (SPLP), as well as a number of conforming changes to the program's Standard for Safer Products, including: New label designs and a new name for the EPA SPLP; an associated fragrance-free label; and related changes to the standard that qualifies products for the label.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 44 (Friday, March 6, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05073]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0047; FRL-9922-69]


Implementation of a New Label for the Design for the Environment 
(DfE) Safer Product Labeling Program and Supporting Modifications to 
the DfE Standard for Safer Products; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: EPA is making available a document that announces and 
implements several important changes to EPA's Safer Product Labeling 
Program (SPLP), as well as a number of conforming changes to the 
program's Standard for Safer Products, including: New label designs and 
a new name for the EPA SPLP; an associated fragrance-free label; and 
related changes to the standard that qualifies products for the label.

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DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0047, 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: David DiFiore, Chemistry, 
Economics and Sustainable Strategies Division, Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
202-564-8796; email address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be affected by this action if you participate in or 
applying for certification under the DfE Safer Product Labeling Program 
and use or hope to use the program's logo on your products. Also 
potentially affected are consumers, institutional purchasers, 
retailers, and distributors of DfE-labeled products who use the logo to 
identify products that have met the Agency's safer-product criteria. 
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System 
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them. 
Potentially affected entities may include:
     Manufacturing (NAICS codes 31-33).
     Construction (NAICS code 23).
     Wholesale trade (NAICS code 42).
     Retail trade (NAICS codes 44-45).
     Professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 
code 54).
     Accommodations and food Services (NAICS code 72).
     Other services, except public administration (NAICS code 
81).
     Public administration (NAICS code 92).

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, 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 claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes 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. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    EPA is issuing a document, ``Changes to the Standard to Implement 
the Safer Choice Label'' (https://wcms.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-02/documents/safer-choice-standard-changes.pdf), that implements a 
new label and name for the DfE Safer Product Labeling Program, namely, 
the EPA ``Safer Choice'' Program. The new label is available for 
immediate use to program partners. The Agency is also making new-label-
related changes to the program's standard that qualifies products for 
participation in the program. Finally, EPA is issuing a new, optional 
fragrance-free certification. The program has redesigned its label for 
several reasons: To better communicate the program's human health and 
environmental protection goals, increase consumer and institutional/
industrial purchaser understanding and recognition of products bearing 
the label, and encourage innovation and the development of safer 
chemicals and chemical-based products. While effective immediately, the 
Agency is requesting comment on the changes that are described in the 
referenced document (EPA-HQ-OPPT-2015-0047), including the fragrance-
free certification, and may make further programmatic changes based on 
the comments received. Please note that the Agency has received 
extensive public input on the logo designs and is not requesting 
further comment on them.

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

    Dated: February 11, 2015.
Wendy C. Hamnett,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
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existing exemption from the land ArcelorMittal facility at 250 West U.S. a bottom hole pressure survey (fall-off
disposal restrictions of hazardous waste Highway 12, Burns Harbor, Indiana; test) performed on Spent Pickle Liquor
to include the newly-drilled WAL #3 (3) Injection is limited to that part of #1, Waste Ammonia Liquor #1, Waste
well in July, 2013. EPA staff reviewed the Lower Mount Simon Sandstone and Ammonia Liquor #2, or Waste Ammonia
all data pertaining to the petition, the upper portion of the Precambrian Liquor #3 to EPA. The survey shall be
including, but not limited to, well rocks at depths between 2722 and 4286 performed after shutting in the well for
construction, well operations, regional feet below ground level; a period of time sufficient to allow the
and local geology, seismic activity, (4) Hazardous wastes denoted by the pressure in the injection interval to
penetrations of the confining zone, and waste codes D010, D018, and D038 may reach equilibrium, in accordance with
computational models of the injection only be injected into Waste Ammonia 40 CFR 146.68(e)(1). The annual report
zone. EPA has determined that the Liquor #1, Waste Ammonia Liquor #2, shall include a comparison of reservoir
hydrogeological and geochemical and Waste Ammonia Liquor #3. parameters determined from the fall-off
conditions at the site and the nature of Hazardous waste denoted by waste code test with parameters used in the
the waste streams are such that reliable K062 may only be injected into Spent approved no-migration demonstration;
predictions can be made that fluid Pickle Liquor #1. Other fluids necessary (12) The petitioner shall fully comply
movement conditions are such that for well testing, stimulation, etc. may be with all requirements set forth in
injected fluids will not migrate out of injected when approved by EPA; Underground Injection Control Permits
the injection zone within 10,000 years, (5) The chemical properties of the IN–127–1W–0001, IN–127–1W–0003,
as set forth at 40 CFR part 148. The injectate that will be monitored are IN–127–1W–0004, and IN–127–1W–
injection zone for the AMBH facility is limited according to the table below: 0007 issued by the U.S. Environmental
composed of the lower Eau Claire Protection Agency; and
Formation, the Mount Simon Sandstone Concentration limita-
Chemical constituent (13) Whenever EPA determines that
tion at the well head
and the upper portion of the or property the basis for approval of a petition may
(mg/L)
Precambrian rocks, between 2170 and no longer be valid, EPA may terminate
4286 feet below the surface. The Benzene .................... 220 (maximum). this exemption and may require a new
confining zone at the AMBH facility is pH ............................. Minimum pH is zero. demonstration in accordance with 40
the upper Eau Claire Formation, which Chromium ................. 133 (maximum).
CFR 148.20.
is found between 1936 and 2170 feet. Naphthalene ............. 260 (maximum).
Nickel ........................ 50 (maximum). Electronic Access. You may access
The confining zone is separated from this Federal Register document
Phenol ....................... 3780 (maximum).
the lowermost underground source of Pyridine ..................... 116 (maximum). electronically from the Government
drinking water (at a depth of 726 feet Selenium ................... 5 (maximum). Publishing Office under the ‘‘Federal
below ground level) by a sequence of Register’’ listings at FDSys (http://
permeable and less permeable (6) The annual average of the specific www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/
sedimentary rocks. This sequence gravity of the injected spent pickle collection.action?collectionCode=FR).
provides additional protection from liquor must be no greater than 1.31; the Dated: February 18, 2015.
fluid migration into drinking water annual average of the specific gravity of
sources. Timothy C. Henry,
the waste ammonia liquor must be no
EPA issued a draft decision, which less than 0.99; Acting Director, Water Division.
described the reasons for granting this (7) The chemical properties of the [FR Doc. 2015–05240 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am]
exemption in more detail, a fact sheet, injectate that defined the edge of the BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
which summarized these reasons, and a plume in the demonstration are benzene
public notice on November 14, 2014, for waste ammonia liquor and pH for
pursuant to 40 CFR 124.10. The public the spent pickle liquor; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
comment period ended on December 16, (8) The monthly average injection rate AGENCY
2014. EPA received no comments but for SPL must not exceed 175 gallons per [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0047; FRL–9922–69]
during the comment period, EPA minute and the monthly average
realized that the volume limitation injection rate for WAL must not exceed Implementation of a New Label for the
identified in section I.B was 300 gallons per minute, plant-wide, Design for the Environment (DfE) Safer
inadvertently shown as gallons per cumulatively covering all WAL Product Labeling Program and
month instead of gallons per year. The injection wells. Supporting Modifications to the DfE
same mistake was made in Condition (9) This exemption is approved for the Standard for Safer Products; Notice of
#8. Therefore, EPA is issuing the final 21-year modeled injection period, Availability
exemption with this condition corrected which ends on December 31, 2027.
to be consistent with the language in the ArcelorMittal may petition EPA for a AGENCY: Environmental Protection
AMBH UIC permits. reissuance of the exemption beyond that Agency (EPA).
date, provided that a new and complete ACTION: Notice of availability.
Conditions no-migration petition is received at
This exemption is subject to the EPA, Region 5, by July 1, 2027; SUMMARY: EPA is making available a
following conditions. Non-compliance (10) ArcelorMittal shall submit document that announces and
with any of these conditions is grounds monthly reports to EPA containing a implements several important changes
for termination of the exemption: fluid analysis of the injected waste to EPA’s Safer Product Labeling
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

(1) All regulatory requirements in 40 which shall indicate the chemical and Program (SPLP), as well as a number of
CFR 148.23 and 148.24 are incorporated physical properties upon which the no- conforming changes to the program’s
by reference; migration demonstration was based, Standard for Safer Products, including:
(2) The exemption applies to the including the physical and chemical New label designs and a new name for
existing injection wells, Spent Pickle properties listed in Conditions 5 and 6 the EPA SPLP; an associated fragrance-
Liquor #1, Waste Ammonia Liquor #1, of this exemption approval; free label; and related changes to the
Waste Ammonia Liquor #2, and Waste (11) ArcelorMittal shall submit an standard that qualifies products for the
Ammonia Liquor #3, located at the annual report containing the results of label.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of availability.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before May 5, 2015.
Contact		For technical information contact: David DiFiore, Chemistry, Economics and Sustainable Strategies Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
FR Citation		80 FR 12171