82 FR 31592 - Scopes of the Risk Evaluations To Be Conducted for the First Ten Chemical Substances Under the Toxic Substances Control Act; Notice of Availability
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 129 (July 7, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 31592-31593] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-14321] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0327; FRL-9963-57] Scopes of the Risk Evaluations To Be Conducted for the First Ten Chemical Substances Under the Toxic Substances Control Act; Notice of Availability AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As required by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which was amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act in June 2016, EPA is announcing the availability of the scope documents for the risk evaluations to be conducted for the first ten (10) chemical substances. Each scope includes the hazards, exposures, conditions of use, and the potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations the EPA expects to consider in conducting the risk evaluation. EPA is also re-opening existing dockets for the first 10 chemicals to allow for the public to provide additional data or information that could be useful to the Agency in conducting problem formulation, the next step in the process of conducting the risk evaluations for these chemicals. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: Christina Motilall, Risk Assessment Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1287; email address: motilall.christina@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: [[Page 31593]] I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you manufacture (defined under TSCA to include import), process, distribute in commerce, use or dispose of any of the ten chemical substances identified in this document for risk evaluation. This action may be of particular interest to entities that are regulated under TSCA (e.g., entities identified under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes 325 and 324110, among others). Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities and corresponding NAICS codes for entities that may be interested in or affected by this action. B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information? The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0327, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or 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. C. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action? This action directly implements TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D). II. Background EPA published a notice in the Federal Register of December 19, 2016 (81 FR 91927) (FRL-9956-47) of EPA's designation of 10 chemical substances for initial risk evaluations under TSCA. EPA's designation of the first ten chemical substances constituted the initiation of the risk evaluation process for each of these chemical substances, pursuant to the requirements of TSCA section 6(b)(4). III. What action is the Agency taking? In fulfillment of the requirements in TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D), EPA is publishing the scopes of the risk evaluations for the first 10 chemical substances designated to undergo risk evaluation to determine whether the chemical substances present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment under TSCA section 6(b)(4). The 10 chemical substances for which EPA is publishing the scopes of the risk evaluations are: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chemical name Docket ID No. Agency contact ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asbestos............................ EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0736 Robert Courtnage, courtnage.robert@epa.gov, 202-566-1081. 1-Bromopropane...................... EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0741 Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202-564- 0140. 1,4-Dioxane......................... EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0723 Cindy Wheeler, wheeler.cindy@epa.gov, 202- 566-0484. Carbon Tetrachloride................ EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0733 Stephanie Jarmul, jarmul.stephanie@epa.gov, 202-564-6130. Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0735 Sue Slotnick, (HBCD). slotnick.sue@epa.gov, 202- 566-1973. Methylene Chloride.................. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0742 Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202-564- 0140. N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)........... EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0743 Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202-564- 0140. Pigment Violet 29 (Anthra[2,1,9- EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0725 Hannah Braun, def:6,5,10-d'e'f'] diisoquinoline- braun.hannah@epa.gov, 202- 1,3,8,10(2H,9H)-tetrone). 564-5614. Tetrachloroethylene (also known as EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732 Tyler Lloyd, perchloroethylene). lloyd.tyler@epa.gov, 202- 564-4016. Trichloroethylene (TCE)............. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0737 Toni Krasnic, krasnic.toni@epa.gov, 202- 564-0984. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The scope of the risk evaluation for each of these 10 chemical substances includes the hazards, exposures, conditions of use, and the potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations the EPA expects to consider. To the extent possible, EPA has aligned these scope documents with the approach set forth in the risk evaluation process. The timeframe for development of these scope documents has been very compressed. The first 10 chemical substances were not subject to prioritization, the process through which EPA expects to collect and screen much of the relevant information about chemical substances that will be subject to the risk evaluation process. As a result, EPA had limited ability to process all the information gathered during scoping for the first 10 chemicals within the time provided in the statute for publication of the scopes after initiation of the risk evaluation process. Hence, the scope documents for the first 10 chemicals are not as refined or specific as future scope documents are anticipated to be. In addition, there was insufficient time for EPA to provide an opportunity for comment on drafts of these scope documents, as it intends to do for future scope documents. For these reasons, EPA will publish and take public comment on a Problem Formulation document which will refine the current scope, as an additional interim step, prior to publication of the draft risk evaluations for the first 10 chemicals. The problem formulation documents are expected to be released within approximately 6 months of publication of the scope document. EPA invites the public to provide additional data or information that would be useful in conducting the problem formulation to the existing public docket for each of these chemicals. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Dated: June 22, 2017. E. Scott Pruitt, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2017-14321 Filed 7-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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temporary loss of hearing sensitivity authorization would be limited to small in Seattle Washington, provided the
when exposed to loud sound, and the numbers of marine mammals. previously described mitigation,
hearing threshold is expected to recover The takes represent less than 21 monitoring, and reporting requirements
completely within minutes to hours. percent of all populations or stocks with are incorporated.
Therefore, it is not considered an injury. known abundance potentially impacted Dated: July 3, 2017.
The project also is not expected to (see Table 7 in this document). These
have significant adverse effects on Donna S. Wieting,
take estimates represent the percentage
affected marine mammals’ habitat, as of each species or stock that could be Director, Office of Protected Resources,
analyzed in detail in the ‘‘Anticipated taken by both Level A and Level B National Marine Fisheries Service.
Effects on Marine Mammal Habitat’’ harassments. In general, the numbers of [FR Doc. 2017–14261 Filed 7–6–17; 8:45 am]
section. There is no ESA designated marine mammals estimated to be taken BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
critical area in the vicinity of the Seattle are small proportions of the total
Multimodal Project at Colman Dock populations of the affected species or
area. The project activities would not stocks.
permanently modify existing marine Based on the analysis contained ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
mammal habitat. The activities may kill herein of the proposed activity AGENCY
some fish and cause other fish to leave (including the precribed mitigation and
the area temporarily, thus impacting monitoring measures) and the [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0327; FRL–9963–57]
marine mammals’ foraging anticipated take of marine mammals,
opportunities in a limited portion of the NMFS finds that small numbers of each Scopes of the Risk Evaluations To Be
foraging range. However, because of the species or stock will be taken relative to Conducted for the First Ten Chemical
short duration of the activities and the the population size of the affected Substances Under the Toxic
relatively small area of the habitat that species or stocks. Substances Control Act; Notice of
may be affected, the impacts to marine Availability
mammal habitat are not expected to Unmitigable Adverse Impact
cause significant or long-term negative Subsistence Analysis and AGENCY: Environmental Protection
consequences. Therefore, given the Determination Agency (EPA).
consideration of potential impacts to There are no relevant subsistence uses
marine mammal prey species and their of the affected marine mammal stocks or ACTION: Notice.
physical environment, WSDOT’s species implicated by this action.
proposed construction activity at Therefore, NMFS has determined that SUMMARY: As required by the Toxic
Colman Dock would not adversely affect the total taking of affected species or Substances Control Act (TSCA), which
marine mammal habitat. stocks would not have an unmitigable was amended by the Frank R.
• Injury—only 4 species of marine adverse impact on the availability of Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st
mammals would experience Level A such species or stocks for taking for Century Act in June 2016, EPA is
affects in the form of mild PTS, which subsistence purposes. announcing the availability of the scope
is expected to be of small degree. documents for the risk evaluations to be
• Behavioral disturbance—seven Endangered Species Act (ESA) conducted for the first ten (10) chemical
species/stocks of marine mammals Issuance of an MMPA authorization substances. Each scope includes the
would experience behavioral requires compliance with the ESA for hazards, exposures, conditions of use,
disturbance and TTS from the WSDOT’s any species that are listed or proposed and the potentially exposed or
Seattle Colman Dock project. However, as threatened or endangered. susceptible subpopulations the EPA
as discussed earlier, the area to be The MMPA California-Oregon- expects to consider in conducting the
affected is small and the duration of the Washington stock of humpback whale risk evaluation. EPA is also re-opening
project is short. Therefore, the overall and the Southern Resident stock of existing dockets for the first 10
impacts are expected to be insignificant. killer whale are the only marine chemicals to allow for the public to
Based on the analysis contained mammal species listed under the ESA provide additional data or information
herein of the likely effects of the that could occur in the vicinity of that could be useful to the Agency in
specified activity on marine mammals WSDOT’s proposed construction conducting problem formulation, the
and their habitat, and taking into projects. Two DPSs of humpback next step in the process of conducting
consideration the implementation of the whales, the Mexico DPS and the Central the risk evaluations for these chemicals.
monitoring and mitigation measures, America DPS, are listed as threatened
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
NMFS finds that the total take from the and endangered under the ESA,
proposed activity will have a negligible respectively. NMFS worked with For technical information contact:
impact on all affected marine mammal WSDOT to implement shutdown Christina Motilall, Risk Assessment
species or stocks. measures in the IHA that would avoid Division, Office of Pollution Prevention
takes of both SR killer whale and and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Small Numbers Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
humpback whales. Therefore, NMFS
As noted above, only small numbers determined that no ESA-listed marine Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
of incidental take may be authorized mammal species would be affected as a number: (202) 564–1287; email address:
motilall.christina@epa.gov.
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
under Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA result of WSDOT’s Seattle Colman Dock
for specified activities other than construction project. For general information contact: The
military readiness activities. The MMPA TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
does not define small numbers and so, Authorization
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
in practice, NMFS compares the number As a result of these determinations, 14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
of individuals anticipated to be taken to NMFS has issued an IHA to the 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
the most appropriate estimation of the Washington State Department of epa.gov.
relevant species or stock size in our Transportation for conducting ferry
determination of whether an terminal construction at Colman Dock SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information at http://www.regulations.gov or at the designation of 10 chemical substances
Office of Pollution Prevention and for initial risk evaluations under TSCA.
A. Does this action apply to me?
Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), EPA’s designation of the first ten
You may be potentially affected by Environmental Protection Agency chemical substances constituted the
this action if you manufacture (defined Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William initiation of the risk evaluation process
under TSCA to include import), process, Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 for each of these chemical substances,
distribute in commerce, use or dispose Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, pursuant to the requirements of TSCA
of any of the ten chemical substances DC. The Public Reading Room is open section 6(b)(4).
identified in this document for risk from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
evaluation. This action may be of through Friday, excluding legal III. What action is the Agency taking?
particular interest to entities that are holidays. The telephone number for the
regulated under TSCA (e.g., entities Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, In fulfillment of the requirements in
identified under North American and the telephone number for the OPPT TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D), EPA is
Industrial Classification System Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review publishing the scopes of the risk
(NAICS) codes 325 and 324110, among the visitor instructions and additional evaluations for the first 10 chemical
others). Since other entities may also be information about the docket available substances designated to undergo risk
interested, the Agency has not at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. evaluation to determine whether the
attempted to describe all the specific chemical substances present an
entities and corresponding NAICS codes C. What is the Agency’s authority for
taking this action? unreasonable risk of injury to human
for entities that may be interested in or health or the environment under TSCA
affected by this action. This action directly implements section 6(b)(4). The 10 chemical
TSCA section 6(b)(4)(D). substances for which EPA is publishing
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information? II. Background the scopes of the risk evaluations are:
The docket for this action, identified EPA published a notice in the Federal
by docket identification (ID) number Register of December 19, 2016 (81 FR
EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0327, is available 91927) (FRL–9956–47) of EPA’s
Chemical name Docket ID No. Agency contact
Asbestos ......................................................................... EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0736 Robert Courtnage, courtnage.robert@epa.gov, 202–
566–1081.
1-Bromopropane ............................................................. EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0741 Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202–564–0140.
1,4-Dioxane ..................................................................... EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0723 Cindy Wheeler, wheeler.cindy@epa.gov, 202–566–
0484.
Carbon Tetrachloride ...................................................... EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0733 Stephanie Jarmul, jarmul.stephanie@epa.gov, 202–
564–6130.
Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster (HBCD) ....................... EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0735 Sue Slotnick, slotnick.sue@epa.gov, 202–566–1973.
Methylene Chloride ......................................................... EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0742 Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202–564–0140.
N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) ............................................. EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0743 Ana Corado, corado.ana@epa.gov, 202–564–0140.
Pigment Violet 29 (Anthra[2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′] EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0725 Hannah Braun, braun.hannah@epa.gov, 202–564–
diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10(2H,9H)-tetrone). 5614.
Tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene) EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0732 Tyler Lloyd, lloyd.tyler@epa.gov, 202–564–4016.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) .................................................. EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0737 Toni Krasnic, krasnic.toni@epa.gov, 202–564–0984.
The scope of the risk evaluation for Hence, the scope documents for the Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
each of these 10 chemical substances first 10 chemicals are not as refined or Dated: June 22, 2017.
includes the hazards, exposures, specific as future scope documents are E. Scott Pruitt,
conditions of use, and the potentially anticipated to be. In addition, there was Administrator.
exposed or susceptible subpopulations insufficient time for EPA to provide an
[FR Doc. 2017–14321 Filed 7–6–17; 8:45 am]
the EPA expects to consider. To the opportunity for comment on drafts of
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extent possible, EPA has aligned these these scope documents, as it intends to
scope documents with the approach set do for future scope documents. For
forth in the risk evaluation process. The these reasons, EPA will publish and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
timeframe for development of these take public comment on a Problem AGENCY
scope documents has been very Formulation document which will
compressed. The first 10 chemical refine the current scope, as an [FRL–9964–12-Region 2]
substances were not subject to additional interim step, prior to
prioritization, the process through publication of the draft risk evaluations Proposed CERCLA Sections 104, 106,
which EPA expects to collect and screen for the first 10 chemicals. The problem 107, and 122 Bona Fide Prospective
much of the relevant information about formulation documents are expected to Purchaser Settlement for Removal
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
chemical substances that will be subject be released within approximately 6 Action for the Alfred Heller Heat
to the risk evaluation process. As a months of publication of the scope Treating Superfund Site, City of
result, EPA had limited ability to document. EPA invites the public to Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey
process all the information gathered provide additional data or information AGENCY: Environmental Protection
during scoping for the first 10 chemicals that would be useful in conducting the Agency (EPA)
within the time provided in the statute problem formulation to the existing
ACTION: Notice; request for public
for publication of the scopes after public docket for each of these
comment.
initiation of the risk evaluation process. chemicals.
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