[Federal Register: November 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 228)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 707
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0058; FRL-8104-9]
RIN 2070-AJ01
Export Notification; Change to Reporting Requirements; Technical
Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; technical correction.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of November
14, 2006, concerning amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) section 12(b) export notification regulations at subpart D of 40
CFR part 707. This document is being issued to correct a typographical
error.
DATES: This technical correction is effective January 16, 2007. In
accordance with 40 CFR 23.5, this rule shall be promulgated for
purposes of judicial review at 1 p.m. eastern daylight/standard time on
December 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0058. All documents in the
docket are listed on the regulations.gov website at http://www.regulations.gov.
Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly
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available only in hard copy form. The EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC)
suffered structural damage due to flooding in June 2006. Although the
EPA/DC is continuing operations, there will be temporary changes to the
EPA/DC during the clean-up. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room, which was
temporarily closed due to flooding, has been relocated in the EPA
Headquarters Library, Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334) in EPA West,
located at 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC
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 EPA/DC
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the
OPPT Docket is (202) 566-0280. EPA visitors are required to show
photographic identification and sign the EPA visitor log. Visitors to
the EPA/DC Public Reading Room will be provided with an EPA/DC badge
that must be visible at all times while in the EPA Building and
returned to the guard upon departure. In addition, security personnel
will escort visitors to and from the new EPA/DC Public Reading Room
location. Up-to-date information about the EPA/DC is on the EPA Web
site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address:
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
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; e-mail
address: moss.kenneth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
The Agency included in the final rule a list of those who may be
potentially affected by this action. If you have questions regarding
the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document and Other
Related Information?
In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal
Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the
``Federal Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. What Does this Correction Do?
This correction restores to the first sentence of the introductory
text at 40 CFR 707.60(c)(2) the phrase ``where such chemical substance
or mixture is present in a concentration of less than 0.1% (by weight
or volume).'' The corrected first sentence of Sec. 707.60(c)(2) will
now read: ``No notice of export is required for the export of a
chemical substance or mixture that is a known or potential human
carcinogen where such chemical substance or mixture is present in a
concentration of less than 0.1% (by weight or volume).'' Without the
correction to 40 CFR 707.60(c)(2), the rule does not have the effect,
as clearly stated in the proposed rule and elsewhere in the preamble to
the final rule, of establishing a de minimis level for reporting of
carcinogens under TSCA section 12(b).
III. Why is this Correction Issued as a Final Rule?
Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary
to the public interest, the agency may issue a final rule without
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has
determined that there is good cause for making this technical
correction final without prior proposal and opportunity for comment,
for the reasons mentioned in Unit II. The missing phrase in the
regulatory text of the final rule at 40 CFR 707.60(c)(2) appears in the
regulatory text of the proposed rule as well as throughout the preamble
of the final rule, such that the intent to include it in the regulatory
text of the final rule is clear. The phrase was inadvertently left out
of the regulatory text of the final rule during Agency editing and
preparation of the final rule. EPA finds that this constitutes good
cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).
IV. Do Any of the Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Apply to this
Action?
No. This document is a technical correction to a recently issued
final rule and does not impose any new requirements. EPA's compliance
with the statutes and Executive orders for the underlying final rule is
discussed in Unit VII. of the final rule that was issued on November
14, 2006 (71 FR 66234, at 66243).
V. Will EPA Submit this Final Rule to Congress and the Comptroller
General?
Yes. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)
generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency
promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy
of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States. As with the final rule, since this
technical correction is considered a rule under the CRA, EPA will
submit a rule report to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not
a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 707
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Exports, Hazardous substances,
Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: November 20, 2006.
Susan B. Hazen,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances.
Under EPA's authority, 15 U.S.C. 2611(b) and 2612, FR Doc. E6-19182
published in the Federal Register of November 14, 2006 (71 FR 66234)
(FRL-8101-3) is corrected as follows:
Sec. 8707.60 [Corrected]
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On page 66244, in the second column, in Sec. 707.60 Applicability and
compliance, the first sentence of the introductory text of paragraph
(c)(2) is corrected to read as follows:
``No notice of export is required for the export of a chemical
substance or mixture that is a known or potential human carcinogen
where such chemical substance or mixture is present in a concentration
of less than 0.1% (by weight or volume).''
[FR Doc. E6-20148 Filed 11-27-06; 8:45 am]
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