The Federal Register

Significant New Uses of Certain Chemical Substances

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 65 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and subject to TSCA section 5(e) consent orders issued by EPA. This action requires persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process these chemical substances for a significant new use to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacturing or processing of the chemical substance for a use designated by this rule as a significant new use. The required notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended
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use, and if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs to prevent any unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment.

Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Exposure Modeling Work Group (EMWG) will hold a 1-day meeting on January 6, 2004. This notice announces the location and time for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

Cis-Isomer of 1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3,5,7-Triaza-1-Azoniaadamantane Chloride; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.

Pesticide Product; Registration Applications

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

Notice of Proposed Settlement Under Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Notice of Settlement: in accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a settlement concerning past response costs at the American Woodcraft Superfund Site, in Union City, Michigan. This settlement requires Comerica Bank to pay $13,837.64 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund.

For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the Superfund Records Center, located at 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Seventh Floor, Chicago, Illinois.

Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed CERCLE 122(H) Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs (``Agreement'') concerning the Polar Star Superfund Removal Site in Dutch Flat, California with Desert Star Group, Inc. (``DSGI'') and Tuli P. Haromy, the sole shareholder and sole officer of DSGI. The Agreement requires the settling parties to sell all the real property parcels owned by DSGI in Dutch Flat, and to pay 95% of the net proceeds from such sales to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the ``Agency'' or ``USEPA'') Hazardous Substance Superfund. All property must be listed with a real estate listing agent for a period of one year from the effective date of the Agreement. If any property is not sold within that period, it must be offered for sale at a public auction. Upon performance of the Agreement by the settling parties, the set

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information

Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSC, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from October 1, 2003 to November 28, 2003, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.