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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
EPA­
HQ­
OPPT­
2004­
0122;
FRL­
XXXX­
X]

Risk
Management
Practices
for
Nanoscale
Materials;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice.
______________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY:
EPA
will
convene
a
public
meeting
on
risk
management
practices
under
a
possible
stewardship
program
for
certain
nanoscale
materials.
EPA
is
considering
development
of
a
stewardship
program
for
such
nanoscale
materials
(
see
Federal
Register:
May
10,
2005
(
Volume
70,
Number
89),
Page
24574­
24576).
This
program
is
being
explored
to
enable
EPA
to
build
the
capacity
to
assess
potential
risks
to
human
health
and
the
environment
from
nanoscale
materials
and
to
identify
risk
management
practices
available
to
reduce
such
potential
risks.
Regarding
risk
management
practices,
EPA
is
requesting
comments
at
the
public
meeting
on:
(
1)
risk
management
practices
currently
used
for
nanoscale
materials,
(
2)
the
rationale
for
the
use
of
these
practices
and
the
effectiveness
or
efficiency
of
these
practices,
and
(
3)
issues
to
consider
for
including
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials
in
the
stewardship
program.
These
comments
will
inform
EPA
on
risk
management
practices
to
include
in
the
stewardship
program.

DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
June
19­
20,
2006.
The
meeting
will
run
from
8
a.
m.
to
5
p.
m.
on
June
19
and
8
a..
m.
to
2:
30
p.
m.
on
June
20.
Comments
must
be
received
on
or
before
8
a.
m.,
June
19,
2006.

ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
Wyndham
Washington,
1400
M
Street,
NW,
Washington,
D.
C.,
20005­
2704.

Requests
to
present
oral
comments
must
be
submitted
to
the
technical
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
before
June
9,
2006.
Please
note
that
time
for
oral
comments
may
be
limited,
depending
on
the
number
of
requests
received.
Written
comments,
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPPT­
2004­
0122,
may
be
submitted
to
the
docket
at
any
time
before
the
meeting
date.

Requests
to
attend
the
meeting
may
be
submitted
electronically
through
the
Internet
at
https://
www2.
ergweb.
com/
projects/
conferences/
nano/
by
June
16,
2006.
Please
note
that
this
advance
request
will
assist
in
planning
adequate
seating;
however,
members
of
the
public
can
attend
without
prior
notification.
Requests
for
special
accommodations
may
be
submitted
through
2
the
registration
website
by
June
14,
2006.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
identified
by
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
EPAHQ
OPPT­
2004­
0122,
by
one
of
the
following
methods:

http://
www.
regulations.
gov/.
Follow
the
on­
line
instructions
for
submitting
comments.

°
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:
OPPT
Document
Control
Office
(
DCO),
EPA
East,
Rm.
6428,
1201
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
EPA­
HQ­
OPPT­
2004­
0122.
The
DCO
is
open
from
8:
00
a.
m.
to
4:
00
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
DCO
is
(
202)
564­
8930.
Such
deliveries
are
only
accepted
during
the
DCO's
normal
hours
of
operation,
and
special
arrangements
should
be
made
for
deliveries
of
boxed
information.

Instructions:
Direct
your
comments
to
docket
ID
number
EPA­
HQ­
OPPT­
2004­
0122.
EPA's
policy
is
that
all
comments
received
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
without
change
and
may
be
made
available
on­
line
at
http://
www.
regulations.
gov/,
including
any
personal
information
provided,
unless
the
comment
includes
information
claimed
to
be
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
or
otherwise
protected
through
regulations.
gov
or
e­
mail.
The
regulations.
gov
website
is
an
"
anonymous
access"
system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity
or
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
EPA
without
going
through
regulations.
gov,
your
e­
mail
address
will
be
automatically
captured
and
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
public
docket
and
made
available
on
the
Internet.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name
and
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment
and
with
any
disk
or
CD
ROM
you
submit.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
Electronic
files
should
avoid
the
use
of
special
characters,
any
form
of
encryption,
and
be
free
of
any
defects
or
viruses.

Docket:
All
documents
in
the
docket
are
listed
in
the
regulations.
gov
index.
Although
listed
in
the
index,
some
information
is
not
publicly
available,
e.
g.,
CBI
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
Certain
other
material,
such
as
copyrighted
material,
will
be
publicly
available
only
in
hard
copy
form.
Publicly
available
docket
materials
are
available
electronically
in
regulations.
gov
or
in
hard
copy
at
the
OPPT
Docket(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Rm.
B102,
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
EPA
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
3
OPPT
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
0280.

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:
Scott
Prothero,
Economics,
Exposure
and
Technology
Division
(
7406M),
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460­
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564­
8514;
e­
mail
address:
prothero.
scott@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general,
and
may
be
of
particular
interest
to
those
persons
who
manufacture,
import,
process,
or
use
nanoscale
materials
that
are
chemical
substances
subject
to
TSCA
jurisdiction.
Potentially
affected
entities
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to:
°
Chemical
manufacturers
(
NAICS
325),
e.
g.,
persons
manufacturing,
importing,
processing,
or
using
chemicals
for
commercial
purposes.
°
Petroleum
and
coal
product
industries
(
NAICS
324),
e.
g.,
persons
manufacturing,
importing,
processing,
or
using
chemicals
for
commercial
purposes.

Since
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
have
an
interest
in
this
matter.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
technical
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
What
Should
I
Consider
as
I
Prepare
My
Comments
for
EPA?

1.
Submitting
CBI.
Do
not
submit
CBI
to
EPA
through
regulations.
gov
or
e­
mail.
Clearly
mark
the
part
or
all
of
the
information
that
you
claim
to
be
CBI.
For
CBI
on
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.
4
2.
Tips
for
preparing
your
comments.
When
submitting
comments,
remember
to:

i.
Identify
the
notice
by
docket
ID
number
and
other
identifying
information
(
subject
heading,
Federal
Register
date,
and
page
number).

ii.
Follow
directions.
The
Agency
may
ask
you
to
respond
to
specific
questions
or
organize
comments
by
referencing
a
Code
of
Federal
Regulations
(
CFR)
part
or
section
number.

iii.
Explain
why
you
agree
or
disagree;
suggest
alternatives
and
substitute
language
for
your
requested
changes.

iv.
Describe
any
assumptions
and
provide
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
that
you
used.

v.
If
you
estimate
potential
costs
or
burdens,
explain
how
you
arrived
at
your
estimate
in
sufficient
detail
to
allow
for
it
to
be
reproduced.

vi.
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns,
and
suggest
alternatives.

vii.
Explain
your
views
as
clearly
as
possible,
avoiding
the
use
of
profanity
or
personal
threats.

viii.
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
comment
period
deadline
identified.

II.
Background
Nanoscale
materials
are
chemical
substances
containing
structures
in
the
length
scale
of
approximately
1
to
100
nanometers,
and
may
have
different
molecular
organizations
and
properties
than
the
same
chemical
substances
in
a
larger
size.

EPA
is
considering
a
stewardship
program
pertaining
to
these
nanoscale
materials.
(
see
Federal
Register:
May
10,
2005
(
Volume
70,
Number
89),
Page
24574­
24576).
Information
derived
from
the
program
would
allow
EPA
and
the
affected
industry
to
better
understand
the
issues
with
respect
to
potential
risks
and
for
EPA
to
gain
experience
in
the
evaluation
of
such
types
of
chemical
substances.

EPA
has
received
input
from
the
National
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
Advisory
Committee
(
NPPTAC)
regarding
the
intended
outcomes
of
the
program
in
the
form
of
an
Overview
Document
(
Ref
1.).
The
Overview
Document
indicates
that
the
program
should:

(
1)
Give
EPA
and
the
public
(
recognizing
legitimate
confidential
business
information
issues),
a
better
understanding
of
the
types
of
engineered
nanoscale
materials
produced
in
the
US.
5
Characteristics
of
these
materials
that
should
be
identified
include:
Physical,
chemical,
hazard
and
exposure
characteristics;
production
volume;
and
the
uses
of
the
materials;
(
2)
Help
EPA
develop
a
capacity
and
process
for
identifying
and
assessing
risks
of
engineered
nanoscale
materials;
(
3)
Help
EPA
determine
what
information
it
needs
about
engineered
nanoscale
materials
and
articulate
those
information
needs
to
industry
and
other
stakeholder
groups;
(
4)
Help
EPA
understand
what
risk
management
practices
are
being
employed
during
production,
processing,
use
and
disposal
stages,
and
what
additional
risk
management
practices
need
to
be
implemented;
(
5)
Prompt
or
reinforce
the
implementation
of
risk
management
practices;
and
(
6)
Provide
the
information
and
experience
needed
to
develop
an
overall
approach
to
the
treatment
of
nanoscale
chemical
substances
under
TSCA
that
builds
public
trust
in
nanoscale
materials
while
enabling
innovation
and
responsible
development.

The
Overview
Document
indicated
that
participants
in
the
stewardship
program
should
implement
basic
risk
management
practices
or
other
environmental
or
occupational
health
protection
controls
(
e.
g.,
worker
training;
hazard
communication
(
including
MSDS);
use
of
available
engineering
controls;
provision
of
personal
protective
equipment,
product
labeling,
customer
training,
waste
management
practices,
etc.).
The
Overview
Document
also
suggested
that,
in
developing
the
stewardship
program,
EPA
should
hold
one
or
more
public
Peer
Consultation
meetings.
Among
other
issues,
the
meeting(
s)
would
address
risk
management
practices
to
be
included
in
a
basic
program
and
in
an
in­
depth
program,
each
offered
under
the
overall
stewardship
program
(
Ref.
1).

EPA
is
holding
this
meeting
to
assist
in
elaborating
possible
risk
management
practices
for
the
stewardship
program.
The
meeting
will
involve
panel
discussions
of
EPA's
discussion
paper
on
possible
risk
management
practices
for
the
basic
program,
with
time
allotted
for
public
comment.
EPA
will
place
in
the
public
docket
and
the
ERG
registration
site
the
discussion
paper
on
possible
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials
as
well
as
an
agenda
for
the
meeting.

III.
Issues
for
EPA
and
stakeholders
EPA
is
requesting
comments
on
the
following
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials:
(
1)
worker
training,
including
work
practices,
(
2)
hazard
communication,
(
3)
engineering
controls,
(
4)
personal
protective
equipment,
(
5)
product
labeling,
(
6)
customer
training,
and
(
7)
waste
management
and
environmental
release
management.
Comments
in
these
specific
areas
will
be
particularly
helpful:

°
Risk
management
practices
currently
used
for
nanoscale
materials.
°
Rationale
for
the
use
of
these
practices
and
the
effectiveness
or
efficiency
of
these
practices.
°
Issues
to
consider
for
determining
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
6
materials
to
include
in
the
basic
program.
°
Comments
on
EPA's
proposed
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials
in
the
basic
program.

EPA
is
also
requesting
general
comments
on:
(
1)
other
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials
that
should
be
considered,
and
(
2)
consideration
for
possible
additional
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials
in
the
in­
depth
program.

IV.
References
The
following
references
have
been
placed
in
the
official
docket
that
was
established
under
docket
ID
number
OPPT­
2004­
0122
for
this
action
as
indicated
in
Unit
I.
B.

1.
NPPTAC.
November
22,
2005.
Overview
of
Issues
for
Consideration
by
NPPTAC.

2.
Discussion
paper
for
public
meeting
on
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials.

3.
Agenda
for
public
meeting
on
risk
management
practices
for
nanoscale
materials.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Hazardous
substances,
Nanoscale
materials.

Dated:__________________________

_____________________________________
Director,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
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