[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41-42]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28468]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0847; FRL-9972-04-OCSPP]

40 CFR Part 721


Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (22-
1.5e); Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a document in the Federal Register of December 2, 
2022, proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the 
subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to Orders 
issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. This document extends the comment 
period for 14 days, from January 3, 2023 to January 17, 2023, in 
response to stakeholder requests for more time to determine if and to 
what extent they may be affected by the proposed SNURs.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rulemaking that published on 
December 2, 2022, at 87 FR 74072, is extended. Comments must be 
received on or before January 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0847, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://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. Additional 
instructions on commenting and visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For technical information contact: William Wysong, New Chemicals 
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-4163; email address: 
[email protected].

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    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: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the proposed rule that published in the Federal 
Register of December 2, 2022 (87 FR 74072; FRL-9972-01-OCSPP), and the 
correction that published in the Federal Register of December 15, 2022 
(87 FR 76957; FRL-9972-03-OCSPP), in which EPA proposed SNURs under 
TSCA for chemical substances that were the subject of PMNs and are also 
subject to Orders issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. EPA is hereby 
extending the comment period, which was set to end on January 3, 2023, 
to January 17, 2023.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 721

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: December 21, 2022.
Tala Henry,
Deputy Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2022-28468 Filed 12-30-22; 8:45 am]
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