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EPA/OPPTS

RIN: 2070-AJ07

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Testing Agreement for Aryl Phosphates (ITC List 2)
Abstract: On January 17, 1992 (57 FR 2138), EPA published a proposed TSCA Section 4 test rule covering a number of aryl phosphate base stocks. On March 30, 1993, EPA announced initiation of negotiations with the Aryl Phosphates Panel of the Chemical Manufacturers Association (now the American Chemistry Council or ACC) to develop a TSCA Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreement (ECA) for aryl phosphate base stocks as an alternative approach to testing under the proposed rule (58 FR 16669). On October 9, 1998, EPA sent letters to the Chief Executive Officers of companies, including those who were participating in the development of this ECA, to announce EPA's High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program. Consistent with the international OECD Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Program, EPA's HPV Challenge Program encourages US chemical producers and importers to voluntarily provide existing screening level data, or, if none exist, to develop such data on US HPV chemicals. Because some overlap of testing in the HPV Challenge and this ECA initiative were identified, the industry committed to develop the screening level data for the HPV Challenge Program before continuing with further development of the ECA. In this way, results from the HPV Challenge program would feed back into consideration of needs for the ECA testing and, where possible, could avert some or all of the potential overlap testing. After completion of the industry's commitments under the HPV Challenge Program, EPA will evaluate the need for any additional testing of the subject aryl phosphate base stocks under an ECA.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	12/29/1983	48 FR 57452
NPRM Original	01/17/1992	57 FR 2138
Final: ECA and Consent Order	To Be Determined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3493.2
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: John Schaeffer Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7405M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8173 Fax:202 564-4765 Email: schaeffer.john@epa.gov Mike Mattheisen Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-3077 Email: mattheisen.mike@epa.gov