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RIN: 2070-AB20

Publication ID: Fall 2007

Title: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Manufacturing (Import) Exemption
Abstract: Section 6(e)(3)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides that the Administrator may grant, by rule, exemptions from the prohibitions against manufacturing, processing, and distribution in commerce of PCBs upon finding that 1) no unreasonable risk to health or the environment will occur, and 2) good faith efforts have been made by the petitioner to develop a substitute for PCB which does not pose an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA 6(e)(3)(B)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM: New DOD Petition	04/30/2007	72 FR 21190
Final Action: DOD Petition	09/18/2007	72 FR 53152

Additional Information: SAN No. 2150; EPA publication information: NPRM: New DOD Petition - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TOX/2007/April/Day-30/t8182.htm; ; EPA Docket information: EPAHQ-OPPT-2005-0042; FRL-8143-4
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/pcb
Sectors Affected: 2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 31-33 Manufacturing; 5133 Telecommunications
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Tom Simons Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7404T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0517 Fax:202 566-0473 Email: Simons.Tom@epa.gov Peter Gimlin Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0515 Fax:202 566-0473 Email: gimlin.peter@epa.gov