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Federal Register/Vol. 68, No. 73/Wednesday, April 16, 2003/Notices 18626 Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 2003 / Notices categorically excluded from the ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, regarding the applicability of this action preparation of an environmental identified by docket ID number OPPT– to a particular entity, consult the assessment or an environmental impact 2003–0012, online at http:// technical person listed under FOR statement. www.epa.gov/edocket/ (EPA’s preferred FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. method), or by mail to EPA Docket Determination Under Executive Order B. How Can I Get Copies of this Center (7407), Environmental Protection Document and Other Related 12866 Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Information? Western has an exemption from Washington, DC 20460–0001. For centralized regulatory review under additional comment submission 1. Docket. EPA has established an Executive Order 12866. This notice is methods and detailed instructions, go to official public docket for this action not required to be cleared by the Office Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY under docket identification (ID) number of Management and Budget. INFORMATION. OPPT–2003–0012. The official public Dated: March 27, 2003. Submit your notification for docket consists of the documents ‘‘interested party’’ status separately from specifically referenced in this action, Michael S. Hacskaylo, any comments submitted, identified any public comments received, and Administrator. ‘‘Attention: PFOA ECA Notification’’ by other information related to this action. [FR Doc. 03–9325 Filed 4–15–03; 8:45 am] mail to Brigitte Farren, Chemical Although a part of the official docket, BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Control Division (7405M), Office of the public docket does not include Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Confidential Business Information (CBI) Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 or other information whose disclosure is ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, restricted by statute. The official public AGENCY DC 20460–0001. To protect personal docket is the collection of materials that [OPPT–2003–0012; FRL–7303–8] information from disclosure to the is available for public viewing at the public, please submit these notifications EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102–Reading Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), separately from your comments and do Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Fluorinated Telomers; Request for not use any online electronic Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Additional Comment, Solicitation of Interested commenting system to submit this information concerning the topics Parties for Enforceable Consent notification. discussed in this notice can be found in Agreement Development, and Notice of The public meeting to initiate Administrative Record (AR)–226: PFOS, Public Meeting negotiations on ECAs for PFOA and PFOA, Telomers, and Related telomers will be held at the Chemicals, which was established by AGENCY: Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency, EPA the Agency in 2000 to receive Agency (EPA). East Bldg., Rm. 1153, 1201 Constitution information on various fluorinated ACTION: Notice. Ave., NW., Washington, DC. chemicals, including PFOA. These FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For materials are also available in the EPA SUMMARY: EPA has identified potential general information contact: Barbara Docket Center. The EPA Docket Center human health concerns from exposure Cunningham, Director, Environmental is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Monday through Friday, excluding legal salts, although there remains Pollution Prevention and Toxics, holidays. The EPA Docket Center considerable scientific uncertainty Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Reading Room telephone number is regarding potential risks. EPA is Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, (202) 566–1744 and the telephone requesting public comment on pertinent DC 20460–0001; telephone number: number for the OPPT Docket, which is topics of interest, as discussed in this (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: TSCA- located in EPA Docket Center, is (202) document, and the submission of [email protected]. 566–0280. additional data concerning these For technical information contact: 2. Electronic access. You may access chemicals. EPA is also soliciting the Mary Dominiak, Chemical Control this Federal Register document identification of interested parties who Division (7405M), Office of Pollution electronically through the EPA Internet want to monitor or participate in Prevention and Toxics, Environmental under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at negotiations on one or more enforceable Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. consent agreements (ECAs) under Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– An electronic version of the public section 4 of the Toxic Substances 0001; telephone number: (202) 564– docket is available through EPA’s Control Act (TSCA) concerning PFOA 8104; e-mail address: electronic public docket and comment and fluorinated telomers which may [email protected]. system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA metabolize or degrade to PFOA, and is Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ announcing the first public meeting for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: to submit or view public comments, these ECA negotiations. I. General Information access the index listing of the contents DATES: Comments on this notice must be of the official public docket, and to received on or before May 16, 2003. A. Does this Action Apply to Me? access those documents in the public Notify EPA in writing on or before This action is directed to the public docket that are available electronically. May 16, 2003 of your desire to be in general, and may be of particular Although not all docket materials may accorded ‘‘interested party’’ status for interest to manufacturers, importers, be available electronically, you may still the purpose of participating in or processors, exporters, distributors, and access any of the publicly available monitoring the negotiations for users of PFOA, fluoropolymers, docket materials through the docket development of ECAs concerning PFOA fluoroelastomers, and telomer facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in and telomers. chemicals. Since other entities may also the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in A public meeting has been scheduled be interested, the Agency has not the appropriate docket ID number. to initiate negotiations on an ECA for attempted to describe all the specific Certain types of information will not PFOA and telomers, from 1 p.m. to 5 entities that may be affected by this be placed in the EPA Dockets. p.m., on Friday, June 6, 2003. action. If you have any questions Information claimed as CBI and other VerDate Jan<31>2003 17:41 Apr 15, 2003 Jkt 200001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 2003 / Notices 18627 information whose disclosure is notification should be submitted ‘‘anonymous access’’ system. 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