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Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency
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Sixty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of Report
and Request for Comments; Notice
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0309; FRL-8363-2]
Sixty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of
Report and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing
Committee (ITC) transmitted its sixty-second report to the
Administrator of EPA on April 17, 2008. In the 62\nd\ ITC Report, which
is included with this notice, the ITC is revising the TSCA section 4(e)
Priority Testing List by removing four tungsten compounds and four
cresols.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0309, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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 Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0309. The DCO is open from
8 a.m. to 4 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-
2008-0309. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the 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 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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov
website to view the docket index or access available documents.
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. Publicly
available docket materials are available electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT
Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at
Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone
number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566-0280. Docket visitors
are required to show photographic identification, pass through a metal
detector, and sign the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are processed
through an X-ray machine and subject to search. Visitors will be
provided an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times in the
building and returned upon departure.
FOR FURTHER 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This notice is directed to the public in general. It may, however,
be of particular interest to you if you manufacture (defined by statute
to include import) and/or process TSCA-covered chemicals and you may be
identified by the North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes 325 and 32411. Because this notice is directed to the
general public and other entities may also be interested, the Agency
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be
interested in this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 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 this information 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 information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM
that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-DOM 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.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
i. Identify the document 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.
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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
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 260l et seq.)
authorizes the Administrator of EPA to promulgate regulations under
TSCA section 4(a) requiring testing of chemicals and chemical groups in
order to develop data relevant to determining the risks that such
chemicals and chemical groups may present to health or the environment.
Section 4(e) of TSCA established the ITC to recommend chemicals and
chemical groups to the Administrator of EPA for priority testing
consideration. Section 4(e) of TSCA directs the ITC to revise the TSCA
section 4(e) Priority Testing List at least every 6 months.
You may access additional information about the ITC at http://
www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc.
A. The 62\nd\ ITC Report
The ITC is revising the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List by
removing four tungsten compounds and four cresols.
B. Status of the Priority Testing List
The Priority Testing List includes 2 alkylphenols, 1 tungsten
compound, 12 lead compounds, 16 chemicals with insufficient dermal
absorption rate data, and 208 High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge
Program orphan chemicals.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances.
Dated: May 5, 2008.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
Sixty-Second Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Table of Contents
Summary
I. Background
II. TSCA Section 8 Reporting
A. TSCA Section 8 Reporting Rules
B. ITC's Use of TSCA Section 8 and Other Information
III. ITC's Activities During this Reporting Period (December 2007 to
May 2008)
IV. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List: Chemicals
Removed from the Priority Testing List
A. Tungsten Compounds
B. Cresols
V. References
VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee
Summary
The ITC is revising the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section
4(e) Priority Testing List by removing four tungsten compounds and four
cresols. The TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List is Table 1 of this
unit.
Table 1.--TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List (May 2008)
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ITC Report Date Chemical Name/Group Action
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31 January 1993 2 Chemicals with Designated
insufficient dermal
absorption rate data
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32 May 1993 10 Chemicals with Designated
insufficient dermal
absorption rate data
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35 November 1994 4 Chemicals with Designated
insufficient dermal
absorption rate data
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37 November 1995 Branched 4-nonylphenol Recommended
(mixed isomers)
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41 November 1997 Phenol, 4-(1,1,3,3- Recommended
tetramethylbutyl)-
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53 November 2003 Sodium tungstate (Na2 Recommended
(WO4)), dihydrate
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55 December 2004 204 High Production Recommended
Volume (HPV) Challenge
Program orphan
chemicals
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56 August 2005 4 HPV Challenge Program Recommended
orphan chemicals
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60 May 2007 12 Lead and lead Recommended
compounds
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I. Background
The ITC was established by section 4(e) of TSCA ``to make
recommendations to the Administrator respecting the chemical substances
and mixtures to which the Administrator should give priority
consideration for the promulgation of rules for testing under section
4(a).... At least every six months ..., the Committee shall make such
revisions to the Priority Testing List as it determines to be necessary
and transmit them to the Administrator together with the Committee's
reasons for the revisions'' (Public Law 94-469, 90 Stat. 2003 et seq.,
15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). ITC reports are available from the ITC's
website (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc) within a few days of
submission to the EPA Administrator and from the EPA's website (http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr) after publication in the Federal Register. The
ITC produces its revisions to the Priority Testing List with
administrative and technical support from the ITC staff, ITC members,
and their U.S. Government
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organizations, and contract support provided by EPA. ITC members and
staff are listed at the end of this report.
II. TSCA Section 8 Reporting
A. TSCA Section 8 Reporting Rules
Following receipt of the ITC's report (and the revised Priority
Testing List) by the EPA Administrator, EPA's Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) may add the chemicals from the revised
Priority Testing List to the TSCA section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment
Information Reporting (PAIR) or TSCA section 8(d) Health and Safety
Data Reporting (HaSDR) rules. The PAIR rule requires manufacturers
(including importers) of chemicals added to the Priority Testing List
to submit to EPA certain production and exposure information (http://
www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/pairform.pdf). As provided for in the
PAIR rule, whenever EPA announces the receipt of an ITC report, EPA
amends, unless otherwise instructed by the ITC, the PAIR rule by adding
the recommended (or designated) chemicals that have been added to the
Priority Testing List by the ITC.
The HaSDR rule requires certain past, current, and proposed
manufacturers, importers, and (if specified by EPA) processors of
listed chemicals to submit to EPA copies and lists of unpublished
health and safety studies on the listed chemicals that they
manufacture, import, or (if specified by EPA) process. As provided for
in the HaSDR rule, whenever EPA announces the receipt of an ITC report,
EPA amends, unless otherwise instructed by the ITC, the HaSDR rule by
adding the recommended (or designated) chemicals that have been added
to the Priority Testing List by the ITC.
B. ITC's Use of TSCA Section 8 and Other Information
The ITC's use of TSCA section 8 and other information is described
in the 52\nd\ ITC Report (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc).
III. ITC's Activities During this Reporting Period (December 2007 to
May 2008)
During this reporting period, the ITC discussed tungsten compounds
and cresols.
IV. Revisions to the TSCA Section 4(e) Priority Testing List: Chemicals
Removed from the Priority Testing List
A. Tungsten Compounds
Of the 22 tungsten compounds added to the Priority Testing List in
the 53\rd\ ITC Report (Ref. 1) and the 56\th\ ITC Report (Ref. 2), 12
were removed in the 58\th\ ITC Report (Ref. 3), and 5 were removed in
the 59\th\ ITC Report (Ref. 4). At this time the ITC is removing 4
tungsten compounds from the Priority Testing List (see Table 2 of this
unit).
Table 2.--Tungsten Compounds Being Removed From the Priority Testing
List
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CAS No. Chemical Name
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1314-35-8 Tungsten oxide (WO3)
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7440-33-7 Tungsten
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11120-25-5 Tungstate (W12(OH)2O40\10\-
), ammonium (1:10)
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13472-45-2 Tungstate (WO4\2\-), sodium
(1:2), (T-4)-
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Prior to removing these 4 tungsten compounds, the PAIR reports
submitted in response to the December 7, 2004, PAIR rule (Ref. 5) were
reviewed. The ITC is removing tungstate
(W12(OH)2O40\10\-),
ammonium (1:10) and tungstate (WO4\2\-), sodium
(1:2), (T-4)- because the data submitted in response to the December 7,
2004 PAIR rule suggested low potential for occupational exposure. The
ITC is removing tungsten from the Priority Testing List because the
toxicological profile for tungsten (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
toxprofiles/tp186.html) summarizes the health effects information. The
ITC is removing tungsten oxide (WO3), a.k.a. tungsten
trioxide because of the voluntary information provided by the
International Tungsten Industry Association and their cooperation in a
National Toxicology Program/National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health research program to address exposure and toxicity data
needs. The ITC is retaining tungstate (WO4\2\-),
disodium, dihydrate, (T-4)-, a.k.a. sodium tungstate (Na2
(WO4)), dihydrate (CAS No. 10213-10-2), on the Priority
Testing List because of ongoing discussions with the International
Tungsten Industry Association to obtain:
1. Recent non-Confidential Business Information estimates of
annual production or importation volume data and trends, and chemical-
specific use information, including percentages of production or
importation that are associated with different uses.
2. Estimates of the number of exposed humans and concentrations of
sodium tungstate, dihydrate to which humans may be exposed in each
relevant manufacturing, processing, or other occupational scenario.
3. Case studies from occupationally exposed workers and
pharmacokinetics, dermal, inhalation, as well as any oral acute
toxicity, subchronic toxicity, chronic toxicity, genotoxicity,
carcinogenicity, neurotoxicity, reproductive and developmental
toxicity, and epidemiology studies.
B. Cresols
Cresols were added to the Priority Testing List in the 61\st\ ITC
Report to obtain unpublished data on dermal sensitization (Ref. 6). The
four cresols are listed in Table 3 of this unit.
Table 3.--Cresols Being Removed From the Priority Testing List
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TSCA Inventory
CAS No. Name Common Name
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95-48-7 Phenol, 2-methyl- o-Cresol
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106-44-5 Phenol, 4-methyl- p-Cresol
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108-39-4 Phenol, 3-methyl- m -Cresol
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1319-77-3 Phenol, methyl- Mixed Cresols
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In response to the 61\st\ ITC Report, the Cresols Panel of the
American Chemistry Council (ACC) submitted a February 27, 2008 letter
to EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Document Control
Office (Ref. 7). The Cresols Panel also submitted several references
which are summarized in this unit. In a 1972 report to the Research
Institute for Fragrance Materials, Kligman performed a maximization
test on 25 volunteers and determined that p-cresol at 4% concentration
in petrolatum produced no sensitization reactions (Ref. 8). In a 1980
report to the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Kligman
performed a maximization test on 25 volunteers and determined that o-
cresol at 4% concentration in petrolatum produced no sensitization
reactions (Ref. 9).
In later reports, Bruze (1986) showed that guinea pigs sensitized
with 2-methylolphenol (CAS No. 623-05-2) or 4-methylolphenol (CAS No.
90-01-7) and challenged with o-cresol or p-cresol following a guinea
pig maximization test protocol react positively at re-challenge with
both o- and p-cresol (Ref. 10). Bruze and Zimerson (1997) challenged
patients with known contact allergy to phenol-formaldehyde resin and
methylol phenol to o-cresol and p-cresol and found that 4 of 10
patients were sensitive to o-cresol, and 1 of 2 patients were sensitive
to p-cresol (Ref.
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11). Bruze and Zimerson (2002) established a dose-response relationship
to cresol sensitization (Ref. 12). Seidenari et al. (1991) patch-tested
adult patients that were sensitized to textile dyes for reaction to m-
cresol and found that there were positive effects in 2 of 81 patients
tested with 2% m-cresol (Ref. 13). These findings were summarized in
the 2006 Cosmetic Ingredient Review (Ref. 14). At this time there do
not appear to be any dermal sensitization studies with mixed cresols.
After reviewing the studies submitted by the Cresols Panel, it was
determined that the information contained in this voluntary submission
met the data needs. As a result, the ITC is removing o-cresol, p-
cresol, m-cresol and mixed cresols from the Priority Testing List.
V. References
1. ITC. Fifty-Third Report of the ITC. Federal Register (69 FR
2468, January 15, 2004) (FRL-7335-2). Available on-line at: http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
2. ITC. Fifty-Sixth Report of the ITC. Federal Register (70 FR
61520, October 24, 2005) (FRL-7739-9). Available on-line at: http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
3. ITC. Fifty-Eighth Report of the ITC. Federal Register (71 FR
39188, July 11, 2006) (FRL-8073-7). Available on-line at: http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
4. ITC. Fifty-Ninth Report of the ITC. Federal Register (72 FR
2756, January 22, 2007) (FRL-8110-2). Available on-line at: http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
5. EPA. Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting; Addition of
Certain Chemicals. Federal Register (69 FR 70552, December 7, 2004)
(FRL-7366-8). Available on-line at: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
6. ITC. Sixty-First Report of the ITC. Federal Register (73 FR
5080, January 28, 2008) (FRL-8347-1). Available on-line at: http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
7. ACC. 2008. February 27, 2008 letter from the Cresols Panel of
the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to EPA's Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics Document Control Office. Docket ID Number: EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2007-1124.
8. Kligman, A.M. Report to Research Institute for Fragrance
Materials (RIFM). November 22, 1972. As cited in: Opdyke D.L. J.
(1974). Food Cosmetology Toxicology. 12: 389 and 390. Fragrance raw
materials monographs. p-Cresol.
9. Kligman, A.M. Report to Research Institute for Fragrance
Materials (RIFM). March 26, 1980.
10. Bruze, M. 1986. Sensitizing capacity of 2-methylol phenol, 4-
methylol phenol, and 2,4,6-trimethylol phenol in the guinea pig.
American Journal of Contact Dermatitis. 14: 32-38.
11. Bruze, M. and Zimerson, E. 1997. Cross-reaction patterns in
patients with contact allergy to simple phenols. American Journal of
Contact Dermatitis. 37: 82-86.
12. Bruze, M. and Zimerson, E. 2002. Contact allergy to o-cresol -
A sensitizer in phenol-formaldehyde resin. American Journal of Contact
Dermatitis. 13: 198-200.
13. Seidenari, S. Manzini, B.M., and Danese, P. 1991. Contact
sensitization to textile dyes: description of 100 subjects. American
Journal of Contact Dermatitis. 24: 253-258.
14. Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR). 2006. Final report on the
safety assessment of sodium p-chloro-m-cresol, p-chloro-m-cresol,
chlorothymol, mixed cresols, m-cresol, o-cresol, p-cresol,
isopropylcresols, thymol, o-cymen-5-ol, and carvacrol. International
Journal of Toxicology. 25 (Supplement l): 29-127.
VI. The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee
Statutory Organizations and Their Representatives
Council on Environmental Quality
Vacant
Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dianne Poster, Chair
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Tony Pait, Member
Environmental Protection Agency
John Schaeffer, Member
Gerry Brown, Alternate
National Cancer Institute
Vacant
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Scott Masten, Alternate
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Dennis W. Lynch, Vice Chair
Mark Toraason, Alternate
National Science Foundation
Judy Raper, Member
Margaret Cavanaugh, Alternate
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Thomas Nerad, Member
Maureen Ruskin, Alternate
Liaison Organizations and Their Representatives
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Daphne Moffett, Member
Glenn D. Todd, Alternate
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Jacqueline Ferrante, Member
Department of Agriculture
Clifford P. Rice, Member
Laura L. McConnell, Alternate
Department of Defense
Laurie Roszell, Member
Department of the Interior
Barnett A. Rattner, Member
Food and Drug Administration
Kirk Arvidson, Alternate
Ronald F. Chanderbhan, Alternate
Technical Support Contractor
Syracuse Research Corporation
ITC Staff
John D. Walker, Director
Carol Savage, Administrative Assistant
TSCA Interagency Testing Committee (7401M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; e-mail address:
savage.carol@epa.gov; url: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/itc.
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