List of Regulated Substances for Accidental Release Prevention Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as Amended; Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accident Release Prevention Under Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 68

[FRL-4843-4]

List of Regulated Substances for Accidental Release Prevention

Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act as Amended; Risk Management

Programs for Chemical Accident Release Prevention Under Section

112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act as Amended

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, signed into law on

November 15, 1990, include provisions for chemical accident prevention.

On January 31, 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated

the list of regulated substances and thresholds required under section

112(r) of the Clean Air Act as Amended (59 FR 4478). The list and

threshold quantities will identify facilities subject to chemical

accident prevention regulations to be promulgated under section 112(r)

of the Clean Air Act as Amended; a proposed regulation for such

requirements was published in the Federal Register on October 20, 1993

(58 FR 54190). In promulgating the list, EPA deferred action on the

proposed threshold quantities exemption for listed flammable substances

when used solely for facility consumption as fuel (see 58 FR 5102,

5120, (January 19, 1993)). A supplemental notice was published on

January 31, 1994 (59 FR 4500), requesting additional public comment on

the hazards associated with flammable substances used as fuel and the

appropriateness of the proposed exemption. In addition, EPA also

requested comments on the impacts of proposed accident prevention

requirements in the absence of an exemption, and on ways of reducing

the impacts of these requirements. This notice extends the public

comment period for the supplemental notice.

DATES: The comment period for the supplemental notice will be extended

from the original closing date of March 2, 1994 to April 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or submitted to: Environmental

Protection Agency, Attn: Docket No. (A-91-74), room 1500, Waterside

Mall, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, DC 20460. Comment must be

submitted in triplicate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Rodriguez, (202) 260-7913,

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (5101),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460,

or the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hot Line at 1-

800-535-0202.

Dated: February 23, 1994.

Elliott Laws,

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

[FR Doc. 94-4649 Filed 3-1-94; 8:45 am]

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