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the Tribal reserved right in adopting or
revising designated uses pursuant to
§ 131.10;
(2) Take into consideration the
anticipated future exercise of the Tribal
reserved right unsuppressed by water
quality in establishing relevant water
quality standards; and
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adopted designated uses that either
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would otherwise use to develop criteria
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paired with exposure inputs (e.g., fish
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adopt and revise water quality standards
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policies, in determining whether State
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with paragraph (a) of this section.
Subpart C—Procedures for Review and
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6. Amend § 131.20 by revising
paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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§ 131.20 State review and revision of water
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with water quality standards that do not
include the uses specified in section
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determine if any new information has
become available. If such new
information indicates that the uses
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are attainable, the State shall revise its
standards accordingly. Procedures
States establish for identifying and
reviewing water bodies for review
should be incorporated into their
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addition, if a State does not adopt new
or revised criteria for parameters for
which EPA has published new or
updated CWA section 304(a) criteria
recommendations, then the State shall
provide an explanation when it submits
the results of its triennial review to the
Regional Administrator consistent with
CWA section 303(c)(1) and the
requirements of paragraph (c) of this
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 372
[EPA–HQ–TRI–2022–0262; FRL–2425.1–05–
OCSPP]
RIN 2025–AA17
Addition of Diisononyl Phthalate
Category; Community Right-to-Know
Toxic Chemical Release Reporting;
Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
correcting a final rule that appeared in
the Federal Register on July 14, 2023,
which added a diisononyl phthalates
(DINP) category to the list of toxic
chemicals subject to the reporting
requirements under the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution
Prevention Act (PPA). However, the
amendment could not be incorporated
into the regulation due to an inaccurate
amendatory instruction. This document
corrects the amendatory instructions.
DATES: Effective on May 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–TRI–2022–0262, is
available at https://
www.regulations.gov. Additional
instructions on visiting the docket,
SUMMARY:
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along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact:
Rachel Dean, Data Collection Branch,
Data Gathering, Management, and
Policy Division (Mail code: 7406M),
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 566–1303; email address:
dean.rachel@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Information Center;
telephone number: (800) 424–9346 or
(703) 348–5070 in the Washington, DC
Area and International; website: https://
www.epa.gov//hotlines.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Does this action apply to me?
The Agency included in the July 14,
2023, final rule a list of those who may
be potentially affected by this action.
II. What does this correction do?
EPA issued a final rule in the Federal
Register on July 14, 2023 (88 FR 45089)
(FRL–2425.1–03–OCSPP) which added
a diisononyl phthalates (DINP) category
to the list of toxic chemicals subject to
the reporting requirements under the
EPCRA and the PPA. In the final rule’s
instructions to amend the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), EPA
intended to add the DINP category
alphabetically to the list of TRI chemical
categories at 40 CFR 372.65(c).
However, the list of TRI chemical
categories in the CFR at the time had
been incorporated as a static image of a
table, which introduced formatting
challenges with regard to updating 40
CFR 372.65(c) per the amendatory
instructions in the DINP category rule
because the Agency did not provide a
new static image of the table. This
document corrects the formatting in
Table 3 to paragraph (c) of 40 CFR
372.65(c) by removing the static image
of the table and replacing it with a table
consisting of text and images of
chemicals structures, as applicable.
III. Why is this correction issued as a
final rule?
Section 553 of the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B)) provides that, when an
agency for good cause finds that notice
and public procedure are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest, the agency may issue a final
rule without providing notice and an
opportunity for public comment. EPA
has determined that notice and public
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procedure are unnecessary because EPA
provided a full opportunity for notice
and comment before issuing the final
rule that published in the Federal
Register on July 14, 2023, and this
correction merely corrects the
amendatory instructions to ensure that
the rule is correctly codified in the CFR.
EPA finds that this constitutes good
cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B).
containing this rule and other required
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S.
House of Representatives, and the
Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. This action is not
a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372
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IV. Do any of the statutory and
executive order review requirements
apply to this action?
Environmental protection,
Community right-to-know, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, and
Toxic chemicals.
§ 372.65 Chemicals and chemical
categories to which this part applies.
No. For a detailed discussion
concerning the statutory and executive
order review requirements refer to Unit
VI. of the final rule issued on July 14,
2023.
V. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
Pursuant to the CRA (5 U.S.C. 801 et
seq.), EPA will submit a report
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Dated: April 24, 2024.
Michal Freedhoff
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention.
PART 372—TOXIC CHEMICAL
RELEASE REPORTING: COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
1. The authority citation for part 372
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11023 and 11048.
2. In § 372.65, amend Table 3 in
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
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Therefore, for the reasons set forth in
the preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR
part 372 as follows:
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Category name
Antimony compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
antimony as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Arsenic compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
arsenic as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Barium compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
barium as part of that chemical's infrastructure (except for barium sulfate
(CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
Beryllium compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
beryllium as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Cadmium compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
cadmium as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Certain glycol ethers
R-(OCH2CH2)n-OR'
Where:
n = 1, 2, or 3;
R = alkyl C7 or less; or
R = phenyl or alkyl substituted phenyl;
R' = H or alkyl C7 or less; or
OR' consisting of carboxylic acid ester, sulfate, phosphate, nitrate, or
sulfonate.
Chlorophenols
OH
Effective Date
1/1/1987
1/1/1987
1/1/1987
1/1/1987
1/1/1987
1/1/1995
1/1/1987
QtClx
H(S-x)
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Where x = 1 to 5
Chromium compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that
contains chromium as part of that chemical's infrastructure (except for
chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the
unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR).
COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized
chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at
approximately 2,000 °F).
Cobalt compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
cobalt as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
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Copper compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
copper as part of that chemical's infrastructure (except for C.I. Pigment Blue
15 (PB-15, CAS No. 147-14-8), C.I. Pigment Green 7 (PG-7, CAS No.
1328-53-6), and C.I. Pigment Green 36 (PG-36, CAS No. 14302-13-7)) and
except copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only
hydrogen and/or bromine and/or chlorine that meet the following molecular
structure definition:
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
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Where R =Hand/or Br and/or Cl onl
Cyanide compounds: x+cN- where x+ = any group (except H+) where a
formal dissociation can be made. For exam le, KCN or Ca CN 2.
Diisocyanates (This category includes only those chemicals listed below)
1,3-Bis(methy!isocyanate)cyclohexane
38661-72-2
1,4-Bis(methylisocyanate)cyclohexane
10347-54-3
(1,4-Bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane)
1,4-Cyclohexane diisocyanate
2556-36-7
134190-37-7 Diethy ldiisocyanato benzene
4,4'-Diisocyanatodiphenyl ether
4128-73-8
75790-87-3
2,4'-Diisocyanatodipheny1 sulfide
91-93-0
3,3 '-Dimethoxybenzidine-4,4' -diisocyanate
91-97-4
3,3'-Dimethyl-4,4'-diphenylene diisocyanate
139-25-3
3,3'-Dimethyldiphenylmethane-4,4'-diisocyanate
822-06-0
Hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate
4098-71-9
Isophorone diisocyanate
75790-84-0
4-Methyldiphenylmethane-3 ,4-diisocyanate
5124-30-1
1, 1-Methylene bis(4-isocyanatocyclohexane)
101-68-8
4,4'-Methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate)
3173-72-6
1,5-Naphthalene diisocyanate
123-61-5
1,3-Phenylene diisocyanate
1,4-Phenylene diisocyanate
104-49-4
9016-87-9
Polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate
2,2,4-Trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate
16938-22-0
2,4,4-Trimeth lhexameth lene diisoc anate
15646-96-5
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Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP): Includes branched alkyl di-esters of 1,2
benzenedicarboxylic acid in which alkyl ester moieties contain a total of nine
carbons. (This category includes but is not limited to the chemicals covered
by the CAS numbers and names listed here).
28553-12-0 Diisonony1 phthalate
71549-78-5 Branched dinonyl phthalate
14103-61-8 Bis(3,5,5-trimethylhexyl) phthalate
68515-48-0 Di(C8-10, C9 rich) branched alkyl phthalates
20548-62-3 Bis(7-methyloctyl) phthalate
111983-10-9 Bis(3-ethylheptan-2-yl) benzene-1,2-dicarboxylate
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or
otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin
like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were
created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) (This category includes
only those chemicals listed below).
67562-39-4
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran
55673-89-7
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran
35822-46-9
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
1,2,3,4, 7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
39227-28-6
1,2,3,6, 7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
57653-85-7
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
19408-74-3
70648-26-9
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran
57117-44-9
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran
72918-21-9
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran
60851-34-5
2,3,4,6, 7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran
39001-02-0
1,2,3,4,6, 7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzofuran
3268-87-9
1,2,3,4,6, 7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
57117-41-6
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran
57117-31-4
2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran
40321-76-4
1,2,3,7 ,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
51207-31-9
2,3, 7 ,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran
1746-01-6
2,3, 7 ,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid, salts and esters.
Hexabromocyclododecane (This category includes only those chemicals
covered by the CAS numbers listed here)
1,2,5 ,6,9, 10-Hexabromocyclododecane
3194-55-6
25637-99-4
Hexabromocvclododecane
Lead compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains lead
as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Manganese compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that
contains manganese as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Mercury compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
mercury as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Nickel compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
nickel as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Nicotine and salts.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous
solution).
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Where x = 1 to 10
Polychlorinated alkanes (C1oto C13): Includes those chemicals defined by the
following formula:
CxH2x-y+2Cly
where x = 10 to 13;
y = 3 to 12; and where the average chlorine content ranges from 40-70%
with the limitin molecular formulas C10H19Cb and C13H16Cl12
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Nonylphenol (This category includes only those chemicals listed below).
104-40-5
4-Nonylphenol (p-Nonylphenol)
11066-49-2 Isononylphenol
25154-52-3 Nonylphenol
26543-97-5 4-Isononylphenol
84852-15-3 4-Nonylphenol, branched (Branched p-nonylphenol)
90481-04-2 Non 1 henol, branched
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (This category includes only those chemicals
covered by the CAS numbers listed here).
7311-27-5
Ethanol, 2-[2-[2-[2-(4nonylphenoxy )ethoxy ]ethoxy]ethoxy]9016-45-9
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-(nonylphenyl)-ro-hydroxy-;
(Polyethylene glycol nonylphenyl ether)
20427-84-3 Ethanol, 2-[2-(4-nonylphenoxy)ethoxy]-;
(2-[2-( 4-Nonylphenoxy)ethoxy ]ethanol)
26027-38-3 Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-(4-nonylphenyl)-ro-hydroxy-;
(p-Nonylphenol polyethylene glycol ether)
26571-11-9 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24-Octaoxahexacosan-1-ol, 26(nonylphenoxy)27176-93-8 Ethanol, 2-[2-(nonylphenoxy)ethoxy]-; (Diethylene glycol
nonylphenol ether)
27177-05-5 3,6,9,12,15,18,21-Heptaoxatricosan-1-ol, 23(nonylphenoxy)27177-08-8 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27-Nonaoxanonacosan-1-ol, 29(nonylphenoxy)27986-36-3 Ethanol, 2-(nonylphenoxy)-; (2-(Nonylphenoxy)ethanol)
37205-87-1 Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-(isononylphenyl)-ro-hydroxy51938-25-1 Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-(2-nonylphenyl)-ro-hydroxy68412-54-4 Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-(nonylphenyl)-ro-hydroxy-,
branched; (Polyethylene glycol mono(branched
nonylphenyl)
ether)
127087-87-0 Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-(4-nonylphenyl)-ro-hydroxy-,
branched; (Polyethylene glycol mono(branched pnonylphenyl)
ether
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
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Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs): (This category includes only those
chemicals listed below).
56-55-3
Benz[a]anthracene
218-01-9
Benzo [a ]phenanthrene (Chrysene)
50-32-8
Benzo [a]pyrene
205-99-2
Benzo[b]fluoranthene
205-82-3
Benzo O]fluoranthene
207-08-9
Benzo[k]fluoranthene
206-44-0
Benzo0,k]fluorene (Fluoranthene)
189-55-9
Benzo[r,s,t]pentaphene (Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene)
226-36-8
Dibenz[a,h]acridine
224-42-0
Dibenz[a,j]acridine
53-70-3
Dibenzo [a,h]anthracene (Dibenz[a,h]anthracene)
5385-75-1
Dibenzo[a,e ]fluoranthene
192-65-4
Dibenzo[a,e ]pyrene
189-64-0
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene
191-30-0
Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene
194-59-2
7H-Dibenzo[c,g]carbazole
57-97-6
7, 12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
42397-64-8 1,6-Dinitropyrene
42397-65-9 1,8-Dinitropyrene
193-39-5
Indeno [1,2,3-cd]pyrene
56-49-5
3-Methylcholanthrene
3697-24-3
5-Methylchrysene
7496-02-8
6-Nitrochrysene
5522-43-0
1-Nitropyrene
57835-92-4 4-Nitropyrene
Selenium compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
selenium as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Silver compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
silver as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Strychnine and salts.
Thallium compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains
thallium as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
Vanadium compounds.
Warfarin and salts.
Zinc compounds: Includes any unique chemical substance that contains zinc
as part of that chemical's infrastructure.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 372
[EPA-HQ-TRI-2022-0262; FRL-2425.1-05-OCSPP]
RIN 2025-AA17
Addition of Diisononyl Phthalate Category; Community Right-to-
Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July
14, 2023, which added a diisononyl phthalates (DINP) category to the
list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). However, the amendment could not be
incorporated into the regulation due to an inaccurate amendatory
instruction. This document corrects the amendatory instructions.
DATES: Effective on May 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-TRI-2022-0262, is available at
https://www.regulations.gov. Additional instructions on visiting the
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is
available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: Rachel Dean, Data Collection
Branch, Data Gathering, Management, and Policy Division (Mail code:
7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 566-1303; email address: [email protected].
For general information contact: The Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Information Center; telephone number: (800)
424-9346 or (703) 348-5070 in the Washington, DC Area and
International; website: https://www.epa.gov//hotlines.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Does this action apply to me?
The Agency included in the July 14, 2023, final rule a list of
those who may be potentially affected by this action.
II. What does this correction do?
EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register on July 14, 2023
(88 FR 45089) (FRL-2425.1-03-OCSPP) which added a diisononyl phthalates
(DINP) category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting
requirements under the EPCRA and the PPA. In the final rule's
instructions to amend the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), EPA
intended to add the DINP category alphabetically to the list of TRI
chemical categories at 40 CFR 372.65(c). However, the list of TRI
chemical categories in the CFR at the time had been incorporated as a
static image of a table, which introduced formatting challenges with
regard to updating 40 CFR 372.65(c) per the amendatory instructions in
the DINP category rule because the Agency did not provide a new static
image of the table. This document corrects the formatting in Table 3 to
paragraph (c) of 40 CFR 372.65(c) by removing the static image of the
table and replacing it with a table consisting of text and images of
chemicals structures, as applicable.
III. Why is this correction issued as a final rule?
Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B)) provides that, when an agency for good cause finds that
notice and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest, the agency may issue a final rule without
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. EPA has
determined that notice and public
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procedure are unnecessary because EPA provided a full opportunity for
notice and comment before issuing the final rule that published in the
Federal Register on July 14, 2023, and this correction merely corrects
the amendatory instructions to ensure that the rule is correctly
codified in the CFR. EPA finds that this constitutes good cause under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B).
IV. Do any of the statutory and executive order review requirements
apply to this action?
No. For a detailed discussion concerning the statutory and
executive order review requirements refer to Unit VI. of the final rule
issued on July 14, 2023.
V. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
Pursuant to the CRA (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), EPA will submit a
report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S.
Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General
of the United States prior to publication of the rule in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372
Environmental protection, Community right-to-know, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, and Toxic chemicals.
Dated: April 24, 2024.
Michal Freedhoff
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
Therefore, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, EPA is
amending 40 CFR part 372 as follows:
PART 372--TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING: COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
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1. The authority citation for part 372 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11023 and 11048.
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2. In Sec. [thinsp]372.65, amend Table 3 in paragraph (c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 372.65 Chemicals and chemical categories to which this part
applies.
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