Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is amending the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) contained in section 112(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by removing the compound ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) (2-Butoxyethanol) (Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) No. 111-76-2) from the group of glycol ethers. This action is being taken in response to a petition to delete EGBE from the HAP list submitted by the Ethylene Glycol Ethers Panel of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) (formerly the Chemical Manufacturers Association) on behalf of EGBE producers and consumers. Petitions to delete a substance from the HAP list are permitted under section 112(b)(3) of the CAA. Based on the available information concerning the potential hazards of and projected exposures to EGBE, EPA has made a determination pursuant to CAA section 112(b)(3)(C) that there are "adequate data on the health and environmental effects [of EGBE] to determine that emissions, ambient concentrations, bioaccumulation, or deposition of the substance may not reasonably be anticipated to cause adverse effects to human health or adverse environmental effects."
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 63 [OAR-2003-0188; FRL-7841-8] RIN 2060-AL87 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The EPA is amending the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) contained in section 112(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by removing the compound ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) (2-Butoxyethanol) (Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) No. 111-76-2) from the group of glycol ethers. This action is being taken in response to a petition to delete EGBE from the HAP list submitted by the Ethylene Glycol Ethers Panel of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) (formerly the Chemical Manufacturers Association) on behalf of EGBE producers and consumers. Petitions to delete a substance from the HAP list are permitted under section 112(b)(3) of the CAA. Based on the available information concerning the potential hazards of and projected exposures to EGBE, EPA has made a determination pursuant to CAA section 112(b)(3)(C) that there are “adequate data on the health and environmental effects [of EGBE] to determine that emissions, ambient concentrations, bioaccumulation, or deposition of the substance may not reasonably be anticipated to cause adverse effects to human health or adverse environmental effects.” DATES: Effective November 29, 2004. ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. OAR-2003-0188 and A-99-24. All documents in the docket are listed in the EDOCKET index at http://w…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Peer-Review Workshop on EPA's 2003 Interim Final position paper titled “An Evaluation of the Human Carcinogenic Potential of Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether”
List of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Petition Process, Lesser Quantity Designations, Source Category List
Citation: 69 FR 69320
