Review of Chemical Proposals for Addition under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; Solicitation of Information for the Development of Risk Management Evaluations and Risk Profiles

Zusammenfassung

This notice solicits information relevant to the development of risk management evaluations pursuant to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) for the following chemicals which are being reviewed for possible addition to the Stockholm Convention's (hereafter Convention) Annexes A, B, and/or C as POPs: Hexabromobiphenyl (HBB) (CAS No. 36355-01-8); pentabromodiphenyl ether (PeBDE) (CAS No. 32534-81-9); chlordecone (CAS No. 143-50-0); lindane (CAS No. 58-89-9); and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Additionally, this notice solicits information relevant to the development of risk profiles pursuant to the Convention for the following chemicals which are also being reviewed for possible addition to the Convention's Annexes A, B, and/or C as POPs: Commercial octabromodiphenyl ether (octaBDE) (CAS No. 32536-52-0); pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) (CAS No. 608- 93-5); short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCP) (CAS No. 85535-84-8); alpha-hexachlorocylcohexane (alpha-HCH) (CAS No. 319-84-6); and beta- hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH) (CAS No. 319-85-7). EPA is issuing this notice to alert interested and potentially affected persons of these proposals and the status of the