Notice of Opportunity to Initiate Negotiations for TSCA Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreements; Solicitation of Testing Proposals for ATSDR Chemicals

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This notice invites manufacturers and processors of certain chemical substances who wish to participate in testing negotiations for various chemicals to develop and submit testing program proposals to EPA. The chemicals are hazardous substances identified for data needs by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), National Toxicological Program (NTP) and EPA pursuant to section 104(i)(5) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund)(42 U.S.C. 9601-9675). These 12 chemical substances are vinyl chloride, benzene, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, hydrogen cyanide, sodium cyanide, toluene, methylene chloride, chloroethane, mercury, chromium, and beryllium. These substances and associated data needs appear in Table 1 below. The specific forms of the metals mercury, chromium, and beryllium to be tested are yet to be determined; EPA will solicit testing proposals for the specific forms of these metals at a later date. Testing proposals should cover all identified data needs of a substance (or multiple substances) in order to be considered for Enforceable Consent Agreement (ECA) negotiation. If, after re