Response Comment Document on the Proposed Rule - Disposal of PCBs, May 1998

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS DOCUMENT ON THEOPPTS DOCKET #66009AWashington, DC 20460U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOffice of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic SubstancesFibers and Organics BranchNational Program Chemicals DivisionOffice of Pollution Prevention and ToxicsPrepared by theMay 1998PROPOSED RULE -- DISPOSAL OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLSINTRODUCTION6(e)(1), 6(e)(2)(B) and 6(e)(3)(B) of TSCA. Section 6(e)(1)(A) gives EPA the authority toiipublic hearing can be accessed through OPPTS Docket #66009.presentation at the public hearing, and comments submitted in response to discussions at thethe public hearing, all comments regarding the proposed rule, statements prepared forinformal public hearing which was held on June 6 & 7, 1995, in Washington, DC. A transcript ofDuring the comment period, EPA received numerous requests to participate at theotherwise have not been addressed in the preamble to the final rule.document provides EPA’s response to issues raised by comments on the proposed rule thatreceived; responses to many of those comments appear in the preamble of the final rule. Thisthose comments specifically or modified the rule where appropriate. Numerous comments wereEPA has considered all comments submitted on the proposal and has either responded tobiphenyl.”risk of injury to health or the environment and which may be substituted for such polychlorinatedefforts have been made to develop a chemical substance which does not present an ...