['xe)', 'z', '~', '_', '7', '-', 'wey', '8', 'UNITED', 'STATES', 'ENVIRONMENTAL', 'PROTECTION', 'AGENCY', 'WASHINGTON,', 'D.C,', '20460', 'ARG', 'rene', 'OFFICE', 'OF', 'PESTICIDES', 'AND', 'TOXIC', 'SUBSTANCES', 'pr.', 'Robert', 'S,', 'DeSimone', 'ee', 'a', 'ar', 'Elan', 'Chemical', 'Company,', 'Incorporatéd-**', '268', 'Doremus', 'Avenue', 'wo', 'Newark,', 'NJ', '07105', '“', ' ', '‘', 'Dear', 'Dr.', 'DeSimone:', 'oh', 'Recently,', 'you', 'submitted', 'a', 'premanufacture', 'notice', '(PMN)', 'dated', 'November', '15,', '1984,', 'received', 'by', 'the', 'Environmental', 'Protection', 'Agency', 'on', 'December', '1,', '1984', 'and', 'designated', 'PMN', '85-287,', 'for', 'the', 'following', 'chemical', 'substance:', 'Alkali', 'Metal', 'Dicarboxylate.', 'You', 'listed', '“flavorings,', 'including', 'flavor', 'additives', 'for', 'tobacco",', 'as', 'the', 'intended', 'uses', 'for', 'the', 'substance.', 'You', 'also', 'stated', 'that', 'you', 'intended', 'to', 'manufacture', 'the', 'substance', 'solely', 'for', 'export.', 'This', 'letter', 'is', 'to', 'inform', 'you', 'that', 'the', 'PMN', 'is', 'invalid', 'and', 'is', 'not', 'considered', 'a', 'PMN', 'under', 'TSCA', 'for', 'the', 'following', 'reasons:', '(1)', 'flavorings', 'for', 'use', 'in', 'food,', 'drugs,', 'and', 'cosmetics', 'are', 'exempt', 'from', 'TSCA', 'under', 'section', '3(2)(A)(vi);', 'and', '(2)', 'flavorings', 'for', 'use', 'in', 'tobacco', 'are', 'exempt', 'from', 'TSCA', 'under', 'section', '3(2)(A)', '(iii).', 'In', 'addition,', 'please', 'note', 'that', 'a', 'substance', 'which', 'is', 'manufactured', 'solely', 'for', 'export', 'is', 'also', 'exempt', 'under', 'TSCA', 'if', 'the', 'activities', 'meet', 'the', 'definition', 'in', '40', 'CFR', '720.3(s)', 'and,', 'when', 'distributing', 'the', 'substance', 'in', 'commerce,', 'the', 'Company', 'labels', 'the', 'substance', 'in', 'accordance', 'with', 'section', '12(a)(1)(B)', 'of', 'TSCA', 'and', 'provides', 'notice', 'of', 'export', 'in', 'accordance', 'with', 'section', '12(b)(2)', 'of', 'TSCA', 'and', '40', 'CFR', 'Part', '707.', 'rT&', 'you', 'have', 'any', 'further', 'questions,', 'Dan', 'Dickson,', 'the', 'Notice', 'Manager', 'assigned', '382-3380.', 'at', '(202)', 'sincerely,', 'Com', '4~', 'Sloghews', 'A', 'Vsan', 'bo~', 'Wendy', 'Cleland-Hamnett,', 'Acting', 'Chief', 'Premanufacture', 'Notice', 'Management', 'Branch', 'ee', '.', '_ELOcgers02']