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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AJ89 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: Cadmium; Health and Safety Data Reporting Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(d) 
Abstract: On August 30, 2010, EPA granted a TSCA section 21 citizen's petition to use section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to require producers, importers, and processors of cadmium and cadmium compounds to submit to EPA lists or copies of ongoing and completed unpublished health and safety studies concerning cadmium and cadmium compounds that are reasonably likely to be incorporated into consumer products. The petition also asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to take certain actions, including the establishment of standards restricting cadmium in children's products, especially metal jewelry. The health and safety studies that EPA would require under this action would be used to help determine if a potential hazard exists from cadmium or cadmium compounds and whether a product should be banned as a hazardous substance under guidelines established by CPSC. Implementing its response to the petition EPA intends to promulgate a final TSCA section 8(d) rule requiring reporting from manufacturers (including importers), and also intends to propose a rule to require reporting from processors and distributors. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 716   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(d) TSCA 8(d)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2013 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/toyjewelry.htm  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Jones
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7405M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8161
Fax:202 564-4745
Email: Jones.Robert@epa.gov

Mark Seltzer
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7405M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-2910
Email: Seltzer.Mark@epa.gov