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EPA/OPPTS RIN: 2070-AA59 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Significant New Use Rules (SNURs); Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances 
Abstract: EPA regulates the commercial development of new chemicals that have completed premanufacture notice (PMN) review. In a PMN review, the Agency assesses whether or not a chemical's manufacture, import, process, distribution, use, or disposal outside the activities described in the PMN may present an unreasonable risk. In instances where no such determination is made and no consent order is issued under section 5(e) of TSCA, EPA may issue Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) requiring 90-day notification to EPA from any manufacturer, importer, or processor who would engage in activities that are designated as significant new uses. Under the Expedited Follow-up Rule (EFUR) which became effective on October 12, 1989, EPA will identify such new chemicals and publish them in a batch SNUR 3-4 times per year. Chemicals that were subject to a proposed SNUR before the effective date of the EFUR or do not qualify under the EFUR, may be regulated individually by notice and comment rulemaking and are listed below. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Routine and Frequent 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 TSCA 5   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM: 84-1056  06/11/1986  51 FR 21199   
NPRM: 86-566  12/08/1987  52 FR 46496   
NPRM: Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose  06/11/1993  58 FR 32628   
Final: 84-1056  12/00/2009    
Final: 86-566  12/00/2009    
Final: Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose  12/00/2009    
Additional Information: SAN No. 1976
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/newchems/cnosnurs.htm  
Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Karen Chu
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
7405M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8773
Fax:202 564-4765
Email: chu.karen@epa.gov

Greg Schweer
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7405M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8469
Fax:202 564-9094
Email: schweer.greg@epa.gov