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RIN: 2070-AC76

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Test Rule; Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Abstract: EPA is proposing health effects testing under TSCA section 4 in support of programs and activities required under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), governing Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). Section 112 of the CAA directs EPA to determine the risk to health and the environment remaining after application of technology-based emissions standards to major and area sources. Section 112 also sets forth a mechanism for revising and modifying the statutory list of 189 HAPs under section 112(b), and requirements for an accidental release control program. These data will also be important for the right-to-know program given the large release of these chemicals to the atmosphere. In order to implement these and other programs and requirements under section 112, EPA must identify the health and environment effects of potential concern from exposure to HAPs, ascertain the minimum data needed to adequately characterize those health and environmental effects, and assess the risks posed by HAPs. In addition, under section 103(d), EPA is required to conduct a research program on the short- and long-term effects of air pollutants on human health, ascertain the minimum data needed to adequately characterize those health and environmental effects, and assess the risks posed by HAPs.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 TSCA 4

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	06/26/1996	61 FR 33178
Supplemental NPRM	12/24/1997	62 FR 67466
Supplemental NPRM 2	04/21/1998	63 FR 19694
NPRM--Reproposal	12/00/2010

Additional Information: SAN No. 3487; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TOX/1996/June/Day-26/pr-24153DIR/pr-24153.pdf;
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest
Sectors Affected: 32411 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical Manufacturing
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Bob Jones Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7405M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8161 Fax:202 564-4765 Email: jones.robert@epa.gov Mike Mattheisen Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-3077 Email: mattheisen.mike@epa.gov