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EPA/OPPTS RIN: 2070-AC76 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
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). Among other things, 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. The primary purpose of the testing proposed in this rule is to assist EPA's Office of Air and Radiation by requiring data to be developed under TSCA section 4 that could be applied to a determination of residual risk for the subject chemicals. In some cases, a proposed test rule may prompt voluntary testing. As the need for testing certain chemicals has changed, EPA is considering the need for a reproposal. 
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  09/00/2011    
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:
John Schaeffer
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
7405M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8173
Fax:202 564-4765
Email: schaeffer.john@epa.gov

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