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EPA/OPPTS RIN: 2070-AJ08 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Test Rule; Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) [DECA] 
Abstract: On June 25, 1991, EPA issued a proposed TSCA section 4 Test Rule for health and environmental effects and chemical fate testing of 5 brominated flame retardants. Since issuing that proposed rule, all of the subject chemical substances have been sponsored under the international OECD HPV Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Program, EPA's voluntary US HPV Challenge Program, and/or EPA's Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP). Information obtained under these various data collection/development programs and the declining market for these chemicals have eliminated the need for additional data on four of the five BFRs. EPA still needs biodegradation and environmental fate data on decabromodiphenyl ether and is pursuing that data through the enforceable consent agreement (ECA) process. Efforts to finalize the test rule are suspended pending the outcome of the ECA process. 
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 790 to 799   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603 "TSCA 4"   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/25/1991  56 FR 29140   
Notice; Enforceable Consent Agreement  08/00/2009    
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: SAN No. 3493.3
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Catherine Roman
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8172
Fax:202 564-4765
Email: roman.catherine@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