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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AA59 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Significant New Use Rules (SNURs); Follow-Up Rules on Non-5(e) New Chemical Substances 
Abstract: Section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authorizes EPA to determine that a use of a chemical substance is a "significant new use." After considering all relevant factors, including those listed in TSCA section 5(a)(2), EPA makes this determination by promulgating Significant New Use Rules (SNURs). These regulations require persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process a chemical substance contained in a SNUR for an activity that is designated as a significant new use to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs. For chemicals which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs), EPA may promulgate "non-5(e) SNURs" when the Agency did not find that the chemical’s manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal, as described in the PMN, triggered the determinations set forth under TSCA section 5(e), but did find that certain changes in the chemical’s manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal could result in increased exposures to or releases of the substance. Under the Expedited Follow-up Rule (EFUR), 40 CFR part 721, subpart D, EPA routinely issues batch direct final section 5(e) and non-5(e) SNURs. This Regulatory Agenda action addresses those chemicals that were subject to a proposed SNUR prior to the effective date of the EFUR or which do not qualify under the EFUR. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Routine and Frequent 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2601 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM: P-84-1056  06/11/1986  51 FR 21199   
NPRM: P-86-566  12/08/1987  52 FR 46496   
NPRM: Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose  06/11/1993  58 FR 32628   
Final: Aluminum Cross-linked Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose  04/00/2011    
Final: P-84-1056  04/00/2011    
Final: P-86-566  04/00/2011    
Additional Information: SAN No. 1976
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/newchems/pubs/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 Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7405M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-8773
Fax:202 564-4765
Email: chu.karen@epa.gov

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