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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AJ59 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Amendments to the Procedural Rules for Enforceable Consent Agreements (ECAs) 
Abstract: On September 16, 2010, EPA published a final rule amending the procedures for developing Enforceable Consent Agreements (ECAs) to generate test data under the Toxic Substances Control ACT (TSCA). the main features of the ECA process amended by the final rule include when and how to initiate negotiations and inserting a fire deadline at which negotiations will terminate. The final rule also deleted, modified, or consolidated several sections of the 40 CFR part 790 to place the ECA provision in one section and the Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) provisions in a separate section, to make it clearer that there is one ECA negotiation procedure applicable to all circumstances when an ECA would be appropriate. The final rule also made conforming changes in other sections that reference the ECA procedures. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 790 to 799   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2603   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/19/2010  75 FR 7428   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/22/2010    
Final Action  09/16/2010  75 FR 56472   
Additional Information: EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480aa83c8; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0894
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/oppt/existingchemicals/  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jessica Barkas
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 250-8880
Email: barkas.jessica@epa.gov

Mike Mattheisen
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7405M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-3077
Email: mattheisen.mike@epa.gov