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EPA/OLEM | RIN: 2050-AG85 | Publication ID: Spring 2016 |
Title: ●Hazardous Chemical Reporting; Community Right-to-Know; Revisions to Hazard Categories and Minor Corrections | |
Abstract:
The EPA is amending its hazardous chemical reporting regulations due to the changes in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). OSHA's HCS was recently revised to conform to the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Under the revised HCS, manufacturers and importers are required to re-evaluate their chemicals according to the new criteria adopted from GHS to ensure that they are classified appropriately. Manufacturers and importers are also required to develop standardized Safety Data Sheets (formerly known as "Material Safety Data Sheets) and distribute them to downstream users of their chemicals. These changes in HCS affect the reporting requirements under sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). Based on the new classification criteria that OSHA adopted, the EPA is revising the existing hazard categories for hazardous chemical inventory form reporting under EPCRA section 312 and for list reporting under section 311. In this action, the EPA is also making few minor corrections in the hazardous chemical reporting regulations. |
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Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 370 | |
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11011 42 U.S.C. 11012 |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0763 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Sicy Jacob Environmental Protection Agency Office of Land and Emergency Management 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8019 Fax:202 564-2625 Email: jacob.sicy@epa.gov |