2050-AH40 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2050 Office of Land and Emergency Management OLEM 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Amendments to EPCRA Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reporting on Hazard Categories and MSDS/SDS Terminology

Through this action, the Agency will modify the hazard categories and adjust the use of terminology within 40 CFR part 370 to conform with the 2012 and 2024 amendments to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) [77 FR 17574; March 26, 2012 and 89 FR 44144; May 20, 2024] which conform to the United Nations Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals [89 FR 44144; May 20, 2024]. The hazard categories will be adjusted to conform with the HCS 2024. The use of the term Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) will be replaced with the term Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to conform with the 2012 HCS. The Agency also intends to make minor plain language, clarifying, and consistency corrections.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 40 CFR 370 42 U.S.C. sec. 11001 et seq. No NPRM 08/00/2025 Direct Final Rule 08/00/2025 Docket #: EPA-HQ-OEM-2025-0299 Undetermined Federal Local State Tribal No No https://www.epa.gov/epcra/ No No Jennifer Barre 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA 202 564-9026 barre.jennifer@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A, Washington DC 20460 Rebecca Broussard 2050 Office of Land and Emergency Management OLEM 202 564-6706 broussard.rebecca@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A, Washington DC 20460