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EPA/OLEM RIN: 2050-AH40 Publication ID: 2026 
Title: Technical Amendments to the EPCRA Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reporting Requirements to Conform to the 2024 OSHA Hazard Communication Standard 
Abstract:

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.

 
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 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 370   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. sec. 11001 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/17/2025  90 FR 51266   
Direct Final Rule  11/17/2025  90 FR 51187   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/17/2025 
Final Rule Effective  01/16/2026 
Additional Information: Docket #: EPA-HQ-OEM-2025-0299.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/epcra/  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jennifer Barre
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-9026
Email: barre.jennifer@epa.gov

Rebecca Broussard
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-6706
Email: broussard.rebecca@epa.gov