2070-AK85 202204 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA N-Methylpyrrolidone; Rulemaking Under TSCA Section 6(a)

Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to address unreasonable risks of injury to health or the environment that the Administrator has determined are presented by a chemical substance under the conditions of use. Following a risk evaluation for n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) carried out under the authority of TSCA section 6, EPA initiated rulemaking to address unreasonable risks of injury to health identified in the final risk evaluation. EPA's risk evaluation for NMP, describing the conditions of use and presenting EPA's determinations of unreasonable risk, is in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0236, with additional information in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0743.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined Undetermined 40 CFR 751 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic Substances Control Act Statutory NPRM 12/23/2021 TSCA sec. 6(c) Statutory Final 12/23/2022 TSCA sec. 6(c) No NPRM 05/00/2023 Final Rule 08/00/2024 EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0744. Yes Businesses Federal State Yes Undetermined https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-n-methylpyrrolidone-nmp Yes Yes Joel Wolf 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 202 564-0432 wolf.joel@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M, Washington DC 20460 Clara Hull 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 202 564-3954 hull.clara@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M, Washington DC 20460