2070-AK86 202110 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Asbestos (Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos); 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 chrysotile asbestos 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 chrysotile asbestos, describing the conditions of use and presenting EPA's determinations of unreasonable risk, is in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0501, with additional information in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0736.

]]> 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 Final 12/28/2022 TSCA sec. 6(c) Statutory NPRM 12/28/2021 TSCA sec. 6(c) Yes NPRM 04/00/2022 Final Rule 11/00/2023 . Undetermined Federal Local State Tribal Yes Undetermined https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-asbestos-part-1-chrysotile-asbestos No Yes Robert Courtnage 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 202 566-1081 courtnage.robert@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404T, Washington DC 20460