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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AL22 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: ●Formaldehyde; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
Abstract:

This rulemaking will address the unreasonable risk of injury to health from formaldehyde. Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires that EPA, when it determines in a TSCA risk evaluation that a chemical substance presents unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, apply one or more requirements under TSCA section 6(a) by rule to the extent necessary so the chemical substance no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA’s final risk evaluation for formaldehyde, describing formaldehyde’s conditions of use and presenting EPA’s determination of unreasonable risk is in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0438, with additional information including the draft risk evaluation and public comments received in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0613.

 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
EO 14192 Designation: Regulatory 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 751   
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 Toxic Substances Control Act   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  TSCA section 6(c)  01/03/2026 
Final  Statutory  TSCA section 6(c)  01/03/2027 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2026 
Final Rule  04/00/2027 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: Yes 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-evaluation-formaldehyde  
Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jeffrey Putt
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-3703
Email: putt.jeffrey@epa.gov

Ana Corado
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-0140
Email: corado.ana@epa.gov