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RIN: 2070-AB20

Publication ID: Spring 2002

Title: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Exemptions From the Prohibitions Against Manufacturing, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce
Abstract: Section 6(e)(3)(B) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides that the Administrator may grant, by rule, exemptions from the prohibitions against manufacturing, processing and distribution in commerce of PCBs upon finding that 1) no unreasonable risk to health or the environment will occur, and 2) good faith efforts have been made by the petitioner to develop a substitute for PCB which does not pose an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. In addition, the Interim Procedural Rules were amended to require certain petitioners to reapply for EPA approval to continue PCB activities previously approved by EPA.
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
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 761
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2605 TSCA sec 6(e)(3)(B)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM (1) Group I	12/06/1994	59 FR 62875
NPRM (2) Group II	05/00/2002
Final Action (1) Group I	01/00/2003

Additional Information: SAN No. 2150
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 211 Oil and Gas Extraction; 2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 31-33 Manufacturing; 5133 Telecommunications; 6113 Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools; 622 Hospitals; 921 Executive, Legislative, Public Finance and General Government
Agency Contact: Peter Gimlin Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0515 Fax:202 566-0473 Email: gimlin.peter@epa.gov Tony Baney Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7404, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0514 Fax:202 566-0473 Email: baney.tony@epamail.epa.gov