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RIN: 2070-AC61

Publication ID: Spring 2003

Title: TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments
Abstract: This action amends the current TSCA Inventory Update Rule (IUR) to require chemical manufacturers to report to EPA data on exposure-related information and the industrial and consumer end uses of chemicals they produce or import. Prior to these amendments, EPA required chemical manufacturers to report the names of the chemicals they produce, as well as the locations of manufacturing facilities and the quantities produced. About 3,000 facilities reported data on about 9,000 unique chemicals during the 1998 reporting cycle under the IUR. Data obtained under these amendments would be used by EPA and others to: better understand the potential for chemical exposures; screen the chemicals now in commerce and identify those of highest concern; establish priorities and goals for their chemical assessment, risk management and prevention programs, and monitor the programs' progress; encourage pollution prevention by identifying potentially safer substitute chemicals for uses of potential concern; and enhance the effectiveness of chemical risk communication efforts. This action contains additional amendments to the IUR. These include removing the inorganic chemicals exemption, thereby providing the information to better assess and manage risks of inorganic chemicals; improving the linkages of IUR data to other data sources to enhance the data's usefulness; and altering the confidential business information (CBI) claim procedures to reduce the frequency of CBI claims, allowing the public greater access to relevant information on toxic chemicals. EPA held meetings with representatives of the chemical industry, environmental groups, environmental justice leaders, labor groups, State governments and other Federal agencies to ensure public involvement in the TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments Project.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 710
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2607(a) TSCA 8(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/26/1999	64 FR 46771
NPRM Comment Period Extended	10/22/1999	64 FR 56998
Final Action	01/07/2003	68 FR 847

Additional Information: SAN No. 3301
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing
Agency Contact: Susan Sharkey Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7406M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8789 Fax:202 564-4775 Email: sharkey.susan@epa.gov Robert Lee Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7406M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8786 Fax:202 564-8893 Email: lee.robert@epamail.epa.gov