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EPA/OPPTS | RIN: 2070-AB20 | Publication ID: Spring 2006 |
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. | |
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 6(e)(3)(B) |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: SAN No. 2150; | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/pcb | |
Sectors Affected: 2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 31-33 Manufacturing; 5133 Telecommunications | |
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 Tom Simons Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7404T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0517 Fax:202 566-0473 Email: Simons.Tom@epa.gov |