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| EPA/OPPTS | RIN: 2070-AB27 | Publication ID: Fall 2009 |
| Title: Significant New Use Rule (SNUR); Chemical-Specific SNURs To Extend Provisions of Section 5(e) Orders | |
| Abstract: Section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authorizes EPA to determine that a use of a chemical substance is a "significant new use." After considering all relevant factors, including those listed in TSCA section 5(a)(2), EPA makes this determination by promulgating Significant New Use Rules (SNURs). These regulations require persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process a chemical substance contained in a SNUR for an activity that is designated as a significant new use to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs. For chemicals which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and for which EPA made a determination that the manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal may present an unreasonable risk, the Agency may issue a section 5(e) consent order to limit these activities. The Agency generally issues "5(e)" SNURs to extend the controls prescribed in these consent orders to other manufacturers and processors by designating the manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal of the substances without the specified controls as significant new uses. For chemicals which were the subject of PMNs, EPA may also promulgate "non-5(e) SNURs" when the Agency did not find that the chemicals manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal, as described in the PMN, triggered the determinations set forth under TSCA section 5(e) but did find that certain changes in the chemicals manufacture, processing, distribution, use or disposal could result in increased exposures to or releases of the substance. Under the Expedited Follow-up Rule (EFUR), 40 CFR part 721, subpart D, EPA routinely issues batch direct final section 5(e) and non-5(e) SNURs. | |
| Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Routine and Frequent |
| RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
| Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
| CFR Citation: 40 CFR 721 | |
| Legal Authority: 15 USC 2604 | |
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| Additional Information: SAN No. 3495 | |
| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
| Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
| RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/opptintr/newchems/pubs/cnosnurs.htm | |
| Sectors Affected: 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing | |
| RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
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Agency Contact: Karen Chu Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7405M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8773 Fax:202 564-4765 Email: chu.karen@epa.gov Tracey Klosterman Environmental Protection Agency Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances 7405M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-2209 Fax:202 564-9490 Email: klosterman.tracey@epa.gov |
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