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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AL05 Publication ID: Spring 2023 
Title: Other Chemical Substances Undergoing Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Significant New Use Rule for Certain Non-ongoing Uses 
Abstract:

EPA is developing TSCA section 5(a)(2) significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) on conditions of use identified as not currently ongoing in the final scope documents for the High Priority Substances undergoing TSCA section 6 risk evaluations. EPA is authorized to designate a particular new use (or return of a phased-out use) of a chemical substance as a “significant new use” under TSCA section 5(a)(2) after consideration of relevant factors. Persons subject to the SNUR would be required to notify EPA at least 90 days before before commencing any manufacture (including import) or processing of the chemical substance for a significant new use. Once EPA receives a notification, EPA must review and make an affirmative determination on the notification, and take such action as is required by any such determination before the manufacture (including import) or processing for the significant new use can commence. Such a review will assess whether the use may present unreasonable risk to health or the environment and ensure that EPA can prevent future unsafe environmental releases of the chemical substances subject to this SNUR.

 
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 721   
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2604(a)(2), Toxic Substances Control Act, section 5(a)(2)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2023 
Final Rule  05/00/2024 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca  
Sectors Affected: 325 Chemical Manufacturing 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Thomas Groeneveld
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1188
Email: groeneveld.thomas@epa.gov

Joel Wolf
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-0432
Email: wolf.joel@epa.gov