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RIN: 2070-AL10

Publication ID: Fall 2023

Title: Per- and Polyfluoro Alkyl Substances (PFAS) Designated as Inactive on the TSCA Inventory; Significant New Use Rule
Abstract: EPA is finalizing a significant new use rule (SNUR) issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for those per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have not been manufactured (including imported) or processed for many years and are consequently designated as inactive on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory. PFAS are a group of chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products since the 1940s because of their useful properties, such as water and stain resistance. Many PFAS break down very slowly and can build up in people, animals, and the environment over time. Exposure at certain levels to specific PFAS can adversely impact human health and other living things. Persons subject to the SNUR would be required to notify EPA at least 90 days 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 PFAS subject to this SNUR.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
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 U.S.C. 2604(a) Toxic Substances Control Act

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/26/2023	88 FR 4937
Final Rule	11/00/2023

Additional Information: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2022-0867.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/reviewing-new-chemicals-under-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca/actions-under-tsca-section-5#SNUR
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Bethany Masten Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-8803 Email: masten.bethany@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