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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AL07 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: Flame Retardants; Significant New Use Rules for Certain Non-ongoing Uses 
Abstract: Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is considering finalizing significant new use rules (SNURs) for three flame retardants, tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), 4,4’-(1-methylethylidene)bis[2, 6-dibromophenol], also known as “tetrabromobisphenol A,” (TBBPA), and triphenyl phosphate (TPP), which are all undergoing TSCA risk evaluations. The proposed significant new uses are manufacture (including import) or processing for any use, with the exception that the conditions of use the Agency expects to consider within the scope of the TSCA section 6 risk evaluations, are not proposed as significant new uses. Persons subject to the SNUR would be required to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing any manufacturing (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. 
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 Part 721     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2604(a)(2), Toxic Substances Control Act, section 5(a)(2)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
None       
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/22/2023  88 FR 40728   
Final Rule  10/00/2025 
Additional Information: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0012.
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/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca   Public Comment URL: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0012  
Sectors Affected: 313 Textile Mills; 313320 Fabric Coating Mills; 316998 All Other Leather Good and Allied Product Manufacturing; 321999 All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing; 322220 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing; 322299 All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing; 324110 Petroleum Refineries; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing; 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing; 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing; 325510 Paint and Coating Manufacturing; 325520 Adhesive Manufacturing; 325991 Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins; 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing; 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 326113 Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing; 326130 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet (except Packaging), and Shape Manufacturing; 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing; 326150 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing; 326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing; 327390 Other Concrete Product Manufacturing; 333249 Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; 334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; 334412 Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing; 334413 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing; 334417 Electronic Connector Manufacturing; 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing; 335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing; 335991 Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing; 336111 Automobile Manufacturing; 336390 Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing; 336411 Aircraft Manufacturing; 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing; 337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; 339991 Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing; 424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers; 486990 All Other Pipeline Transportation; 541380 Testing Laboratories; 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; 562212 Solid Waste Landfill; 562219 Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; 562920 Materials Recovery Facilities; 562998 All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services; 928110 National Security 
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