The EPA is proposing to look at the risks involved in using or handling C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (CASRN 81-33-4, also known as PV29), a substance used in the manufacturing of synthetic dyes, plastics materials, paints and coatings, printing ink, automotive parts and paint, carpet and rug mills, floor covering and solid waste. This examination would be conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act. EPA will be accepting comments through Feb. 28, it said in a Federal Register notice.
The Environmental Protection Agency will issue significant new use rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act for six chemical substances, it said in a notice. The rule is effective March 7. The SNURs require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture, import or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity designated as a new use in the SNUR, EPA said.
The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health, and the agency may propose risk management actions, it said in a notice.
The EPA has determined that formaldehyde is a chemical substance that "presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health" and, as such, warrants risk management actions that companies will have to abide by, including importers, it said in a notice.
The Environmental Protection Agency seeks public comment, including comment from manufacturers and importers, on the agency's preliminary list of companies that manufacture or import five high-priority chemical substances, for the purposes of charging fees under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
EPA is initiating the prioritization process for five chemical substances as candidates for designation as High-Priority Substances for risk evaluation, according to a notice. The substances are 4-tert-Octylphenol, benzene, ethylbenzene, naphthalene and styrene.
An EPA final rule that amends the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act takes effect Jan. 17. The changes include amendments increasing the quality of information submitted in new chemicals notices, and are expected to improve EPA's processes for effective and timely individual risk assessments as well as for new chemicals reviews, the agency said in a Federal Register notice.
The EPA will ban the import and manufacture of the chemical solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), according to a Federal Register notice. This final rule is effective Jan. 16.
An EPA final rule that becomes effective Jan. 17 will restrict and eventually ban the use of perchloroethylene (PCE), a chemical solvent often used in dry cleaning and degreasing, due to the "unreasonable risk of injury to health" when using the substance, it said in a Federal Register notice.
The EPA is proposing to issue significant new use rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act for 34 chemical substances, it said in a notice. Comments are due by Jan. 16. The SNURs require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture, import or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity designated as a new use in the SNUR, EPA said.