The EPA listed calendar year 2023 allowances for production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons under its November final rule on the “phasedown” of hydrofluorocarbons (see 2109230054), in a notice released Oct. 7. The notice lists application-specific allowances for various companies and applications, as well as production allowances and consumption allowances. The notice also said it intends to retire some companies’ allowances “in accordance with the administrative consequences provisions established in the final rule.”

The Environmental Protection Agency published a final rule Sept. 29 setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 24 chemical substances subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect Nov. 28. The SNURs cover the following:

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing another update to its formaldehyde standards for composite wood products. EPA said two additional voluntary consensus standards incorporated in the regulations were updated since a proposed update to the standards it issued in March (see 2203290020). “EPA is now proposing to update the incorporation by reference of the two additional voluntary consensus standards in the formaldehyde standards for composite wood products regulations,” it said. Comments are due on or before Oct. 20.

The EPA published a final rule June 27 setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 21 chemical substances subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect Aug. 26. The SNURs cover the following:

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to update its formaldehyde standards for composite wood products. The agency’s proposed rule would update mentions in the regulations of several voluntary industry standards, as well as modify requirements for third-party certifiers conducting inspections under the standards, including by providing more flexibility for remote inspections. The EPA is also proposing “technical corrections and conforming changes including updating standards within the definitions section, clarifying language as it relates to production, and creating greater flexibilities for the third-party certification process,” it said. Comments are due April 28.

The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule Dec. 9 setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 45 chemical substances subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect Feb. 8, 2022. The SNURs cover the following:

The Environmental Protection Agency published a final rule Nov. 15 setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for five chemical substances subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect Jan. 14, 2022. The SNURs cover the following:

The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a fact sheet detailing importer requirements under its recent final rule on hydrofluorocarbon import and production quotas. Linked in a Nov. 15 CSMS message from CBP announcing an upcoming webinar on the final rule, the fact sheet outlines what imports are covered by the new requirements, which take effect Jan. 1 and include 14-day advance filing for covered merchandise and an additional Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number data element in ACE.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new reporting requirements for 31 chemicals under significant new use rules. The proposed SNURs would require notification to EPA at least 90 days in advance of a new use by importers, manufacturers or processors, it said in a notice released Oct. 8. Importers of chemicals subject to these proposed SNURs would need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements should these proposed rules be finalized, EPA said. Exporters of these chemicals would become subject to export notification requirements. Comments on the proposed SNURs are due Nov. 12. The SNURs would cover the following chemical substances:

The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule Oct. 6 setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for three chemical substances subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect Dec. 6. The SNURs cover the following: