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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/USA/1276/Rev.1

Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act (35 pages, in English).

Objective

Protection of the environment (TBT); Protection of animal or plant life or health (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT)

Product Covered

Chemical substances; Environment and environmental protection in general (ICS code(s): 13.020.01); Production in the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.020); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)

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HSCODE

ICSCODE

13.020 - Environmental protection; 71.100 - Products of the chemical industry

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Description

Proposed rule - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, “the Agency”) is proposing to amend the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions of use. EPA has reconsidered the procedural framework rule for conducting such risk evaluations and determined that certain aspects of that framework should be revised to better align with applicable court decisions and the statutory text, to reflect the Agency's experience implementing the risk evaluation program following enactment of the 2016 TSCA amendments, and to allow for consideration of future scientific advances in the risk evaluation process without need to further amend the Agency's procedural rule.

Notified Document

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Link to Notification

EN:File here

FR:File here

ES:File here

Status Active

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