March 20, 2012, has issued it’s first set of proposed SNURs and a testing rule on articles. [See box on right for your favorite chemical] Nobody is making these chemicals in the US (“voluntary” ban), but they could come in with imported articles: polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs and adding decabrom to the current SNUR on PBDEs), benzidine [...]
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TSCA SNURs Issued to Catch Imported Articles
Posted in TSCA, tagged SNURs, TSCA on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
New TSCA Test Rules, SNURs and Export Notices
Posted in TSCA, tagged SNURs, TSCA on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Attention Chemical Manufacturers, Importers and Exporters! EPA has issued a final test rule on the third batch of HPV (High Production Volume) that are still “orphans” not picked up in the voluntary testing program. In addition, the agency has gotten creative on the last batch of 45 HPV orphans using the 2006 IUR data and [...]
TSCA Action on Glymes
Posted in TSCA, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., SNURs, TSCA on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Flexing TSCA muscles: EPA is proposing a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) on a set of 14 “glymes” of concern for reproductive effects. SNURs offer EPA an opportunity to review proposed new uses and deny or restrict future specific commercial applications. One of the problems with SNURs to control chemical exposure is that these rules [...]
