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Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Chemical Substances Designated as Inactive on the TSCA Inventory; Significant New Use Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 11, 2024. It took effect on March 11, 2024.
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What the agency says
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is finalizing a significant new use rule (SNUR) for 329 per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that are designated as inactive on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory. PFAS are a group of chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products since the 1940s because of their useful properties, such as water and stain resistance. Many PFAS break down very slowly and can build up in people, animals, and the environment over time. Exposure at certain levels to specific PFAS can adversely impact human health and other living things. Persons subject to the final SNUR are required to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing any manufacture (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. Such a review will assess whether the new use may present unreasonable risk to health or the environment and ensure that EPA takes appropriate action as required to protect health or the environment.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00412
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- January 11, 2024
- Takes effect
- March 11, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective March 11, 2024. For purposes of judicial review, this rule shall be promulgated at 1 p.m. (EST) on January 25, 2024.
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OPPT-2022-0867; FRL 9655-02-OCSPP
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2070-AL10
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 9; 40 CFR 721
- Topics
- Chemicals; Environmental protection; Hazardous substances; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 10
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