by Caltha Company | Dec 29, 2012 | Hazardous Materials, TSCA
EPA is withdrawing the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule that it issued on December 3, 2012. The health and safety data reporting rule would have required manufacturers (including importers) of cadmium or...
by Caltha Company | Dec 21, 2012 | Product Stewardship, TSCA
EPA is withdrawing significant new use rules (SNURs) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). EPA published these SNURs using direct final rulemaking procedures. However,...
by Caltha Company | Dec 9, 2012 | EPCRA, Hazardous Materials, TSCA
EPA has initiated rulemaking to restrict the use of nonylphenol (NP) and its ethoxylates (NPEs) under a proposed significant new use rule (SNUR) using existing Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authority. EPA plans to issue the proposal in the next year. NP and NPEs...
by Caltha Company | Nov 29, 2012 | Hazardous Materials, TSCA, Waste
On an October 24, 2012 letter to Regional TSCA and RCRA Division Directors, the EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery has announced its reinterpretation of guidance regarding PCB-contaminated building materials. As background, on February 29, 2012, EPA...
by Caltha Company | Oct 27, 2012 | Hazardous Materials, TSCA
On September 21, EPA published significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 107 chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices. Eight of the chemicals are also subject to TSCA consent orders issued by EPA....
