What does TSCA stand for?
Toxic Substances Control Act (1976)
What does the TSCA do?
Provides EPA with authority to require reporting, record-keeping, and testing requirements and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures (including PCBs, asbestos, radon, and lead-based paint)
What are the 3 main objectives of the TSCA?
- To assess and regulate new commercial chemicals before they enter the market
- To regulate chemicals already existing in 1976 that posed an unreasonable risk to health and the environment (ex. PCBs, radon, mercury)
- To regulate these chemicals’ distribution and use
TSCA regulates both ________?
Naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals
Section 5 of TSCA requires?
-Pre-manufacture notification for “new chemical substances” before manufacture
-Issuance of Significant New Use Rules when it identifies a significant new use that could result in exposures or releases of a substance of concern
Section 4 of TSCA requires?
Testing of chemicals by manufacturers, importers, and processors where risks or exposures of concern are found
Section 8 of the TSCA requires?
-Maintain the TSCA inventory which contains more than 83,000 chemicals
-Reporting and record-keeping
Section 12 and 13 of the TSCA requires?
Those importing/exporting chemicals to comply with certification reporting
What is a Pre-Manufacture Notice (PMN)?
If a chemical is not on the inventory and not excluded from TSCA, a PMN must be submitted to the EPA before manufacture or import. It must identify the chemicals and provide information on health and environmental effects.
Section 6 of the TSCA can?
Ban the manufacture or distribution in commerce, limit use, require labeling, or place other restrictions on chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk.
What is a Pre-Manufacture Notification?
TSCA requires manufacturers and importers to notify EPA at least 90days before producing or introducing a new chemical product into the US
EPA has ___ days after Pre-Manufacture Notification to evaluate the potential risk of the new chemical.
45
Section 6 of the TSCA specifies?
Regulatory Controls - alternative means available to EPA for controlling chemical hazards
What common items still contain PCBs?
Old transformers and capacitors, old florescent lighting, old TVs, old fridges
PCB Transformer Regulations can be found where?
Title 40 CFR Part 671
