[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR715.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 715--ACTIVITIES INVOLVING UNSCHEDULED DISCRETE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (UDOCs)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 715.3  Amended declaration.

    (a) Amended declarations are required to correct certain 
inaccuracies in a previously submitted declaration. These amended 
declarations are necessary to change a production range above the amount 
originally declared, or the production of a PSF-chemical above 30 metric 
tons by a plant not previously counted as a PSF-plant.
    (b) Changes that do not directly affect the purpose of the 
Convention, such as changes to a company name, address, point of 
contact, or non-substantive typographical errors, do not require 
submission of an amended declaration and may be corrected in subsequent 
declarations.
    (c) If you are required to submit an amended declaration pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this section, you must complete and submit a new 
Certification Form and the specific form(s) being amended (e.g., annual 
declaration on past activities). Only complete that portion of each form 
that amends the previously submitted information.

  Supplement No. 1 to Part 715--Definition of an Unscheduled Discrete 
                            Organic Chemical

    Unscheduled discrete organic chemical means any chemical: (1) 
belonging to the class of chemical compounds consisting of all compounds 
of carbon except for its oxides, sulfides and metal carbonates 
identifiable by chemical name, by structural formula, if known, and by 
Chemical Abstract Service registry number, if assigned; and (2) that is 
not contained in the Schedules of Chemicals (see Supplements No. 1 to 
parts 712 through 714 of this subchapter). Unscheduled discrete organic 
chemicals subject to declaration under this part are those produced by 
synthesis that are isolated for use or sale as a specific end-product.

    Note: Carbon oxides consist of chemical compounds that contain only 
the elements

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carbon and oxygen and have the chemical formula 
CxOy, where x and y denote integers. The two most 
common carbon oxides are carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide 
(CO2). Carbon sulfides consist of chemical compounds that 
contain only the elements carbon and sulfur, and have the chemical 
formula CaSb, where a and b denote integers. The 
most common carbon sulfide is carbon disulfide (CS2). Metal 
carbonates consist of chemical compounds that contain a metal (i.e., the 
Group I Alkalis, Groups II Alkaline Earths, the Transition Metals, or 
the elements aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, tin, lead, bismuth or 
polonium), and the elements carbon and oxygen. Metal carbonates have the 
chemical formula Md(CO3)e, where d and 
e denote integers and M represents a metal. Common metal carbonates are 
sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and calcium carbonate 
(CaCO3). In addition, metal carbides or other compounds 
consisting of only a metal, as described above, and carbon (e.g., 
calcium carbide (CaC2)), are exempt from declaration 
requirements (see Sec. 715.1(a)(2)(ii)(D) of this part).

 Supplement No. 2 to Part 715--Examples of Unscheduled Discrete Organic 
                  Chemicals (UDOCs) and UDOC Production

    (1) Examples of UDOCs not subject to declaration include:
    (i) UDOCs produced coincidentally as by-products that are not 
isolated for use or sale as a specific end product, and are routed to, 
or escape from, the waste stream of a stack, incinerator, or waste 
treatment system or any other waste stream;
    (ii) UDOCs, contained in mixtures, which are produced coincidentally 
and not isolated for use or sale as a specific end-product;
    (iii) UDOCs produced by recycling (i.e., involving one of the 
processes listed in paragraph (3) of this supplement) of previously 
declared UDOCs;
    (iv) UDOCs produced by the mixing (i.e., the process of combining or 
blending into one mass) of previously declared UDOCs; and
    (v) Intermediate UDOCs used in a single or multi-step process to 
produce another declared UDOC.
    (2) Examples of UDOCs that you must declare under part 715 include, 
but are not limited to, the following, unless they are not isolated for 
use or sale as a specific end product:
    (i) Acetophenone (CAS  98-86-2);
    (ii) 6-Chloro-2-methyl aniline (CAS  87-63-8);
    (iii) 2-Amino-3-hydroxybenzoic acid (CAS  548-93-6); and
    (iv) Acetone (CAS  67-64-1).
    (3) Examples of activities that are not considered production by 
synthesis under part 715 and, thus, the end products resulting from such 
activities would not be declared under part 715, are as follows:
    (i) Fermentation;
    (ii) Extraction;
    (iii) Purification;
    (iv) Distillation; and
    (v) Filtration.