[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]
[Page 141-142]
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.