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WARNING - DO NOT e-mail any Confidential Business Information (CBI) to EPA. EPA's e-mail system is NOT secured to protect CBI.


User Fee address change: The bank that formerly provided "lock box" services accepting TSCA section 5 Premanufacture Notice user fees (Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, PA) has been changed, we are now using US Bank in St Louis Missouri. At this time, user fees sent to the Pittsburgh post office box address listed in 40 CFR 700.45(e) are being forwarded to the new lock box service, at the address below. Please use this new address for future user fee payments. EPA has not yet enabled procedures to accept wire transfers, but we expect to do so soon.

US Mail:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington Finance Center
Toxic Substances Control Act User Fees
P.O. Box 979073
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000


Courier Services:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington Finance Center
Toxic Substances Control Act User Fees
Lockbox 979073 - US Bank
1005 Convention Plaza
St Louis, MO 63101

And the telephone numbers for US Bank staff, which the courier service can use, are:

Cheryl Davis 314 418 4900
Sue Boyd 314 418 6635
Natalie Pearson 314 418 4087


USING THE US TREASURY Pay.gov PROGRAM:
The New Chemicals program can accept payments made through the Pay.gov program of the US Treasury. Pay.gov can be a mechanism for paying using a credit card. Pay.gov has generated a form for use in paying TSCA fees, which can be found on the Agency List at the Pay.gov homepage: https://www.pay.gov/paygov/
homepage.html?nc=1211917548574.


SNUN reminder: When submitting a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN), companies should include a cover letter. Read more information about SNUNs and what the cover letter should include.

 P2 Recognition Project 2007 Award Winnerss

Read about the awardees:

BASF Corp.

Chisso America, Inc.

Clariant Corp.

 Highlights

Read about the New Chemicals program January 2007 - June 2008 accomplishments.

If you would like access to the information in the 2005-2006 report, you can go to the PDF version of that report at: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/ar/ 20052006/oppt_ar_20052006.pdf  (48 pp., 462KB, about PDF).

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) New Chemicals Program, located in the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, was established to help manage the potential risk from chemicals new to the marketplace. It is mandated by Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA, enacted by Congress in 1976, gives EPA broad authority to identify and control substances that may pose a threat to human health or the environment.

The New Chemicals Program functions as a "gatekeeper"which can identify conditions, up to and including a ban on production, to be placed on the use of a new chemical before it is entered into commerce. Anyone who plans to manufacture or import a new chemical substance for a non-exempt commercial purpose is required by Section 5 of TSCA to provide EPA with notice before initiating the activity. This premanufacture notice, or PMN, must be submitted at least 90 days prior to the manufacture or import of the chemical. Find out about how to use the new chemicals program's computer models to screen your PMNs or exemption notices before you submit them to EPA, through our Sustainable Futures Initiative.

Select the links below to access information on the individual topics.

For more information:  The Toxic Substances Control Act Hotline (tsca-hotline@epa.gov) is available to answer general questions about the PMN process or filing a PMN form. The TSCA hotline operates Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Call (202) 554-1404. FAX requests for documents are received every day, at all times, on (202) 554-5603.

Other TSCA Resources

 

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