Highlights
EPA issued a Federal Register notice at 74 FR 38013, July 30, 2009 announcing receipt and availability of data developed under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on April 9, 1996, by EPA and the Dow Corning Corporation. The MOU covered six siloxanes deemed representative of a broad class of siloxanes that have widespread use in a variety of industrial and consumer applications.
June 17, 2009 -- Information on possible aquatic and sediment toxicity testing for nonylphenol (NP) and for certain short-chain nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), which are widely used in detergents, and information and proposals for obtaining data on exposure of NPEs to industrial laundry workers is being requested by EPA in an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM). Read more about the notice, issued under section 4 of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA).
November 25, 2008 -- EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on formaldehyde emissions from pressed wood products to investigate whether and what type of regulatory or other action might be appropriate to protect against risks posed by formaldehyde emitted from pressed wood products.
EPA has broad authority under the law to issue:
- Information collection regulations that require the submission of health and safety studies which are known or available to those who manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce specified chemicals; and
- Regulations designed to gather information from manufacturers and processors about production/import volumes, chemical uses and methods of disposal, and the extent to which people and the environment are exposed.
ABOUT CHEMICAL TESTING DATA DEVELOPMENT (TESTING)
- Test Rules
- Testing Policy
- Program Objectives
- Master Testing List
- Chemical Right-To-Know
- Interagency Testing Committee
- OECD/SIDS
- Information Gathering Authority Section 8(a)
- Allegations of Significant Adverse Reactions Section 8(c)
- Unpublished Health and Safety Studies Section 8(d)
- Substantial Risk Information Section 8(e)
- TSCA Export Notification Section 12(b)
- TSCA Import CertificationSection 13
- Testing Results Overview
- Individual Testing Results
- Testing Results by CAS No. (PDF, 174pp, 827KB, About PDF)
- Testing Results by Chemical Name (PDF, 172pp, 828KB, About PDF)
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 8
- Section 12
- Section 21
- Import/Export Policies
- TSCA Section 13 Custom Import Regulations 19 CFR sections 12.118 through 12.127 and 127.28 amended)
- Product Stewardship/Memoradum of Understanding