[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 31]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR790.80]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 790_PROCEDURES GOVERNING TESTING CONSENT AGREEMENTS
AND TEST RULES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart E_Exemptions From Test Rules
 
Sec.  790.80  Submission of exemption applications.

    Source: 50 FR 20660, May 17, 1985, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Who should file applications. (1) Any manufacturer or processor 
subject to a test rule in part 799 of this chapter may submit an 
application to EPA for an exemption from performing any or all of the 
tests required under the test rule.
    (2) Processors will not be required to apply for an exemption or 
conduct testing unless EPA so specifies in a test rule or in a special 
Federal Register notice as described in Sec.  790.48(b)(2) under the 
following circumstances:
    (i) If testing is being required to allow evaluation of risks 
associated with manufacturing and processing or with distribution in 
commerce, use, or disposal of the chemical and manufacturers do not 
submit notice(s) of intent to conduct the required testing; or
    (ii) If testing is being required solely to allow evaluation of 
risks associated with processing of the chemical.
    (b) When applications must be filed. (1) Exemption applications must 
be filed within 30 days after the effective date of the test rule 
described in Sec.  790.40 or, if being submitted in compliance with the 
Federal Register notice described in Sec.  790.48(b)(2), within 30 days 
after the publication of that notice.
    (2) Exemption applications must be filed by the date manufacture or 
processing begins by any person not manufacturing or processing the 
subject chemical as of the effective date of the test rule described in 
Sec.  790.40 or by 30 days after the effective date of the test rule 
described in Sec.  790.40, who, before the end of the reimbursement 
period, manufactures or processes the test substance and who is subject 
to the requirement to submit either a letter of

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intent to test or an exemption application.
    (3) When both manufacturers and processors are subject to the rule, 
exemption applications must be filed by the date processing begins by 
any person not processing as of the effective date of the test rule 
described in Sec.  790.40 or by 30 days after publication of the Federal 
Register notice described in Sec.  790.48(b)(2) who, before the end of 
the reimbursement period, processes the test substance and who is 
subject to the requirement to submit either a letter of intent to test 
or an exemption application.
    (c) Scope of application. A person may apply for an exemption from 
all, or one or more, specific testing requirements in a test rule in 
part 799 of this chapter.

[50 FR 20660, May 17, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 34205, June 23, 1993]