LEGAL LOOKOUT

摘要

On Jan. 7, 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued amend-ments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Inventory Update Rule (IUR). Completing IUR Form U will be significantly more complicated. Certain exposure-related information will be required for chemical substances covered by the IUR, and inorganic chemical substances are now subject to IUR reporting, because EPA decided to revoke the full exemption from IUR reporting for these substances. EPA did raise the production volume basic reporting threshold from the current 10,000 pounds per year, per chemical substance, to 25,000 1bs/yr, and to 300,000 1bs/yr for the reporting of processing and use information. There are significant changes to entities that historically prepared IUR Form U. Similarly, new submitters now required to report because of the changes will find it challenging. This article provides a brief summary of key changes to the rule.