Regulatory Analysis: Proposed Premanufacture Notification and Review Procedures. Proposed Rule, Section 5, Toxic Substances Control Act

摘要

Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires manufacturers and importers to notify EPA 90 days before they manufacture or import a new chemical substance. New substances are those that are not on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory, which was first published on June 1, 1979, and supplemented on July 30, 1980, by a Revised Inventory. EPA proposed regulations to implement section 5 requirements and to establish premanufacture notice and review procedures in the Federal Register of January 10, 1979 (44 FR 2242), October 16, 1979 (44 FR 59764), and August 15, 1980 (45 FR 54642). In this draft Regulatory Analysis, EPA explains the rationale for its proposal. The Regulatory Analysis also discusses the major issues raised by the proposed rules and describes the different alternatives the Agency considered for resolving the issues. The analysis is in part based on the proposed 'Economic Impact Analysis of Proposed Section 5 Notice Requirements,' prepared by ICF Incorporated of Washington, DC.