Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 04/11/1999

Category for Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic New Chemical Substances

EPA groups new chemical substances with similar structural and toxicological properties into categories to facilitate premanufacture assessment and regulation. These groupings enable both Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 5(a)(1) Premanufacture Notice (PMN) submitters and EPA reviewers to benefit from accumulated data and decisional precedents and have streamlined the process for Agency review of and regulatory follow-up on new chemical substances. Consistent with TSCA section 26(c), which allows EPA action under TSCA with respect to categories of chemical substances or mixtures, EPA is issuing this policy statement regarding a category of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) new chemical substances.