Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 23/12/1997

Testing Consent Order and Export Notification Requirements for Ethylene Dichloride

On June 26, 1996, EPA proposed a test rule under section 4(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to require manufacturers and processors of 21 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) to test these substances for certain health effects. Included as one of these chemical substances was ethylene dichloride (CAS No. 107-06-2). EPA invited the submission of proposals for enforceable consent agreements (ECAs) for pharmacokinetics testing of the HAPs chemicals and received a proposal for testing ethylene dichloride from the HAP Task Force. In a previous document published EPA has solicited interested parties to monitor or participate in negotiations on an ECA for ethylene dichloride. EPA is proposing that if an ECA is successfully concluded for ethylene dichloride, then the subsequent publication of the TSCA section 4 testing consent order (Order) in the Federal Register would add ethylene dichloride to the table of testing consent orders for substances and mixtures with Chemical Abstract Service Registry Numbers. As a result of the proposed addition of ethylene dichloride, all exporters of ethylene dichloride, including persons who do not sign the ECA, would be subject to export notifica