TSCA - The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC 2601) was enacted to provide information about all chemicals and to control the production of new chemicals that might present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. TSCA authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to require testing of old and new chemical substances. TSCA also provides authority to regulate the manufacturing, processing, import and use of chemicals. Because TSCA gives EPA broad powers, the law covers virtually all manufactured and natural chemicals.
The manufacture use, and/or disposal of chemicals are covered in virtually every environmental law and in OSHA and DOT regulations. TSCA, however, fills the gaps in other laws and supplements sections of existing laws.
EPA maintains and publishes the TSCA Inventory, which includes a list of chemicals manufactured, imported, or processed for commercial purposes in the United States. The TSCA Inventory is voluminous, with more than 75,000 chemical substances.
Enviro.BLR.com provides detailed and practical Toxic Substances Control Act analysis. The web site features plain-English summaries of the differences between federal and state environmental laws and regulations, state and federal final and proposed regulations and notices, and "Ask the Experts" service.
There is also an extensive compliance "Tools" section that provides more than 7,000 guidance documents, sample plans, TSCA forms, and checklists. The Enviro.BLR.com editorial staff keep the site and you up-to-date on all important EPA and toxic substance developments.
The EPA Library has more helpful environmental compliance resources like these:
Premanufacture notice (PMN) under TSCA section 5
TSCA exemptions and SNURs
Guidance Documents—Toxic Substances Control Act
PMN Flowchart
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