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The exemption for firearms is based on the provision of the TSCA statute that says that the term chemical substance does not include ... [Pg.40]

While the statute itself does not use the word firearm, the regulations do specifically exempt any pistol, firearm, revolver, shells and cartridges from the definition of chemical substance. Presumably, because only the listed articles are exempted from TSCA, the gunpowder used to fill the shells is subject to all of the TSCA regulations. [Pg.40]

There are numerous exclusions and exemptions from the premanufacture notification (PMN) process. Chemicals that are excluded from the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) definition of chemical substances are excluded from the PMN requirements, as well as all TSCA programs. Chemicals that are excluded from the definition of chemical substances include mixtures (but not the constituents of a mixture, each of which is a chemical substance ), pesticides, tobacco, firearms, nuclear materials, food, food additives, drugs, cosmetics, and devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. ... [Pg.143]

TSCA 8(e) applies to all chemical substances or mixtures under TSCA jurisdiction and manufactured, processed, or distributed in commerce. Chemicals not under TSCA jurisdiction, and therefore not covered by TSCA 8(e) reporting obligations include firearms, shells and cartridges, and ... [Pg.239]

Some products excluded from the definition of chemical substance in 3(2) (B) require a negative certification. These include pesticides, as defined by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) food, food additives, drugs, drug intermediates, cosmetics, cosmetic intermediates, or devices subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) nuclear source materials, special nuclear materials or nuclear by-product materials and firearms and ammunition. While a guide for importers and exporters published by EPA in 1991 (1991 Guide) made a distinction in... [Pg.293]

In the Middle Ages chemical warfare took a new turn with the invention of gunpowder. Artillery and firearms played a big role in the battlefield. More sophisticated devices based on arsenic, white and red lead, antimony and verdigris (poisonous copper acetate) often mixed with aconite, belladonna, nux vomica and euphorbia were developed. In the latter period during the nineteenth century several other types of substances were applied into the warfare. Such chemicals included certain methyl arsenic compounds, such as. [Pg.79]


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