Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances

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ACGIH = American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists DOT = Department of Transportation EPA = Enviromnental Protection Agency HAPs = Hazardous Air Pollutants NATICH = National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health OAQPS = Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards OPPTS = Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration OW = Office of Water ... 

Commercial activities that result in the creation of new chemicals must receive authorization from the ERA prior to production or distribution. To receive such authorization, a pre-manufacture notice (PMN) must be filed with the EPA s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances. 

Within a year of the act s adoption, the EPA had assigned responsibility for its implementation to the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, formed in 1977 to administer the Toxic Substances Control Act, and had begun the first federally funded green chemistry programs. By 1992, the National Science Foundation had also begun funding research on "environmentally benign [chemical] syntheses and processes."... 

TSCA was first enacted in 1976 and has been amended significantly three times. It is a federally managed law and is not delegated to states.30 TSCA gives EPA broad authority to regulate the manufacture, use, distribution in commerce, and disposal of chemical substances. The law is overseen by the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT).31... 

USEPA, Methods for Assessing Consumer Exposure to Chemical Substances, Volume 7, Report No. 560/5-85/007, Exposure Assessment Branch, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, 1987. 

Toxic Substances Control Act Assistance Information Service U.S. EPA, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Washington, D.C. 

Charlie Auer, former Director of the EPA s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, made a presentation in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on 30 October 2006 (Air and Waste Management Association) titled US Experience in Applying Informed Substitution as a Component of Risk Reduction and Alternative Analysis. In his presentation, Auer cited the use of highly fluorinated substances such as perfluorooctyl sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). He suggested that these substances... 

A major responsibility of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (7). Central to TSCA is section 5, which requires manufacturers to submit premanufacture notifications (PMNs) to EPA before they begin manufacture of new chemical substances. Under section 5, EPA may limit or ban the production of a new chemical substance that may present an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment. 

Office of Pollution Prevention And Toxics, 2008. Regulation of a New Chemical Substance Pending Development of Information. Re Premanufacture Notice Number P-08-0177, Consent Order and Determinations Supporting Consent Order. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Available at . 

Brown, R. and A. Mitteknan. 1993. Evaluation of existing methods to rank the relative carcinogenicity of polycyclic aromatic compounds PAH). Draft. Technical Resources, Inc., Contract No. 68-01-0022, for Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Office of Sohd Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides, Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances (OPPTS). 

In Canada, Environment Canada, which was created in 1971, is the organization responsible for environmental regulation and protection. Environment Canada is divided into five Regional Offices Ontario, Atlantic, Prairie and Northern Region, Quebec, and Pacific and Yukon. Its environmental services are administered through the Canadian Environment Protection Act (CEPA) which includes the Air Quality Act, the Canadian Water Act, the Ocean Dumping Act, the Environment Contaminant Act, and the Department of the Environment Act. CEPA was recently amended (September 1999), placing more emphasis on pollution prevention and toxic substances. It also provides an increased enforcement authority and resources to carry out necessary research and development activities. 

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