Timing of Export Notifications

The exporter must submit a notification of export or of intent to export a regulated chemical substance or mixture. For purposes of 12(b), exporter is defined as the person who, as the principal party in interest in the export transaction, has the power and responsibihty for determining and controlling the sending of the chemical substance or mixture to a destination out of the customs territory of the United States. 

It explained that if acceptance of the order constituted the formation of the contract, notification must be made within the earlier to occur of seven days after contract acceptance, or export. If fulfillment of the order constituted the formation of the contract, notification must be made within the earlier to occur of seven days of fulfilling the order or export.  

While no particular form is required, the notice must be in a writing, marked Section 12(b) Notice, and must contain  

If a category is regulated, the category and the name of the individual regulated chemical in that category must both be included. The name should be the name that appears in Volume 1 of the EPA Chemical Substance Inventory, or its supplements  

Since the promulgation of the first export rule, EPA has reduced the required frequency for submitting export notifications. In its original export rule, EPA imposed the same annual filing requirements without regard to 

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