US Toxic Substances Control Act

They are the required statutory tests for agencies under such laws as the (US) Eederal Hazardous Substances Act (unless data are already available), (US) Toxic Substances Control Act, (US) Federal Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodenticides Act, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the (US) Food and Drug Administration laws. 

See also Clean Air Act (CAA), US Clean Water Act (CWA), US Ethanol Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, US Toxic Substances Control Act, US... 

See also Clean Air Act (CAA), US Clean Water Act (CWA), US Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenti-cide Act, US Food Quality Protection Act, US Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, US National Environmental Policy Act Occupational Safety and Health Act, US Pollution Prevention Act, US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, US Safe Drinking Water Act, US Toxic Substances Control Act, US. 

This chapter explores those queshons, beginning with a discussion of one of the oldest chemical control laws, the US Toxic Substances Control Act. Readers should note that the discussions of laws and regulations that follow are intended simply to illuminate the question of why chemicals can be found throughout our environment and should not be construed as legal or regulatory advice. 

The analysis of these materials is even more critical with increased interest in their environmental impact on ecological systems and human health. A number of frequently used additives, such as phthalate and adipate plasticizers have been identified as environmental pollutants, and the fate of these chemicals is the subject of ongoing studies. Concern over the total composition of plastics has increased the focus on the total life cycle of polymeric materials. Government attention to toxic substances has increased over the years through the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the REACH initiative in the EU. These regulations may prohibit or otherwise impact the exportability of the plastic goods or other products that come in contact with the plastics. This, coupled with increased consumer attention and disclosures of chemicals in consumer products, has increased the need for a more complete analysis of polymeric materials. Combustion of rubber... 

Guidelines for testing priorities and requirements under US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)... 

The components of Bisoflex 124 are listed in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) and the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substances Inventory. 

TSCATS is an online index to unpublished, nonconfidential studies covering chemical testing results and adverse effects of chemicals on health and ecological systems. The studies are submitted by US industry to EPA under several sections of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). There are four types of documents in the database Section 4 chemical testing results, Section 8(d) health and safety studies, Section 8(e) substantial risk of injury to health or the environment notices, and voluntary documents submitted to EPA known as a For Your Information (FYI) notice. 

Raw materials or goods which are exported to the USA are subjected to the same restrictions as those which are manufactured within the USA. There is also a duty to ensure that each delivery is authorised by the US customs authorities. Anybody who does not conform to these so-called TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) conditions must reckon on a high fine. This article examines in detail all the legal, administrative and financial steps that must be followed before making the first exports, including adhesives. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY EUROPEAN UNION GERMANY USA WESTERN EUROPE... 

Production and distribution of commercial and industrial chemicals in the United States is covered by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. TSCA was enacted by the U.S. Congress to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. Under TSCA,... 

The U.S. Congress enacted the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (TSCA, Public Law [Pub. L.] 94 69) in 1976, to become effective 1 January 1977. The act authorizes US-EPA to secure information on all new and existing chemical substances and to control any of these substances that could cause an unreasonable risk to public health or the environment. Dmgs, cosmetics, foods, food additives, pesticides, and nuclear materials are exempt from TSCA (US-EPA 2006a). 

US-EPA. 2006c. The United States Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Substances Control Act New Chemicals Program website, www.epa.gov/opptintr/newchems US-EPA. 2006d. United States Environmental Protection Agency Test guidelines, http //www.epa. 

US EPA (1979) Toxic Substances Control Act, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA. 

This section provides an overview of the precautionary principle and chemicals regulation in US policies and describes and analyses the Toxic Substances Control Act in more detail, in particular in relation to the precautionary principle. 

However, the cornerstone of US chemicals legislation is the Toxic Substances Control Act, which regulates most substances and most of the quantities, in particular industrial chemicals. In the following, the statutes and the more than 30 years of implementation of TSCA will be described and analysed. The investigation is limited to statutes with a general reach the parts of TSCA that address specific substance groups will not be dealt with.25... 

A9.6.4.4 The U.S. EPA has recently posted a draft document on its website Development of Chemical Categories in the HPV Challenge Program, that proposes the use of chemical categories to voluntarily compile a Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) on all chemicals on the US HPV list. .. [to provide] basic screening data needed for an initial assessment of the physicochemical properties, environmental fate, and human and environmental effects of chemicals (US EPA, 1999). This list consists of ...about 2,800 HPV chemicals which were reported for the Toxic Substances Control Act s 1990 Inventory Update Rule (lUR) . 

Provides over 64 000 citations to unpublished health and safety studies, chemical tests, and substantial risk data on over 8400 chemical substances submitted to the US EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Copies of the original submissions are available from the US EPA (CIS, subset of TOXLINE available on CD-ROM in PolTox I and Toxline from Silver Platter). 

The US EPA has entered into enforceable consent agreements with some parties under the Toxic Substance Control Act to control PFOA in the environment. 

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