Voluntary initiatives Challenge Program

Of the originally proposed 37 chemicals, 11 were being sponsored in the voluntary HPV Challenge Program and SIDS program, 2 were being sponsored in the ICCA HPV Initiative, and 7 were removed from the Ust based on 2002 lUR data because they were imported or manufactured in volumes lower than the one million pound threshold. 71 Fed. Reg. 13708. 13720 (Mar. 16, 2006). 

Calculated from Sunset Dates of Chemicals Subject to Final TSCA Section 4 and Related 12(b) Actions, September 1,2009, available at http //www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/sunsettable. html. This total does not include studies performed pursuant to the voluntary initiatives such as the High Production Volume challenge, but does include HPV chemicals that were not voluntarily studied and were later the subject of test rules. See Chapter 10. Voluntary Initiatives, for a discussion of the HPV and other voluntary programs. 

See Chapter 10. Voluntary Initiatives for a discussion of the High Production Volume Challenge Program, and see Chapter 2. TSCA s Scope for a discussion of nanomaterials. 

It is not uncommon for activists to proceed on both fronts with respect to issues of interest. For example, challenges to the voluntary High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program were initiated under both 20 and 21. On December 27, 1999, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PET A) on its own behalf and on behalf of four other organizations, including Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, filed a citizens petition... 

For a discussion of the HPV Challenge Program and associated test rules, see Chapter 10. Voluntary Initiatives. 

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