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US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7

US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7. Toxic Substances Control Act Senate: Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 & House: Toxic Chemicals Safety Act 2010. Toxic Substances Control Act. T itle 1: Control of Toxic Substances October 11, 1976

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US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7

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  1. US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Toxic Substances Control Act Senate: Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 & House: Toxic Chemicals Safety Act 2010

  2. Toxic Substances Control Act • Title 1: Control of Toxic Substances • October 11, 1976 • Title 2: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act October 22, 1986 • Title 3: Indoor Radon Abatement Act • October 28, 1988 • Title 4: Lead Exposure Reduction Act October 28, 1992

  3. Core TSCA Regulations • Reporting and Recordkeeping • 707 Imports and Exports • TSCA Chemical Inventory Regulations • 712 Chemical Information Rules • 716 Health and safety data reporting • 717 Records and reports, of allegations that chemical substances cause significant adverse reactions to health or the environment • Pre-manufacture notification • 721 Significant new uses • 723 Pre-manufacture notification exemptions • 725 Reporting requirements and review process for microorganisms

  4. Specific Chemical Regulations • Part 745: Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention in Certain Residential Structures • Part 747: Metalworking Fluids • Part 749: Water Treatment Chemicals

  5. Specific Chemical RegulationsContinued • Part 763: Asbestos • Part 761: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Manufacturing, Processing, Distribution in Commerce, and Use Prohibitions • Part 766: Dibenzo-Para-Dioxins/Dibenzofurans

  6. Information on TSCA Chemical Inventory Existing Chemicals 60,000 New Chemicals Each Year 700 Current Inventory 83,000

  7. TSCA gives EPA ability to • Gather information on risk • Screen before they enter market place • Control chemicals that pose unreasonable risks

  8. International Actions 1979 – Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboudary Air Pollutants (LRTAP) (www.UNECE.org) 1998 – Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (PIC)(www.pic.int) 2001 - Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)(www.pops.int)

  9. Why TSCA is being revised • GAO reports TSCA ineffective, “high-risk” • High cost to require more data • EPA’s inability to release CBI data

  10. Proposed Legislation Senate: S.3209 - Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 Committee on Environment and Public Works Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health House: H.R. 5820 - Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010 Committee on Energy and Commerce Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection

  11. Proposed Changes • Reduce evidentiary burden EPA must meet • Shifts burden of obtaining the risks posed by chemicals from EPA to manufacturers • Limit use of Confidential Business Information

  12. Mazzie Talley US Environmental Protection Agency 901 North 5th Street AWMD/RCAP Kansas City, Kansas 66101-2907 Phone: 913-551-7518 Email: talley.mazzie@epa.gov Fax: 913-551-7201

  13. US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Toxic Substances Control Act Senate: Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 & House: Toxic Chemicals Safety Act 2010

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