EPA issues ANPR on significant new uses of lead
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed off on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for significant new uses of lead. The Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) would require people to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture, import or processing of lead and lead compounds for new uses. Section 5(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides EPA with authority to screen new uses of a chemical substance to determine whether these uses should be regulated. The screening function is accomplished through the SNUR process. EPA may issue a SNUR for chemical substances after considering relevant factors including: the projected volume of manufacturing and processing of a chemical substance; the extent to which a use changes the type or form of human or environmental exposure to a chemical substance; the extent to which a new use increases the magnitude and duration of a human or environmental exposure to a chemical substance; and the reasonably anticipated manner and methods of manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce and disposal of the chemical substance.
- OSTI ID:
- 6984519
- Journal Information:
- Pollution Engineering; (United States), Vol. 26:13; ISSN 0032-3640
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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