On July 22, 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first four Section 5 (a)(3) determinations for premanufacture under the newly amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

 

All four of the new chemcials were found to have a low potential for both health and environmental hazards.

 

The four new chemicals under the reformed TSCA are:

 

 

 

PMN

 

 

Generic Name

 

 

Uses:

 

Intended/known

 

 

Persistence

 

 

Bioaccumulation

 

 

Health Hazard

 

 

Environmental Hazard

 

 

P-16-0281

 

 

Fatty alcohols-dimers, trimers,

 

polymers

 

 

Reactive Polyol

 

Lubricant and lubricant additive

 

 

Persistent

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

P-16-0292

 

 

Depolymerized waste plastics

 

 

Intermediate for use in manufacture of polymers

 

Lubricant and lubricant additive

 

 

Very Persistent

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

P-16-0301

 

 

Propyl silsesquioxanes, hydrogen-terminated

 

 

Intermediate

 

Lubricant and Lubricant additive

 

 

Limited Persistence

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

P-16-0302

 

 

Organic modified propyl sisesquixane

 

 

Plastic additive

 

Finishing Agent

 

 

Very Persistent

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

Low

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about the four chemicals, please visit The National Law Review. Please contact Nexreg for all your Chemical Regulatory Compliance needs.