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Information C ollection and Data Development (Testing) Sunset Dates/Status of Chemicals Subject to Section 4

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Sunset Dates of Chemicals Subject to Final TSCA Section 4

and Related 12(b) Actions, Modified on September 1, 2009

This Table lists, in ascending chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry number order, all chemical substances and

mixtures that are and/or have been the subject of final TSCA Section 4 test rules and/or TSCA Sec tion 4

enforceable consent agreements/orders (ECAs) issued by EPA under the TSCA Existing Chemicals Testing Program.

The table includes the sunset (termination) date or other status information for each chemical substance or

mixture. When a sunset date is indicated on the table, the TSCA Section 4 testing, reimbursement, reporting, and

Section 4 related Sec tion 12(b) export notification requirements terminate on that date.

The Federal Register (FR) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) citations in the table refer to the specific TSCA

Section 4 final test rule or announcement of an enforceable consent agreements/orders which addresses the

particular chemical substance or mixture for which the sunset date/status column in the table applies. Those

chemical substances or mixtures that are the subject of two or more TSCA Section 4 final testing actions may

have Section 4 requirements and Section 4-triggered TSCA Section 12(b) export notification requirements that

have sunset, as well as TSCA Sec tions 4 and 12(b) requirements that have not sunset.

It should be noted that the sunset date for TSCA sec tion 12(b) requirements that are associated with a particular

TSCA Section 4 action is the same as the sunset date for that TSCA Sec tion 4 action. TSCA Sec tion 4 final test

rules and enforceable consent agreements/orders that have sunset will be removed periodically from the CFR;

however, the subject chemical substance or mixture will remain in this table for historical as well as informational

purposes. 

The Agency plans to use the expanded information contained in this table to revise and update the table that is

currently found at 40 CFR 799.18 ("Chemicals subject to test rules or consent orders for which the testing

reimbursement period has passed").

It is important to note that TSCA Section 12(b) export notification requirements are also triggered by proposed or

final ac tions issued under TSCA Sec tions 5, 6 or 7 (see 40 CFR 707 Subpart D for further information regarding the

specific TSCA Section 12(b) export notification requirements). This table does not reflect the status of Section

12(b) export notification requirements that are triggered by such ac tions. 

The Agency is making this table publicly available on the Internet and via the TSCA Hotline (telephone: 202-554-

1404; fax: 202-554-5603; email: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov) so that the information in the table will be available soon

after updating. 

For further information about this table, please contact Ms. Kathy Calvo, 202-554-1404, Calvo.Kathy@epa.gov

Chemical Information and Testing Branch

Chemical Control Division (7405M) 

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20460. 

Disclaimer

The information contained in this table is intended to provide guidance for those persons potentially affec ted by

TSCA Section 4 testing and/or reimbursement requirements and TSCA Sec tion 4-triggered TSCA Section 12(b)

reporting requirements. However, the information contained in this table does not replace or supercede the

requirements found in the implementing regulations. The applicability of a particular TSCA Section 4 ac tion to a

given person for the purposes of complying with TSCA Section 4 and TSCA Section 12(b) requirements is

dependent solely on the final requirements specified for the chemical substances and mixtures that are identified in

final TSCA Sec tion 4 and/or Section 12(b) ac tions published in the FR. This table is current as of the date specified

at the top of the table - for the status of TSCA Section 4 ac tions taken after this date, consult the FR. 

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 1 The sunset date is the end of the TSCA Section 4 reimbursement period that begins when the data from the

last test required under a TSCA Section 4 test rule or enforceable consent agreements/orders are submitted to

EPA and terminates after an amount of time equal to that required to develop those data or after 5 years,

whichever is later.