Source: https://www.bdlaw.com/chemical-regulation-resource-center/publications/calendar-of-tsca-developments-in-2019-and-beyond/
Timestamp: 2019-11-17 22:15:55
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 702', '§ 702', '§ 702', 'art 770', '§ 710', '§ 710', '§ 702', '§ 702', '§ 702', '§ 700', '§ 700', '§ 700']

Calendar of TSCA Developments in 2019 and Beyond | Chemical Regulation Resource Center | Beveridge & Diamond PC
March 5, 2019News Alert
Beveridge & DiamondRyan Carra, Mark Duvall, Sarah Kettenmann
EPA faces many TSCA statutory and regulatory deadlines for actions in 2019 and 2020. It has also announced plans to take numerous actions not subject to such a deadline. The industry should anticipate upcoming developments and be prepared to provide comments or take other action.
Acronyms and abbreviations are defined at the end.
Deadline for comments on EPA’s draft risk evaluation for Pigment Violet 29, the first of the draft risk evaluations for the first 10 chemical substances to be the subject of risk evaluations per section 6(b)(2)(A). 83 Fed. Reg. 57473.
EPA extended the review periods for all PMNs, MCANs, SNUNs, and section 5 exemption applications pending as of December 29, 2018, by 33 days per section 5(c). 84 Fed. Reg. 2851 (Feb. 8, 2019).
Last day for EPA to announce candidates for high-priority and low-priority substances (9 months prior to December 22, 2019, the due date for EPA to begin risk evaluations for 20 high-priority substances and designate 20 low-priority substances, 3½ years after LCSA enactment, per section 6(b)(2)(B)). The prioritization process must last between 9 and 12 months per section 6(b)(2)(C) and § 702.1(d); thus, March 22, 2019, is the last possible date to announce the candidates to meet the December 22, 2019 deadline. There will be a 90-day review period per section 6(b)(1)(C)(i) and § 702.7(d), subject to a possible three-month extension per 6(b)(1)(C)(iii) and § 702.7(e).
Publication of the second notice of proposed rulemaking for revisions to the list of recipient organisms eligible for the Tier I and Tier II exemptions under the MCAN rule. The Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda predicted publication in October 2018 (RIN 2070-AJ65).
Publication of a final rulemaking technical amendments to the formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products under Part 770. The Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda predicted publication in March 2019 (RIN AK47).
Start date for submitting a Form B for any chemical substance listed as inactive on the Inventory prior to manufacture. Per the definition of “inactive substance” in § 710.23, the inactive designations announced on February 18, 2019, take effect 90 days after EPA identifies them as inactive, i.e., on May 19, 2019. Thereafter, manufacturers must submit a Form B no more than 90 days prior to initiating manufacture of an inactive substance per § 710.30(b)(1).
Date by which EPA has committed to ensuring that all new PMNs, their attachments, including any health and safety studies, any modifications thereto, and all other associated information are placed online into electronic dockets accessible via ChemView within 45 days of their receipt following an evaluation for CBI, per the Wheeler letter.
First day that EPA may propose to designate 20 proposed high-priority and 20 low-priority substances per section 6(b)(1)(C)(ii) and § 702.9. This action will probably be delayed while EPA evaluates the comments received on the list of candidate substances. There will be a 90-day comment period per section 6(b)(1)(C)(ii) and § 702.9(g).
Last day for EPA to publish proposed risk evaluations for the initial 9 chemical substances (other than that for Pigment Violet 29, which was published in 2018), subject to a 6-month extension. Per section 6(b)(4)(G), the final risk evaluations must be published by December 19, 2019, 3 years after initiation of the risk evaluation, which began with the designation of the first 10 chemical substances in 81 Fed. Reg. 91927 (Dec. 19, 2016). There must be 60-day comment period prior to that date per § 702.49 (a) (section 6(b)(4)(H) requires at least a 30-day comment period). October 20 is 60 days prior to the December 19, 2019 deadline for the final risk evaluations. EPA will probably publish the 9 proposed risk evaluations well before this date since it needs to evaluate the comments received prior to publishing the final risk evaluations.
Last day for EPA to publish final risk evaluations for the first 10 chemicals if there is a 6-month extension.
Last day for EPA to publish scope documents for the risk evaluations for the 20 high-priority substances (6 months after initiation of the risk evaluations) per section 6(b)(4)(D). By this date, EPA will publish the final list of manufacturers subject to the risk evaluation fee per § 700.45(b)(7). The fee is $1,350,000 per § 700.45(c)(2)(ix), using allocation procedures at § 700.45(f)(3).
Last day for EPA to propose risk management rules for the first 10 chemical substances (1 year after publishing final risk evaluations) per section 6(c)(1)(A) if EPA determines that any of these chemical substances present an unreasonable risk.
LFPAC - long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylate substance