EPA Significant New Use Rules for Certain Chemical Substances
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This rule requires companies to notify the EPA before making, importing, or processing certain chemical substances for uses the agency treats as significant new uses. The notice must be filed at least 90 days before the activity begins. Businesses covered by the rule cannot start the new use until the EPA reviews the notice, reaches a decision, and requires any needed controls. Chemical manufacturers, importers, and processors should check whether their planned activities involve the listed substances before changing production, sourcing, or processing practices.
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Key Changes
- Requires 90-day advance notice to EPA before certain new manufacturing, import, or processing uses begin
- Bars companies from starting covered new uses until EPA completes its review and decision
- Applies to certain chemical substances previously reviewed through premanufacture notices and EPA orders
Obligations
What this law requires
Notify the EPA before manufacturing, importing, or processing any listed chemical substance for an activity designated as a significant new use under the SNUR.
Do not commence manufacture, import, or processing for a designated significant new use until EPA has reviewed the required notification, made an appropriate determination, and taken any actions required by that determination.
Beginning on the rule’s effective date, comply with the SNUR requirements for the listed chemical substances subject to the rule.