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Perchloroethylene (PCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

chemical-tsca · Rule · Published 2024-12-18 · Effective 2025-01-17 · 89 FR 103560

Document

Document number
2024-30117
Federal Register citation
89 FR 103560
CFR reference
40 CFR 751
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
chemical-tsca
Publication date
2024-12-18
Effective date
2025-01-17
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0720

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing a rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by perchloroethylene (PCE) under its conditions of use. TSCA requires that EPA address by rule any unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment identified in a TSCA risk evaluation and apply requirements to the extent necessary so that the chemical no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA's final rule will, among other things, prevent serious illness associated with uncontrolled exposures to the chemical by preventing consumer access to the chemical, restricting the industrial and commercial use of the chemical while also allowing for a reasonable transition period where the industrial and commercial use of the chemical is being prohibited, providing a time-limited exemption for a critical or essential use of PCE for which no technically and economically feasible safer alternative is available, and protecting workers from the unreasonable risk of PCE while on the job.

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