User Fees for the Administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (Final Rule)

This ICR addresses the information collection activities contained in a final rule (RIN 2070-AK27) that was signed on September 27, 2018. Specifically, section 26(b) of TSCA (as amended in 2016) provides EPA with the authority to collect fees to defray 25% of the costs associated with administering sections 4, 5, and 6 of TSCA, as well as the costs of collecting, processing, reviewing and providing access to and protecting CBI from disclosure as appropriate under TSCA section 14. The final rule requires payment from manufactures (defined by statute to include importers) of a chemical substance who: are required to submit information to EPA under TSCA section 4, who submit certain notices and exemption requests to EPA under TSCA section 5, who manufacture a chemical substance that is subject to a risk evaluation under TSCA section 6(b)(4), and who process a chemical substance that is the subject of a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) or Test Market Exemption (TME) under TSCA section 5 and who are required to submit information to EPA under TSCA section 4 related to a SNUN submission.

The latest form for User Fees for the Administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (Final Rule) expires 2021-10-31 and can be found here.

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