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TSCA

15 U.S.C. s/s 2601 et seq. (1976)

Enacted by Congress in 1976 to give EPA the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA repeatedly screens these chemicals and can require reporting or testing of those that may pose an environmental or human-health hazard. EPA can ban the manufacture and import of those chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk.

Also, EPA has mechanisms in place to track the thousands of new chemicals that industry develops each year with either unknown or dangerous characteristics. EPA then can control these chemicals as necessary to protect human health and the environment. TSCA supplements other Federal statutes, including the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Toxic Release Inventory under Emergency planning Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)

Full text of the Toxic Substances Control Act

 TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory Extract of the Chemical Substances Inventory   For a small fee Savannah Environmental will check the TSCA public inventory.

Full text version of TSCA is hosted by Cornell University.

The Government Printing Office maintains the official government version of the laws through the GPO Access database structure.

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To search other regulations, please see:

• Code of Federal Regulations, or

• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR).

• Transformers are also subject to oil secondary containment SPCC requirements (40CFR 112).

SEC audits helped chemical client avoid $112,000 TSCA penalty and manufacturer avoid $192,000 EPCRA penalty under EPA's Audit Disclosure Policy.

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory.
A searchable CD-Rom version of the TSCA Inventory, including SARA Title III data, is available through NTIS, and by calling NTIS at (703)487-4650 or 1-800-553-NTIS.