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Trichloroethylene (TCE); Rulemaking under TSCA Section 6(a)

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Environmental Defense Fund filed 1 comment on this docket between Mar 20, 2017 and Mar 20, 2017. 10 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 3421d ago.

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Mar 20, 2017· Comment submitted by Jennifer McPartland, PhD, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0163-0172

Comments submitted by Jennifer McPartland, PhD on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund

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Abstract

Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provides authority for the EPA to ban or restrict the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, and use of chemicals, as well as any manner or method of disposal. The EPA identified trichloroethylene (TCE) for risk evaluation as part of its Work Plan for Chemical Assessments under TSCA. TCE is used in industrial and commercial processes, and also has some limited uses in consumer products. In the June 2014 TSCA Work Plan Chemical Risk Assessment for TCE, the EPA identified risks associated with commercial degreasing and some consumer uses. The EPA is proposing under section 6 of TSCA to prohibit the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce of TCE for commercial use in aerosol degreasing and for use in spot cleaning in dry cleaning facilities; to prohibit commercial use of TCE for aerosol degreasing and for spot cleaning in dry cleaning facilities; and to require manufacturers, processors, and distributors to provide downstream notification of these prohibitions throughout the supply chain.

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