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The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
The European Commission's (EC) White Paper of 2001 on a 'future chemical strategy' proposed a system that requires chemicals manufactured in quantities of greater than 1 tonne to be 'registered', those manufactured in quantities greater than 100 tonnes to be 'evaluated', and certain substances of high concern (for example carcinogenic ...
"Dangerous goods" (also known as "hazardous materials" or "HAZMAT" in the United States) may be a pure chemical substance (e.g. TNT, nitroglycerin), mixtures (e.g. dynamite, gunpowder) or manufactured articles (e.g. ammunition, fireworks). The transport hazards that they pose are grouped into nine classes, which may be subdivided into divisions ...
The inventory was first proposed in a 1985 New York Times op-ed piece written by David Sarokin and Warren Muir, researchers for an environmental group, Inform, Inc. [2] Congress established TRI under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), and later expanded it in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA).
Each person who offers transportation of hazardous materials must describe the material on accompanied shipping papers. The papers must include— an identification number; a proper shipping name, identified in the Hazardous Materials Table; the hazard class; the packing group, identified in Roman numerals; the total quantity of hazardous materials
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Modernization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2576), passed the House of Representatives on June 23, 2015. [10] Revised legislation, which resolved differences between the House and Senate versions, was forwarded to the President on June 14, 2016. [11] President Obama signed the bill into law on June 22, 2016.
Proper Shipping Name UN 3201? (UN number no longer in use) UN 3202? (UN number no longer in use) UN 3203 (4.2) (UN number no longer in use) Pyrophoric organometallic compound, water-reactive, n.o.s. (UN number no longer in use) [1] UN 3204? (UN number no longer in use) UN 3205: 4.2: Alkaline earth metal alcoholates, n.o.s. UN 3206: 4.2
Articles containing a substance which emits flammable gas in contact with water, not otherwise specified UN 3544: 5.1: Articles containing oxidizing substance, not otherwise specified UN 3545: 5.2: Articles containing organic peroxide, not otherwise specified UN 3546: 6.1: Articles containing toxic substance, not otherwise specified UN 3547: 8