Industry's Response To EPA Proposed Nano Rule

EPA held a public meeting on June 11, 2015 on EPA's Proposed Rule imposing one-time electronic reporting and recordkeeping requirements on manufacturers and processors of certain nanoscale materials under Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Click here for an earlier article describing the Proposed Rule.

EPA began the meeting by clarifying that the Proposed Rule targets nanoscale versions of substances that had previously been exempt from reporting requirements. New nanoscale materials are already subject to TSCA and over 170 premanufacturing notices have been filed for those new materials, including many for carbon nanotubes. EPA's goal for the rule is to provide missing information on nanoscale versions of existing substances to evaluate whether further regulation is needed.