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Recent Announcements
August 8, 2012
EPA signed a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) (PDF) (47 p., 266 kb.) About PDF) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to:
- Require companies to report 90 days in advance of all new uses of long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic (LCPFAC) chemicals as part of carpets or to treat carpets, including the import of new carpet containing LCPFACs.
- Add seven perfluoroalkyl sulfonate (PFAS) chemicals to the existing PFAS SNUR (40 CFR 721.9582), and amend that SNUR to include "processing" in the definition of significant new use for PFAS chemicals.
February 8, 2012
Eight companies participating in the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program
are on track to meet their commitment to phase out use of long-chain perfluorinated chemicals (LCPFCs) by the end of 2015. View the fifth annual
progress reports from the eight companies. Read more.