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EPA Proposes Rule to Amend Tris SNUR to Allow Add'l Uses

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule to amend the significant new use rule (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the chemical substance identified generically as tris carbamoyl triazine, which was the…

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subject to premanufacture notice (PMN) P-95-1098. This action would amend the SNUR to allow certain uses without requiring a significant new use notice (SNUN), and would extend SNUN requirements to certain additional uses. The proposed rule may affect certain entities through pre-existing import certification and export notification rules under TSCA. Chemical importers must certify that the shipment of the chemical substance complies with all applicable rules and orders under TSCA, and importers of chemicals subject to a final SNUR must certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements. Comments are due by September 2, 2011.