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RCED-86-63 1 (1986-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnwx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Appendix III EPA's Collection and Verification of Data Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8 of TSCA provides EPA the authority to require, among other things, certain chemical manufacturers and processors to maintain and report data on designated chemical substances and mixtures (insofar as the data are known or reasonably ascertainable, necessary, and not duplicative). The following list is illustrative of the types of data EPA may collect under section 8(a) of TSCA: • The common or trade name, chemical identity, and molecular structure. The categories or proposed categories of use. The total amounts manufactured or processed by categories of use. A description of the byproducts resulting from the chemical's manufac- ture, processing, use, or disposal. All existing data concerning the environmental and health effects. The number of individuals exposed, and reasonable estimates of the number who will be exposed, in their places of employment and the duration of such exposure. Using its 8(a) authority, EPA gathers data needed to assess the risks posed by chemicals of potential concern. Section 8(b) of TScA requires EPA to compile, keep current, and publish an inventory of the chemical substances manufactured or processed in the United States. EPA uses its section 8(a) data-gathering authority to collect production volume and plant site data to help develop that inventory. Section 4 of TscA provides EPA authority to require manufacturers and processors to conduct tests on any chemical substance or mixture (1) that either may present an unreasonable risk to health or the environ- ment, or may result in substantial environmental or human exposure, (2) that has insufficient data and experience upon which to determine its health and environmental effects, and (3) when testing is necessary to develop data to make such a determination. To assist EPA in this effort, section 4(e) of TSCA created a committee known as the Inter- agency Testing Committee (ITC), made up of members from eight federal agencies,' to recommend chemicals that should be given priority consid- eration for testing. The rTc is to consider production quantities, emis- sions, exposure levels, health and environmental effects studies, and other factors in making its chemical testing recommendations. 'The eight ITC members are appointed one each from EPA, the Department of Labor, Council on Environmental Quality, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Science Foundation, and the Department of Commerce. GAO/RCED86-63 Chemical Data Page 23

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