Introduction to ChemView

ChemView provides key information in a layered summary format and provides links to underlying studies or other source documents. At this time, users can find information organized in templates for the following:

Data Submitted to EPA

• Test rule data
• TSCA §8(e) substantial risk notices
• TSCA §8(d) unpublished health and safety studies submitted under TSCA
• High Production Volume Information System voluntary submissions
• New Chemical Notices for submissions representing PMNs, SNUNs and MCANs, and TSCA Section 5 exemption type notices (e.g. Low Release/Low Exposure Exemptions (LOREX), LOREX modifications, Low Volume Exemptions (LVE), LVE Modifications, Test Market Exemption Applications (TMEA), Biotech TMEAs and TSCA Environmental Release Applications for Microorganisms (TERA), their attachments, including any health and safety studies. Central Data Exchange communications from submitters, test data submissions and letters of support.
• Notices of Commencement

EPA Assessments

• Hazard Characterizations
• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessments
• Design for the Environment Alternatives Assessments
• Design for the Environment List of Safer Chemical Ingredients

EPA Actions

• Significant New Use Rules
• Premanufacture Notice Review Determinations
• TSCA §5 Orders . (TSCA §5 Orders represent the outcome of EPA's review of a premanufacture notice (PMN) for a new chemical substance where an order under TSCA §5(e) is issued.)  
• A current list of all the chemicals subject to TSCA §12(b) export notification requirements is available.

Manufacturing, Processing, Use, and Release Data

• Chemical Data Reporting from 2012, 2016 and 2020 reporting years
• Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data (includes older data for chemicals removed from the TRI list)
• Pollution Prevention (P2) information

Features and Search Capabilities

Highlights:

• Easy access to thousands of documents, including hazard characterizations, alternative assessments, test data submitted to EPA, and TSCA regulatory actions
• Summary information with links to more detailed information, e.g., the submitted study or Federal Register notice
• Chemical synonyms with auto-fill to power the search engine

ChemView features a number on search parameters, including:

• A range of chemical identifiers, including CAS, Accession, PMN numbers or Unique Identifiers (UID)
• Individual or multiple chemicals (by chemical name or CAS identifier)
• Endpoint (health or environmental effect)
• Functional Use and Use categories for Significant New Use Rules (SNURs)
• Chemical Category
• Chemical Group (for example: 2014 TSCA Work Plan chemicals, Safer Chemical Ingredients List, or chemicals subject to TSCA §12(b) export notification
• Advanced Search
  • Company Name
  • Relevant Dates (for example: Premanufacture Notification determination date)
  • Document Information (PMN case number, 8EHQ case number and document control numbers (DCN))

For one or multiple chemicals, users can select the type of information they wish to obtain including:

• Data Submitted to EPA
• EPA Assessments
• EPA Actions
• Manufacturing, Processing, Use and Release Data Maintained by EPA

ChemView can be used to:

• Tailor a search by using various combinations from the criteria listed above
• Identify chemicals by searching for certain health effects (endpoints)
• Compare data for multiple chemicals
• Identify specific actions EPA has taken on the chemical
• Export data for additional analysis
• Identify and view documents on safer chemical ingredients
• Identify and view TSCA-related information
• Obtain source documents
• Identify and view information provided by the EPA and other federal organizations

Other Sources tab

ChemView has expanded search capabilities via the Other Sources tab.  The public is able to gain access simultaneously to searches of reports and dataset information provided by other EPA Offices and federal organizations via ChemView.  This expanded search allows users to view, compare, and analyze multiple sources of chemical data. Other Sources currently holds datasets from six federal government related data portals, including:

• EPA's TRI Pollution Prevention activity search tool
• OSHA’s Occupational Chemical Database
• EPA’s ECOTOX Database
• NIH's PubChem
• NIH’s Chemical Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS)
• EPA’s ORD Chemistry Dashboard
• CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Your Feedback and Questions

EPA continues to develop and enhance the system with new features, functionality and information. EPA appreciates feedback from the user community on the types of information and design that would be useful in their searches and analysis of chemical information.  

We appreciate any comments on how to improve the functionality, content and appearance of ChemView. You may contact us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.