Laws & Regulations
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-16-0425
This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-16-0425.
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) J-18-002/3
This document describes EPA's Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) review determination under amended TSCA for J-18-002/3.
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Inert Reassessment Document for n-Butanol
The butyl alcohols are widely-used industrial solvents. Applications include solvents for paints, lacquers, varnishes, natural and synthetic resins, gums,vegetable oils, dyes, camphor, alkaloids, and pesticides.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Xanthan gum-modified - CAS No. 375348-43-9
Xanthan gum-modified is used as a surfactant in pesticide products applied to growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Xylene - CAS No. 330-20-7
Xylene is used as an inert ingredient in agricultural crop products, post-harvest grain storage products, and residential pesticide products used in and round the home.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Amyl Acetate
Both acetates have a number of industrial uses such as solvents for lacquers, paints, and inks. Pharmaceutically, ethyl acetate is a flavoring aid and amyl acetate is used in extraction of penicillin.
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Inert Reassessment Document for -n-Propanol - CAS No. 71-23-8
Overall, the major use of n-propanol is as a solvent. In terms of pesticides, n-propanol is used as an inert ingredient only; there are no registered
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Inert Reassessment Document for Butylated Hydroxyanisole
BHA and BHT are used as antioxidants in pesticide formulations, with typical concentrations in food-use pesticide products <0.2%.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Pigment Red 48 - CAS No. 3564-21-4
The only pesticide use of Pigment Red 48 s used as a dye for coloring the seeds before planting.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Poly(oxyethylene) adducts of mixed phytosterols
Poly(oxyethy1ene) adducts of mixed phytosterols is uncategorized as to list classification status. Based upon the reasonable certainty of no harm safety finding, the List 4B classification for poly(oxyethy1ene) adducts of mixed phytosterols is affirmed.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Copper Naphthenate - CAS No. 1338-02-9
Copper naphthenate is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an indirect food additive, and for use in veterinary topical applications to the surface of horse and pony hooves that have Thrush.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane and Cyclohexanone are used as solvents and co-solvents in a variety of pesticide products, including outdoor yard, garden and turf products, and agricultural crop products.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Chlorobenzene - CAS No. 108-90-7
This chemical is used as a solvent, cosolvent in pesticide formulations applied to growing crops only. se limitations include: contains not more than 1% impurities; not for use after edible parts of the plant begin to form; and do not graze livestock.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Cerous Chloride
The rare earth chlorides have a wide variety of scientific applications. They a re used in superconductors, lasers, magnets, catalytic converters, fertilizes, supper alloys, cigarette lighters and as catalysts in the production of petroleum products.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Propyl Gallate - CAS No. 121-79-9
Propyl gallate is used as an antioxidant in pesticide fonIlulations with typical concentrations 0.25% in fonIlulation. It is also used as an antioxidant in
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Inert Reassessment Document for Carbon Black - CAS No. 1333-86-4
Carbon black is used as an inert ingredient in pesticide products as a colorant/pigment in animal ear-tag. Based on the low risk finding, this inert ingredient can be reclassified from List 3 to 4B.
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Inert Reassessment Document for 2-methy-4-isothiazolin-3-one
Reassessment of two inert exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance. The reassessment decision is to maintain eac hof t he two inert tolerance exemptions "as-is".
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Inert Reassessment Document for Camphor - CAS No. 76-22-2
Camphor is used as a topical liniment, preservative in pharmaceuticals
and cosmetics, moth repellant, and plasticizer for esters, as well as in lacquers & varnishes, explosives, embalming fluid, and the manufacture of plastics and cymene. -
Inert Reassessment Document for Poly(oxyethylene)(5) sorbitan monooleate
The sorbitan fatty acid esters and polysorbates are inert ingredients used as surfactants, related adjuvants of surfactants, emulsifiers, buffering agents, and corrosion inhibitors in a variety of pesticide products.
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Inert Reassessment Document for Copolymer of alpha- and beta-pinene
The Federal Register of May 18, 2005, the Agency published a final rule establishing several tolerance exemptions for various pinene polymers.