Science & Technology
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Federal Register Notice: TSCA Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) Requirements
EPA is establishing a retrospective electronic notification of chemical substances on the TSCA Inventory.
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Fact Sheet: Assessing Risks from Flame Retardants
Fact Sheet - Assessing Risks from Flame Retardants
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Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate (LCPFAC) Chemicals
Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are substances with special properties that have many manufacturing and industrial applications because they impart useful properties, including fire resistance and oil, stain, grease and water repellency.
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TSCA Work Plan Chemical Risk Assessment Antimony Trioxide
This risk assessment of antimony trioxide focused on ecological risks from the use of ATO as a synergist in halogenated flame retardants.
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Fact Sheet: Methylene Chloride or Dichloromethane (DCM)
Fact sheet on Methylene Choride or Dichloromethane (DCM).
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Fact Sheet: Methylene Chloride or Dichloromethane (DCM)
Frequently asked questions for Methylene Chloride or Dichloromethane (DCM).
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ChemView User Interface Guide
A guide for users of the ChemView database system.
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The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act: Frequent Questions
Frequent questions for the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (TSCA21).
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Pre-publication version of Proposed Rule on Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under TSCA Section 6(h)
Prepublication version of an EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
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Fact Sheet: Assessing Risks from Flame Retardants
EPA's assessing and managing risk programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.
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Prepublication Version of the Comment Period Extension for the Proposed PBT Rule Under TSCA Section 6(h)
Prepublication version of an EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
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Environmental Pathway Models-Ground-Water Modeling in Support of Remedial Decision Making at Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Material
The Joint Interagency Environmental Pathway Modeling Working Group wrote this report to promote appropriate and consistent use of mathematical environmental models in the remediation and restoration of sites contaminated by radioactive substances.
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The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act - Law & Summary Information
The new law includes much needed modernizations to TSCA, the only major piece of environmental legislation that had not been updated since it was passed in the fall of 1976.
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Three Multimedia Models Used at Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Sites
This report provides an approach for evaluating and critically reviewing the capabilities of three specific multimedia models: MEPAS Version 3.0, MMSOlLS Version 2.2, and PRESTO-EPA-CPG Version 2.0.
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Guide to CRP for Pesticides
child resistant packaging
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Decision Analysis Workshop Proceedings and Report
This is a report from the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) conveying the proceedings of the Decision Analysis Workshop, jointly held by ORD and the BOSC on March 30–April 1, 2009.
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Sustainable Futures Frequently Asked Questions
This page lists frequent questions about Sustainable Futures and covers training, graduation, Sustainable Futures submissions and the PBT Profiler
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Organizational Statement for EPA-sponsored Public Meetings to Discuss Pesticide Exposure Modeling
Information about EMPM meetings: Vision, Mission Statement, Organization, Meeting Administration and Public Meeting Attendance. Purpose is to discuss and exchange information regarding technical model-related pesticide exposure issues.
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Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Action Plan
HBCD is a brominated flame retardant found world-wide in the environment and wildlife. This document discusses potential actions EPA may take regarding this chemical.
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TSCA section 21 petition regarding NP and NPEs
Citizen Petition to EPA Regarding Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates.