Petitions to the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
This page makes available petitions for rulemaking received by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention on or after January 1, 2013. For the purposes of this page, the agency has posted incoming communications styled as "petitions" for generally applicable, national rulemakings. Petitions provided as comments in a publicly available rulemaking docket are not reproduced here. Additional petitions will be added on an ongoing basis as they are received or identified. Petitions on this page is updated quarterly. Please send all petitions communications to Petitions-OCSPP@epa.gov.
The presence of a petition on this page does not indicate an EPA decision to grant or deny the petition. Any regulatory action that follows as a result of a petition for rulemaking would still be shaped by the typical outreach used by the agency to gather stakeholder input, and is still subject to any applicable notice and comment requirements.
| Date Received | Petitioners | Related Statutes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-04 | Washington State Department of Ecology | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition requests that EPA initiate rulemaking to safeguard public health against polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in consumer products. Read the petition. (pdf) (225.5 KB) |
| 2022-11-14 | Blueland and Plastic Pollution Coalition | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition requests that EPA require health and environmental safety tests under TSCA for polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to regulate PVA as a toxic substance, pending results from testing. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.6 MB) |
| 2023-08-01 | Earthjustice on behalf of the Yurok Tribe, the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition requests that EPA prohibit N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) in tires. Read the petition. (pdf) (333.8 KB) |
| 2023-05-29 | American Home Furnishings | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Title VI Formaldehyde | Petitioner requests EPA amend or repeal the 2016 Formaldehyde final rule. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.03 MB) |
| 2014-03-21 | Center for Biological Diversity | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petitions requests that EPA promulgate a rulemaking under Section 11(g) of the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §1540(g)(2)(A)(i), for cyantraniliprole. Read the petition. (pdf) (2.8 MB) |
| 2014-05-06 | Toxics Use Reduction Institute (UMASS) | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) | This petition requests the EPA for the addition of 25 chemicals to the EPCRA section 313 toxic chemical list. Read the petition. (pdf) (321.84 KB) |
| 2014-07-07 | National Resource Defense Council | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petition requests that the EPA to undertake urgent interim administrative review of neonicotinoid pesticides in light of serious potential harm to honey bees and native bees. The petition also requests that EPA should also initiate cancellation proceedings for all neonicotinoid pesticide products, beginning with those for which safer alternatives are available. Read the petition. (pdf) (137 KB) |
| 2013-10-31 | National Center for Healthy Housing, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Lead and Environmental Hazards Association, and National Association of Lead and Healthy Homes Grantees | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition requests that the Agency promulgate a rule pursuant to TSCA Section 8(d) requiring property managers, building owners, and contractors disturbing paint on public and commercial buildings to submit to EPA certain records related to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's construction standard for lead. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.1 MB) |
| 2015-06-24 | Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and Northeast Waste Management Officials Association | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition requests that the Agency promulgate reporting rules for mercury manufacturing, processing, and importation under TSCA. Read the petition. (pdf) (770.5 KB) |
| 2015-10-07 | Biobased and renewable products Advocacy Group | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition asks that the Agency initiate a rulemaking under TSCA to establish a process to amend the list of natural sources of oil and fat in the Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) nomenclature system. Read the petition. (pdf) ( 128.9 KB) |
| 2019-01-31 | Attorneys General of 14 states and the District of Columbia | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition requests that EPA initiate rulemaking under section 8(a) of TSCA for the reporting of the manufacture, import, and processing of asbestos. Read the petition. (pdf) (250.5 KB) |
| 2014-07-29 | Center for Biological Diversity | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition asks that the Agency promulgate regulations governing the safe treatment, storage and disposal of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride and associated dialkyl- and alkylarylesters of 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, commonly known as phthalate plasticizers. Read the petition. (pdf) (374.1 KB) |
| 2016-07-28 | Center of Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petition requests that EPA require all applicants and registrants to provide data on the potential synergistic effects of pesticides during the registration and registration review processes. Read the petition. (pdf) (297.9 KB) |
| 2016-11-29 | American Bird Conservancy, et.al., | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petition requests EPA revise the rules governing incident reporting under Section 6(a)(2) of FIFRA. Read the petition. (pdf) (353 KB) |
| 2017-02-21 | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petition requests that EPA amend the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (40 CFR 170) by postponing the effective date or until adequate enforcement guidance, educational materials, and training resources have been completed and the state lead agencies. Read the petition. (pdf) (412 KB) |
| 2018-10-10 | Tidal Vision Products | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests that Chitosan (CAS # of 9012-76-4) be added to both EPA's Minimum Risk Pesticide list of Active Ingredients and Inert Ingredients lists, 40 CFR Part 152.25(f). FIFRA Section 25(b). Read the petition. (pdf) (10.9 MB) |
| 2020-02-20 | Center for Biological Diversity | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | Petitioner requests that the EPA initiate rulemaking to limit specific emergency exemptions for pesticide use to two years under Section 18 of the FIFRA . Read the petition. (pdf) (701.28 KB) |
| 2014-10-21 | Biobased Renewable Products Advocacy Group | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition asks that the Agency initiate a rulemaking to amend the TSCA Section 8 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) partially exempted chemical list to add "biodiesel" as a chemical category for partial exemption. Read the petition. (pdf) (80.6 KB) |
| 2022-02-09 | American Chemistry Council's Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests the EPA issue guidance addressing the minimum labeling requirements for imported R&D pesticides, including with respect to small containers, compliant with 40 CFR Part 156. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.0 MB) |
| 2022-05-09 | Momentive Performance Materials | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests that EPA to add a proprietary blend, Surfactant Blend, to the Eligible Inert Ingredients list under 40 CFR 152.25(f)(2)(iv). The ingredients within Surfactant Blend, identified internally at Momentive by the code number Y-20956, are a Siloxane Polyalkyleneoxide Copolymer with a Polyalkylene Glycol, and an Alkyl Alcohol Alkoxylate. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.0 MB) |
| 2022-05-24 | Center for Biological Diversity | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests that EPA implement a more uniform and consistent protection mechanism in its existing Label Improvement Program under the Endangered Species Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Read the petition. (pdf) (405 KB) |
| 2022-07-20 | Mission Essentials, LLC | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petitioner requests that the Agency evoke the APA and remove citronella from the 25(B) approved list due to its carcinogenic component, Methyl Eugenol. Read the petition. (pdf) (1649 KB). |
| 2023-01-18 | State University of NY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and The American Chestnut Foundation | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petitioners requests the Agency to initiate a rulemaking under FIFRA to exempt the Oxalate Oxidase (OxO) gene in transgenic American chestnut (Castanea denata) and sexually compatible species. Read the petition. (pdf) (2538 KB) |
| 2023-02-21 | American Bird Conservancy | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests that the Agency to amend its regulation for registrations of all neonicotinoid insecticides and other systemic insecticides so to require all registration and re-registration applicants to provide performance (efficacy) data ensure that the benefits of their products actually exceed their costs, including to society and environment. Read the petition. (pdf 13.9 MB) |
| 2023-03-08 | Center for Biological Diversity, and Center for International Environmental Law | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition asks the Agency to initiate rulemaking procedures to require informed consent for the export of pesticides unregistered in the US, pursuant to FIFRA. Read the petition. (pdf) (261 KB) |
| 2023-04-03 | Energy Justice Network and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) | This petition requests that the EPA conduct a rulemaking under EPCRA section 313 to require waste Incinerators regulated under Clean Air Act section 129 report their toxic releases under EPCRA's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). Read the petition. (pdf) (649 KB) |
| 2022-06-16 | Daniel Galpern on behalf of Donn J. Viviani, John Birks, Richard Heede, Lise Van Susteren, James E. Hansen, Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, and Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition requests that the Agency to "phase out the anthropogenic manufacture, processing, distribution, use, and disposal of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, fossil fuels, and fossil fuel emissions." Read the petition. (pdf)(6.62 MB) |
| 2023-02-13 | Syngenta | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests the EPA to review and stop the pattern/practice of Sharda and its regulatory consultant/agent in unlawfully obtaining and exploiting end-use pesticide registrations based on false certifications to the Agency. Read the petition. (pdf 209 KB) |
| 2023-11-20 | Humic Products Trade Association (HPTA) | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests the EPA define "nutritional chemicals" under FIFRA Section 2(v). Read the petition. (pdf 98 KB) |
| 2023-12-13 | Center for Food Safety | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition request the EPA cancel all current glyphosate registrations pursuant to FIFRA § 136d(b), suspend glyphosate's registration pending completion of cancellation proceedings pursuant to FIFRA § 136d(c)(1), or, initiate the Special Review process pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 154.10. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.0 MB) |
| 2020-12-04 | Earthjustice | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | Petitioners request that EPA allow for an administrative stay of the effective date of the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, Revision of Application Exclusion Zone final rule. Read the petition. (pdf) (78.8 KB) |
| 2020-06-03 | American Coatings Association, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Manufacturers, Toy Association, & U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) | Petitioners request that EPA issue a procedural risk management rule under Section 6 of TSCA. Read the petition. (pdf) (424 KB) |
| 2016-12-21 | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and the American Farm Bureau Federation | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petitioners request that the Agency amend the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard by postponing the effective date. Read the petition. (pdf) (274.9 KB) |
| 2015-01-23 | American Chemistry Council (ACC) Glycol Ethers Panel | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) | The petitioner requests that the Agency remove ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) from the "Certain Glycol Ethers" chemical category of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) chemical list. Read the petition. (pdf) (103.2 KB) |
| 2017-01-07 | Earthjustice and six other non-governmental organizations | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petitioners request that EPA issue an order under TSCA Section 4 requiring that exposure and hazard testing be conducted by manufacturers and processors of three chlorinated phosphate ester (CPE) flame retardant chemicals. Read the petition. (pdf) (474.2 KB) |
| 2016-12-13 | Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council and five other non-governmental organizations | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petitioners requests that that EPA issue an order under TSCA section 4 requiring that testing be conducted on the flame retardant Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA). Read the petition. (pdf) (415.2 KB) |
| 2016-11-23 | Fluoride Action Network, Food & Water Watch, Organic Consumers Association, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, and Moms Against Fluoridation | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petitioners requests that EPA promulgate a rule pursuant to TSCA section 6 to prohibit fluoridation chemicals as drinking water additives. Read the petition. (pdf) (6 MB) |
| 2019-08-07 | Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition requests that EPA promulgate a TSCA section 6(a) rule to prohibit oil refineries from using hydrofluoric acid in manufacturing processes and to require a phase-out within 2 years. EPA was also petitioned under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) to prohibit the use of hydrofluoric acid at oil refineries under Clean Air Act section 112(r). Read the petition. (pdf) (263.3 KB) |
| 2021-08-16 | William D. Bush | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition requests EPA determine "that the chemical mixtures contained within cosmetics present an unreasonable risk of injury to public health and the environment." Petitioner also seeks issuance of a rule or order to "eliminate the hazardous chemicals used in mixtures" for cosmetic products. Read the petition. (pdf) (15.1 MB) |
| 2021-08-02 | William D. Bush | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | Petitioner requests EPA determine "that the chemical mixtures contained within cigarettes present an unreasonable risk of injury to health and the environment." The petition also seeks issuance of a rule or order to "eliminate the hazardous chemicals used in a mixture with tobacco; including and not limited to the toxic substance inclusions resulting from tobacco growing or handling techniques," and to "develop material techniques of biodegradation to counter or reduce" environmental risk from current disposal methods of cigarettes. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.5 MB) |
| 2021-02-08 | People for Protecting Peace River, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Bayou City Waterkeeper, Calusa Waterkeeper, Center for Biological Diversity, Cherokee Concerned Citizens, Healthy Gulf, ManaSota-88, Our Santa Fe River, People for Protecting Peace River, RISE St. James, Sierra Club's Florida and Delta chapters, Suncoast Waterkeeper, Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, Waterkeepers Florida, and WWALS Watershed Coalition | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | Petitioners request that EPA initiate the prioritization process for a phosphogypsum and process wastewater risk evaluation under TSCA section 6, issue a TSCA section 4 testing rule for disposed phosphogypsum, and issue a TSCA Significant New Use Rule under TSCA section 5 for phosphogypsum used in road construction. Read the petition. (pdf) (849.5 KB) |
| 2020-10-14 | Center for Environmental Health, Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape Fear, Democracy Green, Toxic Free NC, and the NC Black Alliance | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | Petitioners request that EPA require health and environmental effects testing on 54 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) manufactured by The Chemours Company (Chemours) at its chemical production facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The petition also seeks issuance of a rule or order under Section 4 of TSCA compelling Chemours to fund and carry out this testing under the direction of a panel of independent scientists. Read the petition. (pdf) (868.6 KB) |
| 2013-04-12 | J. William Hirzy | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition asks that the Agency exercise authority under TSCA to prohibit the use of Hydrofluosilicic Acid (HFSA) as a water fluoridation agent in the U.S. Read the petition. (pdf) (16.2 MB) |
| 2015-06-30 | Center for Biological Diversity and Donn J. Viviani, Ph.D. | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | The petition asks that the Agency regulate anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide under TSCA. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.3 MB) |
| 2018-09-25 | Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and five other non-governmental organizations | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 21 | This petition asks that EPA initiate rulemaking under section 8(a) of TSCA to amend the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule, 40 CFR Part 711, to increase reporting of asbestos to Chemical Data Reporting. Read the petition. (pdf) (1.6 MB) |
| 2014-12-29 | American Chemistry Council (ACC) Ethylene Glycol Ethers Panel | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) | The petition asks that the Agency remove ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) from the "Certain Glycol Ethers" chemical category of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) chemical list. Read the petition. (pdf) (4.1 MB) |
| 2020-12-04 | Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas (CATA), Farmworker Association of Florida, Migrant Clinicians Network, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Rural Coalition, Rural & Migrant Ministry, United Farm Workers, and United Farmworkers Foundation | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | Petitioners request that EPA allow for an administrative stay of the effective date of the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, Revision of the Application Exclusion Zone final rule. Read the petition. (pdf) (78.8 KB) |
| 2020-02-20 | Center for Biological Diversity | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | Petitioner requests that the Agency initiate rulemaking to limit specific emergency exemptions for pesticide use to two years under Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S. C. § 136p. Read the petition. (pdf) (701.3 KB) |
| 2017-07-10 | Center of Food Safety and Pacific Northwest and West Coast Offices | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petitioners request that the EPA revise testing requirements for pesticides prior to registration. Read the petition. (pdf) (550.9 KB) |
| 2017-04-28 | Center for Food Safety et. al. | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petitioners request petition from 11 petitioners, dated April 26, 2017, asks that EPA amend or issue a formal re-interpretation of, the Treated Article Exemption, 40 CFR §152.25(a), to clearly communicate that systemic pesticidal seeds intended to kill insect pests of the plants are not included under the Treated Article Exemption and are therefore subject to FIFRA's requirements. Read the petition. (pdf) 299.9 KB) |
| 2016-12-21 | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and the American Farm Bureau Federation | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | The petition asks that the Agency amend the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard by postponing the effective date. Read the petition. (pdf) (481 KB) |
| 2019-04-04 | Zach Wilkinson, COO Tidal Vision Products, LLC | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | This petition requests that Chitosan (CAS # of 9012-76-4) be added to both EPA's Minimum Risk Pesticide list of Active Ingredients and Inert Ingredients lists, 40 CFR Part 152.25(f). FIFRA Section 25(b). Read the petition. (pdf) 83.2 KB) |