SGS SafeGuardS Covers EPA Proposal to Ban Trichloroethylene
SGS publishes SafeGuardS looking at EPA proposal to ban trichloroethylene in most commercial and consumer products.
- (1888PressRelease) November 24, 2023 - SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, publishes summary of a proposed rule by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the use of the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE).
The proposal was issued in the Federal Register on October 31, 2023. If accepted it will restrict TCE under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), using a one-year staggered timeline to prohibit its manufacture, import, processing and distribution. Longer phase-out periods will be granted by the EPA for certain uses.
This move follows similar proposals made in 2023 to regulate perchloroethylene (Perc) and methylene chloride.
SGS publishes SafeGuardS to keep businesses informed about regulatory and market changes. SafeGuardS 154.23 includes examples of potential longer phase-out periods and details additional requirements. It also contains information on some of the uses of TCE and the reason why the EPA is seeking to ban it.
Stakeholders should review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 154.23 to learn more.
The EPA will accept comments until December 15, 2023.
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SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full EPA Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene SafeGuardS. [www.sgs.com/en/news/2023/11/safeguards-15423-epa-proposes-ban-on-trichloroethylene]
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