[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR721.1]

[Page 147-148]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 721--SIGNIFICANT NEW USES OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 721.1  Scope and applicability.


    (a) This part identifies uses of chemical substances, except for 
microorganisms regulated under part 725 of this chapter, which EPA has 
determined are significant new uses under the authority of section 
5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act. In addition, it specifies 
procedures for manufacturers, importers, and processors to report on 
those significant new uses. This subpart A contains general provisions 
applicable to this part. subpart B of this part identifies generic 
requirements for certain significant new uses cross referenced in 
specific provisions of subpart E of this part. subpart C of this part 
identifies generic reporting requirements for certain significant new 
uses cross referenced in specific provisions of subpart E of this part. 
subpart

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E of this part identifies chemical substances and their significant new 
uses.
    (b) This subpart A contains provisions governing submission and 
review of notices for the chemical substances and significant new uses 
identified in subpart E of this part. The provisions of this subpart A 
apply to the chemical substances and significant new uses identified in 
subpart E of this part, except to the extent that they are specifically 
modified or supplanted by specific requirements in subpart E of this 
part. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this subpart 
A and the provisions of subpart E of this part, the provisions of 
subpart E of this part shall govern.
    (c) The provisions of part 720 of this chapter apply to this part 
721. For purposes of this part 721, wherever the phrase ``new chemical 
substance'' appears in part 720 of this chapter, it shall mean the 
chemical substance subject to this part 721. In the event of a conflict 
between the provisions of part 720 of this chapter and the provisions of 
this part 721, the provisions of this part 721 shall govern.

[53 FR 28358, July 27, 1988, as amended at 62 FR 17932, Apr. 11, 1997]