[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: 40CFR721.3]
[Page 148-151]
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. 721.3 Definitions.
The definitions in section 3 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 2602, and
Sec. 720.3 of this chapter apply to this part. In addition, the
following definitions apply to this part:
Acutely toxic effects A chemical substance produces acutely toxic
effects if it kills within a short time period (usually 14 days):
(1) At least 50 percent of the exposed mammalian test animals
following oral administration of a single dose of the test substance at
25 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight (LD50).
(2) At least 50 percent of the exposed mammalian test animals
following dermal administration of a single dose of the test substance
at 50 milligrams or less per kilogram of body weight (LD50).
(3) At least 50 percent of the exposed mammalian test animals
following administration of the test substance for 8 hours or less by
continuous inhalation at a steady concentration in air at 0.5 milligrams
or less per liter of air (LC50).
CAS Number means Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number assigned
to a chemical substance on the Inventory.
Chemical name means the scientific designation of a chemical
substance in accordance with the nomenclature system developed by the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or the Chemical
Abstracts Service's rules of nomenclature, or a name which will clearly
identify a chemical substance for the purpose of conducting a hazard
evaluation.
Chemical protective clothing means items of clothing that provide a
protective barrier to prevent dermal contact with chemical substances of
concern. Examples can include, but are not limited to: full body
protective clothing, boots, coveralls, gloves, jackets, and pants.
Commercial use means the use of a chemical substance or any mixture
containing the chemical substance in a commercial enterprise providing
saleable goods or a service to consumers (e.g., a commercial dry
cleaning establishment or painting contractor).
Common name means any designation or identification such as code
name, code number, trade name, brand name, or generic chemical name used
to identify a chemical substance other than by its chemical name.
Consumer means a private individual who uses a chemical substance or
any product containing the chemical substance in or around a permanent
or temporary household or residence, during recreation, or for any
personal use or enjoyment.
Consumer product means a chemical substance that is directly, or as
part of a mixture, sold or made available to consumers for their use in
or around a permanent or temporary household or residence, in or around
a school, or in recreation.
Customer means any person to whom a manufacturer, importer, or
processor distributes any quantity of a chemical substance, or of a
mixture containing the chemical substance, whether or not a sale is
involved.
Director of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics means the
Director
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of the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics or any EPA employee
delegated by the Office Director to carry out the Office Director's
functions under this part.
Employer means any manufacturer, importer, processor, or user of
chemical substances or mixtures.
Environmentally transformed A chemical substance is
``environmentally transformed'' when its chemical structure changes as a
result of the action of environmental processes on it.
Facility means all buildings, equipment, structures, and other
stationary items which are located on a single site or on contiguous or
adjacent sites and which are owned or operated by the same person (or by
any person which controls, is controlled by, or under common control
with such person).
Identity means any chemical or common name used to identify a
chemical substance or a mixture containing that substance.
Immediate use A chemical substance is for the ``immediate use'' of a
person if it is under the control of, and used only by, the person who
transferred it from a labeled container and will only be used by that
person within the work shift in which it is transferred from the labeled
container.
Impervious Chemical protective clothing is ``impervious'' to a
chemical substance if the substance causes no chemical or mechanical
degradation, permeation, or penetration of the chemical protective
clothing under the conditions of, and the duration of, exposure.
Manufacturing stream means all reasonably anticipated transfer,
flow, or disposal of a chemical substance, regardless of physical state
or concentration, through all intended operations of manufacture,
including the cleaning of equipment.
Metalworking fluid means a liquid of any viscosity or color
containing intentionally added water and used in metal machining
operations for the purpose of cooling, lubricating, or rust inhibition.
MSDS means material safety data sheet, the written listing of data
for the chemical substance as required under Sec. 721.72(c).
NIOSH means the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Non-enclosed process means any equipment system (such as an open-top
reactor, storage tank, or mixing vessel) in which a chemical substance
is manufactured, processed, or otherwise used where significant direct
contact of the bulk chemical substance and the workplace air may occur.
Non-industrial use means use other than at a facility where chemical
substances or mixtures are manufactured, imported, or processed.
Personal protective equipment means any chemical protective clothing
or device placed on the body to prevent contact with, and exposure to,
an identified chemical substance or substances in the work area.
Examples include, but are not limited to, chemical protective clothing,
aprons, hoods, chemical goggles, face splash shields, or equivalent eye
protection, and various types of respirators. Barrier creams are not
included in this definition.
Powder or dry solid form means a state where all or part of the
substance would have the potential to become fine, loose, solid
particles.
Principal importer means the first importer who, knowing that a
chemical substance will be imported for a significant new use rather
than manufactured in the United States, specifies the chemical substance
and the amount to be imported. Only persons who are incorporated,
licensed, or doing business in the United States may be principal
importers.
Process for commercial purposes means the preparation of a chemical
substance or mixture containing the chemical substance, after
manufacture of the substance, for distribution in commerce with the
purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for
the processor. Processing of any amount of a chemical substance or
mixture containing the chemical substance is included in this
definition. If a chemical substance or mixture containing impurities is
processed for commercial purposes, the impurities also are processed for
commercial purposes.
Process solely for export means to process for commercial purposes
solely for export from the United States
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under the following restrictions on activity in the United States:
Processing must be performed at sites under the control of the
processor; distribution in commerce is limited to purposes of export;
and the processor may not use the chemical substance except in small
quantities solely for research and development.
Process stream means all reasonably anticipated transfer, flow, or
disposal of a chemical substance, regardless of physical state or
concentration, through all intended operations of processing, including
the cleaning of equipment.
Recipient means any person who purchases or otherwise obtains a
chemical substance directly from a person who manufacturers, imports, or
processes the substance.
Serious acute effects means human injury or human disease processes
that have a short latency period for development, result from short-term
exposure to a chemical substance, or are a combination of these factors
and which are likely to result in death or severe or prolonged
incapacitation.
Serious chronic effects means human injury or human disease
processes that have a long latency period for development, result from
long-term exposure to a chemical substance, or are a combination of
these factors and which are likely to result in death or severe or
prolonged incapacitation.
Short-term test indicative of carcinogenic potential means either
any limited bioassay that measures tumor or preneoplastic induction, or
any test indicative of interaction of a chemical substance with DNA
(i.e., positive response in assays for gene mutation, chromosomal
aberrations, DNA damage and repair, or cellular transformation).
Short-term test indicative of the potential to cause a
developmentally toxic effect means either any in vivo preliminary
development toxicity screen conducted in a mammalian species, or any in
vitro developmental toxicity screen, including any test system other
than the intact pregnant mammal, that has been extensively evaluated and
judged reliable for its ability to predict the potential to cause
developmentally toxic effects in intact systems across a broad range of
chemicals or within a class of chemicals that includes the substance of
concern.
Significant adverse environmental effects means injury to the
environment by a chemical substance which reduces or adversely affects
the productivity, utility, value, or function of biological, commercial,
or agricultural resources, or which may adversely affect a threatened or
endangered species. A substance will be considered to have the potential
for significant adverse environmental effects if it has one of the
following:
(1) An acute aquatic EC50 of 1 mg/L or less.
(2) An acute aquatic EC50 of 20 mg/L or less where the
ratio of aquatic vertebrate 24-hour to 48-hour EC50 is
greater than or equal to 2.0.
(3) A Maximum Acceptable Toxicant Concentration (MATC) of less than
or equal to 100 parts per billion (100 ppb).
(4) An acute aquatic EC50 of 20 mg/L or less coupled with
either a measured bioconcentration factor (BCF) equal to or greater than
1,000x or in the absence of bioconcentration data a log P value equal to
or greater than 4.3.
Site means a contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a
public right-of-way is one site. There may be more than one
manufacturing plant on a single site.
Site-limited intermediate means an intermediate manufactured,
processed, and used only within a site and not distributed in commerce
other than as an impurity or for disposal. Imported intermediates cannot
be ``site-limited.''
Spray application means any method of projecting a jet of vapor of
finely divided liquid onto a surface to be coated; whether by compressed
air, hydraulic pressure, electrostatic forces, or other methods of
generating a spray.
Use stream means all reasonably anticipated transfer, flow, or
disposal of a chemical substance, regardless of physical state or
concentration, through all intended operations of industrial,
commercial, or consumer use.
Waters of the United States has the meaning set forth in 40 CFR
122.2.
Work area means a room or defined space in a workplace where a
chemical substance is manufactured, processed,
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or used and where employees are present.
Workplace means an establishment at one geographic location
containing one or more work areas.
[53 FR 28358, July 27, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 31306, July 27, 1989;
58 FR 63516, Dec. 1, 1993]