700.40 Purpose and applicability.

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this subpart is to establish and collect fees from manufacturers and processors to defray part of EPA's cost of administering the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601-2692), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Pub. L. 114-182).

(b) Applicability. This subpart applies to all manufacturers who are required to submit information under section 4 of the Act, who submit certain notices and exemption requests to EPA under section 5 of the Act, who manufacture a chemical substance that is subject to a risk evaluation under TSCA section 6(b)(4) of the Act, and who process a chemical substance that is the subject of a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) or Test Market Exemption (TME) under section 5 of the Act and who are required to submit information under section 4 of the Act related to a SNUN submission.

(c) Effective date. After October 18, 2018, all persons specified in §700.45 and paragraph (a) of this section must comply with this subpart.

[83 FR 52713, Oct. 17, 2018]