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The definitions in section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2602, apply to this part except as otherwise established in any subpart under this part.
Act or TSCA means the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Article means a manufactured item:
(1) Which is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture;
(2) Which has end use function(s) dependent in whole or in part upon its shape or design during end use; and
(3) Which has either no change of chemical composition during its end use or only those changes of composition which have no commercial purpose separate from that of the article, and that result from a chemical reaction that occurs upon end use of other chemical substances, mixtures, or articles; except that fluids and particles are not considered articles regardless of shape or design.
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Authorized person means any person specifically authorized by the owner or operator to enter, and whose duties require the person to enter, a regulated area.
CASRN means Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number.
EPA means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Owner or operator means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a workplace covered by this part.
Person means any natural person, firm, company, corporation, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, or any other business entity; any State or political subdivision thereof; any municipality; any interstate body; and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal government.
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Potentially exposed person means any person who may be exposed to a chemical substance or mixture in a workplace as a result of a condition of use of that chemical substance or mixture.
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Product means the chemical substance, a mixture containing the chemical substance, or any object that contains the chemical substance or mixture containing the chemical substance that is not an article.
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Regulated area means an area established by the regulated entity to demarcate areas where airborne concentrations of a specific chemical substance exceed, or there is a reasonable possibility they may exceed, the applicable Existing Chemical Exposure Limit (ECEL) or the EPA Short Term Exposure Limit (EPA STEL).
[Editor’s Note: The following definition is added effective July 8, 2024]
Retailer means a person who distributes in commerce or makes available a chemical substance or mixture to consumer end users, including e-commerce internet sales or distribution. Any distributor with at least one consumer end user customer is considered a retailer. A person who distributes in commerce or makes available a chemical substance or mixture solely to commercial or industrial end users or solely to commercial or industrial businesses is not considered a retailer.
[84 FR 11435, March 27, 2019; 89 FR 39296, May 8, 2024]