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TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory

Compliance Advisory: Applicability of the Toxic Substances Control Act to Chemicals made from Petroleum and Renewable Sources Used as Fuels and Fuel Additives and Distillates

EPA is reaffirming in this Compliance Advisory that chemical substances used as fuels and fuel additives and distillates made from either petroleum or renewable sources are subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Anyone who plans to manufacture (including import) a chemical made from petroleum or renewable sources must comply with the statutory and regulatory new chemical requirements under TSCA section 5.

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Compliance Advisory: Applicability of the Toxic Substances Control Act to Chemicals made from Petroleum and Renewable Sources Used as Fuels and Fuel Additives and Distillates (PDF)(3 pp, 189 K)