Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 40 - Protection of Environment |
Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency |
SubChapter R - Toxic Substances Control Act |
Part 716 - Health and Safety Data Reporting |
Subpart A - General Provisions |
§ 716.50 - Reporting physical and chemical properties.
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§ 716.50 Reporting physical and chemical properties.
Studies of physical and chemical properties must be reported under this subpart if performed for the purpose of determining the environmental or biological fate of a substance, and only if they investigated one or more of the following properties:
(a) Water solubility.
(b) Adsorption/desorption on particulate surfaces, e.g., soil.
(c) Vapor pressure.
(d) Octanol/water partition coefficient.
(e) Density/relative density (specific gravity).
(f) Particle size distribution for insoluble solids.
(g) Dissociation constant.
(h) Degradation by photochemical mechanisms - aquatic and atmospheric.
(i) Degradation by chemical mechanisms - hydrolytic, reductive, and oxidative.
(j) Degradation by biological mechanisms - aerobic and anaerobic.