2020-07625. Memorandum Setting Forth Enforcement Discretion Regarding Self-Identification Requirement for Certain Manufacturers Subject to the TSCA Fees Rule; Notice of Availability

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice of availability.

SUMMARY:

On March 24, 2020, the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance signed a memorandum providing a “no action assurance” to three categories of manufacturers regarding the self-identification requirement of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fees Rule, consistent with planned revisions to the TSCA Fee Rule. The three categories of manufacturers are: (1) Importers of articles containing one of the twenty high-priority substances; (2) producers of one of the twenty high-priority substances as a byproduct; and (3) producers or importers of one of the twenty high-priority substances as an impurity. The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance is hereby providing public notice of this memorandum which can be found at https://www.epa.gov/​sites/​production/​files/​2020-03/​documents/​no_​action_​assurance_​regarding_​self-identification_​requirement_​for_​certain_​manufacturers_​subject_​to_​the_​tsca_​fees_​rule_​march_​24_​2020.pdf.pdf.

DATES:

The memorandum is in effect from March 24, 2020 until either (1) 11:59 p.m. ET, September 30, 2021, or (2) the effective date of a final rule addressing the proposed exemptions to manufacture definition of the TSCA Fees Rule, whichever occurs earlier.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Philip Milton, Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division (2249-A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

More information can be found at https://www.epa.gov/​tsca-fees/​information-plan-reduce-tsca-fees-burden-and-no-action-assurance.

Dated: April 7, 2020.

Gregory Sullivan,

Director, Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.