{"id":555,"date":"2009-08-05T14:12:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T14:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu.innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/?p=555"},"modified":"2019-02-19T09:10:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T07:10:08","slug":"epa-to-issue-mandatory-data-collection-rule-for-many-nanomaterials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/epa-to-issue-mandatory-data-collection-rule-for-many-nanomaterials\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA to Issue Mandatory Data Collection Rule for Many Nanomaterials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) was established by section 4(e) of TSCA \u2018\u2018to make recommendations to the Administrator respecting the chemical substances and mixtures to which the&nbsp;Administrator should give priority consideration for the promulgation of rules for testing under TSCA section 4(a).<\/p>\n<p>EPA intends to develop a proposed TSCA section 8(a) rule to obtain information on the production, uses, and exposures of existing nanoscale materials. EPA has indicated that it will ensure that the chemicals where there is ITC interest are either included in that action or are otherwise new chemical substances subject to premanufacture notification (PMN) reporting under TSCA. EPA also intends to develop a proposed TSCA section 4 rule to develop needed environmental, health, and safety data.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">According to the Federal Register Notice, att this time, there are several U.S. Government organizations on the ITC that continue to have data needs for nanoscale materials. Many of these nanoscale materials do not have CAS numbers, or have CAS numbers that may be associated with the non-nanoscale chemical. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">The U.S. Government organizations on the ITC have data needs for occupational exposure and mammalian toxicology data for the following nanoscale materials, and are reviewing data submitted in PMNs or in response to the NMSP:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span> Materials having CAS numbers that are only nanoscale at the molecular level: <\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span> C60 fullerenes\u2013CAS No. 135105\u201352\u20131 (this is the generic C60 fullerene; many other CAS numbers exist for specific C60 fullerene structural isomers, including, for example, CAS No. 99685\u201396\u20138, for [5,6]Fullerene-C60- Ih) <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> C90 fullerenes\u2013CAS No. 135113\u201317\u20136 (this is the generic C90 fullerene; other CAS numbers exist for specific C90 fullerene structural isomers)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span><span> Materials having CAS numbers that can exist in the nanoscale and bulk forms: <\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span> Carbon black, nano form\u2013CAS No. 1333\u2013 86\u20134 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Titanium oxide (TiO2) nanowires\u2013CAS No. 13463\u201367\u20137 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Titanium oxide (TiO2) nanoparticles\u2014 CAS No. 13463\u201367\u20137 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Zinc oxide (ZnO), nano form\u2014CAS No. 1314\u201313\u20132 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Silver, nano form\u2014CAS No. 7440\u201322\u20134 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Silica [crystalline], nano form\u2014CAS No. 7631\u201386\u20139 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Quartz (SiO2), nano form\u2014CAS No. 14808\u201360\u20137 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Cerium oxide (CeO2), nano form\u2014CAS No. 1306\u201338\u20133 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Indium tin oxide, nano form\u2014CAS No. 50926\u201311\u20139 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Indium tin oxide (In1.69Sn0.15O2.85), nano form\u2014CAS No. 71243\u201384\u20130 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Indium tin oxide (In0.01SnO2), nano form\u2014CAS No. 212075\u201326\u20138 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Indium tin oxide (In0.02Sn0.98O1.99), nano form\u2014CAS No. 180090\u201396\u20134 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Dendrimers\u2014there are a number of CAS numbers describing certain compositions of dendrimers<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span><span> Materials with no CAS numbers that either can exist in both the nano and bulk forms or are only nanoscale: <\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span> Single\u2013walled carbon nanotubes <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span> Multi\u2013walled carbon nanotubes <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Carbon nanofibers <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Quantum dots with Cd core <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Quantum dots with Se core <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Nanoceramic particles <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>Nanoclays<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><br \/>\nSource: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edocket.access.gpo.gov\/2009\/pdf\/E9-18469.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Register \/ Vol. 74, No. 148 \/ Tuesday, August 4, 2009<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the last reporting period of November 2008 to May 2009, the Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) continued to discuss nanoscale materials and EPA\u2019s Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP). Since several U.S. Government organisations on the ITC have data needs for nanoscale materials in use, and the limited cover of the NMSP, EPA intends to develop a mandatory data reporting rule under TSCA section 8(a).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnologie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17203,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/17203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}