EPA Issues Working Guidance on Nanotechnology Reporting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued
working guidance on its Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule
on Nanomaterials in Commerce for the agency’s Final
Nanotechnology Reporting and Record-Keeping Requirements
Rule, which became effective August 14, 2017. The rule has been
modified to eliminate: (i) exemptions for nanoclays, zinc oxide,
nanocellulose and naturally occurring nanomaterials from
reporting requirements; (ii) volume cut-offs below which no
reporting would be required; and (iii) an exemption for chemical
substances manufactured as part of surface films.

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