[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 194 (Thursday, October 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48203-48204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19500]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 194 / Thursday, October 9, 2025 /
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0592; FRL-12982-01-OCSPP]
Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA); Request for Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is
seeking public comment to inform its reconsideration of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk management rule for carbon
tetrachloride (CTC). As promulgated in December 2024, the CTC risk
management action addressed the unreasonable risk of injury to health
presented by CTC under its conditions of use by requiring various
workplace exposure controls for most conditions of use, prohibiting
certain industrial and commercial uses, and establishing other
requirements. This request for public comment follows the filing of
several legal challenges to the rule in 2025, and EPA's determination
that the CTC risk management rule under TSCA should be reconsidered
through further rulemaking. EPA intends to consider information
received in response to this public comment solicitation, and other
reasonably available information, to inform the development of any
proposed rule to amend the CTC regulation as appropriate.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0592, online at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on
commenting and visiting the docket, along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical information: Emilia Echeveste Brise[ntilde]o, Existing
Chemical Risk Management Division (7405M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 566-0543; email address: [email protected].
General information: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South
Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554-1404;
email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Executive Summary
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public in general and may be of
particular interest to those involved in the manufacture (including
import), processing, distribution, use, and disposal of CTC or products
containing CTC, related industry trade organizations, non-governmental
organizations with an interest in human and environmental health, state
and local governments, Tribal Nations, and/or those interested in the
assessment or management of risks involving chemical substances and
mixtures regulated under TSCA. As such, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities that this action might apply to. If
you need help determining applicability, consult the technical contact
listed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
Under TSCA section 6(a) (15 U.S.C. 2605(a)), if the Agency
determines through a TSCA section 6(b) risk evaluation that the
manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use or disposal of a
chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or
the environment, EPA must by rule apply one or more requirements listed
in TSCA section 6(a)(1)-(7) to the extent necessary so that the
chemical substance no longer presents such risk.
C. What action is the Agency taking?
On December 18, 2024, EPA released the final risk management rule
for CTC titled ``Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC); Regulation Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA)'' (89 FR 103512 (FRL-8206-02-OCSPP))
(hereinafter ``CTC final rule''). Following its publication, EPA
received several petitions for review related to the rule. These
petitions for review were consolidated in the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Eighth Circuit. On September 12, 2025, EPA announced its decision
to reconsider the CTC final rule through further rulemaking. In that
announcement, the Agency expressed its intent to open a comment period
on the final rule. EPA is now soliciting early stakeholder input
regarding its intended reconsideration of the rule. EPA invites public
comment on requirements and implementation of the CTC final rule (89 FR
103512), particularly on the topics described in Unit II. The
information received in response to this notice will inform EPA's
considerations of these provisions.
This review is being done in accordance with applicable law,
Executive Orders, and Administration policies, including Executive
Order 14219, ``Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the
President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory
Initiative'' (90 FR 10583, February 19, 2025), and EPA's Powering the
Great American Comeback Initiative Pillar I: Clean Air, Land, and Water
for Every American.
D. What should I consider as I prepare my comments?
1. Submitting CBI.
Do not submit CBI to EPA through https://www.regulations.gov or
email. If you wish to include CBI in your comment, please follow the
applicable instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules and clearly mark the information that you claim to be
CBI. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance
with procedures set forth in 40 CFR parts 2 and 703, as applicable.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your comments, see the commenting
tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
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II. Request for Comment
EPA invites public comment on all aspects of the CTC final rule,
including but not limited to any existing or anticipated implementation
issues associated with the final rule requirements, experiences with
the CTC final rule since it went into effect, and whether the Agency
should consider additional or alternative measures or approaches to
address the unreasonable risk presented by CTC under the conditions of
use. Additional information on the following is of particular interest
to EPA:
The Existing Chemical Exposure Limit (ECEL) of 0.03 parts
per million (ppm) as an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) promulgated
in the CTC final rule as part of the Workplace Chemical Protection
Program (WCPP) (see 40 CFR 751.703 and 751.707(b)), including
feasibility of exposure monitoring and whether the use of a different
exposure limit would be more appropriate to inform risk management.
To the extent possible, the Agency asks commenters to please cite
and provide any public data related to or that supports comments
provided, and to the extent permissible, describe and provide any
supporting data that are not publicly available.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605.
Dated: October 3, 2025.
Nancy B. Beck,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention.
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