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Last Updated on July 20, 2023
Section 5 of the 2016 TSCA amendments require EPA to make a safety determination for a new chemical substance before the chemical can be manufactured in or imported to the United States.
Of the 392 new chemicals under TSCA review, only 23 have been reviewed within 90 days.
The remaining 369 new chemicals have been under TSCA review for more than 90 days, creating a backlog of advanced chemistries ensnared in the EPA’s review pipeline.
The backlog of TSCA New Chemical Reviews is 94%. A 3% increase since June 2023.
EPA’s inability to meet the statutorily mandated 90-day deadline to conduct new chemical reviews coupled with the drop in the number of completed chemical reviews has created a significant backlog in the New Chemicals Program, threatening American innovation and manufacturing.
In a 2022 survey of ACC member companies, 70 percent of respondents reported that they have decided to introduce new chemicals outside of the U.S. due to uncertainties and challenges with the EPA’s New Chemicals Program.
ACC developed these visualizations to help interpret and track EPA’s performance of the TSCA New Chemicals Program. The data and information were compiled from the following EPA sources: 1) the New Chemicals case tracker and, 2) the Premanufacture Notices (PMNs) and Significant New Use Notices Table.
Click on the links below for more visuals and analysis tracking EPA’s progress in determining Premanufacturing Notices (PMN) and Section 5 Exemptions.
* The data is from 2017 to the present and is updated monthly. While the data from the two EPA sources has some discrepancies, the information is indicative of the status of the EPA’s New Chemicals program.
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