Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker
Mercury; Regulation of Use in Certain Products
a.k.a. Mercury - TSCA Section 6(a) Rule
RIN: 2070-AJ46 (What's this?)
Docket No.: Not yet available (What's this?)
Current Phase: Pre-Proposal (What's this?)
Abstract:
Elemental mercury is well documented as a toxic, environmentally persistent substance that is atmospherically transported on a local, regional, and global scale. In addition, mercury can be environmentally transformed into methylmercury which bioaccumulates, biomagnifies, and is highly toxic.
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Initiated | 12/10/2008 |
| NPRM: Published in FR | 00/0000 (projected) |
Children's Health
This rule is likely to address an adverse impact on childhood lifestages, including prenatal (via exposure to women of childbearing age). The potential adverse impacts are expected to be due to toxicity (i.e., the developing fetus, infants, and/or children are more likely to have an adverse response than adult lifestages).
Environmental Justice
This rulemaking involves a topic that is likely to be of particular interest to or have particular impact upon minority, low-income, tribal, and/or other vulnerable populations because:
- This topic is likely to impact the health of vulnerable populations.
- This topic is likely to impact the environmental conditions of vulnerable populations.
- This topic is likely to present an opportunity to address an existing disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations.
International Effects
This rulemaking is expected to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise may be of interest to our international trading partners.
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- NPRM - No Information Available.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Citation
40 CFR 750
Legal Authority
15 USC 2605
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