Risk evaluation for perchloroethylene (Ethene, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloro-); CASRN 127-18-4
Author: U.S. EPA
(2020)
(740-R1-8011). Washington, DC: Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. [EPA Report]
HERO ID: 7697272
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This risk evaluation for perchloroethylene (PCE) was performed in accordance with the Frank R. Lautenberg . . .
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This risk evaluation for perchloroethylene (PCE) was performed in accordance with the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act and is being issued following public comment and peer review. The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Nation’s primary chemicals management law, in June 2016. Under the amended statute, EPA is required, under TSCA Section 6(b), to conduct risk evaluations to determine whether a chemical substance presents unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, under the conditions of use, without consideration of costs or other non-risk factors, including an unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, identified as relevant to the risk evaluation. Also, as required by TSCA section (6)(b), EPA established, by rule, a process to conduct these risk evaluations: Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act (82 FR 33726)(Risk Evaluation Rule). This risk evaluation is in conformance with TSCA section 6(b), and the Risk Evaluation Rule, and is to be used to inform risk management decisions. In accordance with TSCA section 6(b), if EPA finds unreasonable risk from a chemical substance under its conditions of use in any final Risk Evaluation, the Agency will propose actions to address those risks within the timeframe required by TSCA. However, any proposed or final determination that a chemical substance presents unreasonable risk under TSCA section 6(b) is not the same as a finding that a chemical substance is “imminently hazardous” under TSCA section 7. The conclusions, findings, and determinations in this final Risk Evaluation are for the purpose of identifying whether the chemical substance presents unreasonable risk or no unreasonable risk under the conditions of use, in accordance with TSCA section 6, and are not intended to represent any findings under TSCA section 7.