September 25, 2024 - SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 142.24 to keep stakeholders informed about plans by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay reporting timeframes for manufacturers and importers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and articles containing PFAS.
The ‘Toxic Substances Control Act Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ (‘TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule’) was signed into effect on September 28, 2023. This requires businesses involved in the manufacture or import of designated PFAS compounds, including products containing designated PFAS, between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2022, to submit a report to the EPA by established deadlines.
The direct final rule (DFR) issued on September 5, 2024, will, if adopted, delay these reporting timeframes by eight months. For general businesses, this would mean a submission period of July 11, 2025, to January 11, 2026, and for small businesses July 11, 2025, to July 11, 2026.
SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory and market changes that could impact their business. SafeGuardS 142.24 contains further details of the reporting requirements and the reason for the delay. It also has a table with details of the definition of a small business.
Stakeholders have until October 7, 2024, to send comments to the EPA. If no adverse comments are received by this date, the DFR will come into effect on November 4, 2024, and the new submission dates will come into effect.
Stakeholders are advised to review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 142.24 for more details.
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SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full EPA Plans to Postpone Submission Periods Under the TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule SafeGuardS. [www.sgs.com/en/news/2024/09/safeguards-14224-epa-plans-to-postpone-submission-periods-under-the-tsca-pfas-reporting-rule]
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