The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; Washington, D.C.; www.epa.gov) is extending the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) submission deadline for 2012 reports from June 30, 2012, to August 13, 2012.
The CDR requires manufacturers (including importers) of certain chemical substances included on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory to report information on chemicals manufactured (and imported) in volumes of 25,000 lb. or more at their site during calendar year 2011. EPA now refers to the former Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule as the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule.
There will also be some changes to the way in which reporting is done for 2012, including requiring electronic reporting, via the e-CDRweb (formerly e-IURweb). The rule also modifies the reporting of manufacturing, processing and use data for most chemicals, and makes changes to specific data elements, including the addition to require submission of production volume for calendar year 2010. The rule also requires that manufacturers (including importers) provide a greater amount of substantiation for confidential business information claims.