---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 700.40"
title: "40"
number: "700.40"
heading: "Purpose and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/700.40"
---

# §700.40. Purpose and applicability.

- (a) **Purpose.** The purpose of this subpart is to establish and collect fees from manufacturers and processors to defray part of EPA's cost of administering the Toxic Substances Control Act ([15 U.S.C. 2601-2692](/usc/15/2601-2692.md)), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Pub. L. 114-182).
- (b) **Applicability.** This subpart applies to all manufacturers who are required to submit information under section 4 of the Act, who submit certain notices and exemption requests to EPA under section 5 of the Act, who manufacture a chemical substance that is subject to a risk evaluation under TSCA section 6(b)(4) of the Act, and who process a chemical substance that is the subject of a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) or Test Market Exemption (TME) under section 5 of the Act and who are required to submit information under section 4 of the Act related to a SNUN submission.
- (c) **Effective date.** After October 18, 2018, all persons specified in [§ 700.45](/cfr/40/700.45.md) and [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must comply with this subpart.

## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 52713, Oct. 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625 and 2665, 44 U.S.C. 3504.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 31252, Aug. 17, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 52713, Oct. 17, 2018]