---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 702.1"
title: "40"
number: "702.1"
heading: "General provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/702.1"
---

# §702.1. General provisions.

- (a) **Purpose.** This regulation establishes the risk-based screening process for designating chemical substances as a High-Priority Substance or a Low-Priority Substance for risk evaluation as required under section 6(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended ([15 U.S.C. 2605(b)](/usc/15/2605.md?p=b)).
- (b) **Scope of designations.** EPA will make priority designations pursuant to these procedures for a chemical substance, not for a specific condition or conditions of uses of a chemical substance.
- (c) **Categories of chemical substances.** Nothing in this subpart shall be interpreted as a limitation on EPA's authority under [15 U.S.C. 2625(c)](/usc/15/2625.md?p=c) to take action, including the actions contemplated in this subpart, on a category of chemical substances.
- (d) **Prioritization timeframe.** The Agency will publish a final priority designation for a chemical substance in no fewer than 9 months and no longer than 1 year following initiation of prioritization pursuant to [§ 702.7](/cfr/40/702.7.md).
- (e) **Metals or metal compounds.** EPA will identify priorities for chemical substances that are metals or metal compounds in accordance with [15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(2)(E)](/usc/15/2605.md?p=b-2-E).
- (f) **Applicability.** These regulations do not apply to any chemical substance for which a manufacturer requests a risk evaluation under [15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(C)](/usc/15/2605.md?p=b-4-C).
- (g) **Scientific standards and weight of the scientific evidence.** EPA's proposed priority designations under [§ 702.9](/cfr/40/702.9.md) and final priority designations under [§ 702.11](/cfr/40/702.11.md) will be consistent with the scientific standards provision in [15 U.S.C. 2625(h)](/usc/15/2625.md?p=h) and the weight of the scientific evidence provision in [15 U.S.C. 2625(i)](/usc/15/2625.md?p=i).
- (h) **Interagency collaboration.** EPA will consult with other relevant Federal Agencies during the administration of this subpart.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 82 FR 33762, July 20, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605 and 2619.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 2773, Jan. 19, 1982, unless otherwise noted.