---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 751.313"
title: "40"
number: "751.313"
heading: "Phase-out of disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, treatment, or publicly owned treatment works."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/751.313"
---

# §751.313. Phase-out of disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, treatment, or publicly owned treatment works.

- (a) After September 15, 2025, all persons manufacturing (including importing), processing, and using TCE are prohibited from disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, industrial treatment, or publicly owned treatment works except as specified in the other subsections of this unit.
- (b) After December 18, 2029, all industrial and commercial users of TCE for lithium battery separator manufacturing are prohibited from disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, industrial treatment, or publicly owned treatment works.
- (c) After December 18, 2039, all industrial and commercial users of TCE for specialty polymeric microporous sheet materials manufacturing are prohibited from disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, industrial treatment, or publicly owned treatment works.
- (d) After December 18, 2044, all industrial and commercial users of TCE for lead-acid battery separator manufacturing are prohibited from disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, industrial treatment, or publicly owned treatment works.
- (e) The owner or operator of the location where disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, treatment, or to a publicly owned treatment works occurs must comply with the Workplace Chemical Protection Program provisions in [§ 751.315](/cfr/40/751.315.md), except for the disposal permitted in [§ 751.305(b)(9)](/cfr/40/751.305.md?p=b-9).
- (f) The owner or operator of the publicly owned treatment works where disposal of TCE occurs must comply with the wastewater workplace protections in [§ 751.319](/cfr/40/751.319.md).
- (g) The owner or operator of the location where such use of TCE occurs must comply with the recordkeeping requirements in [§ 751.323](/cfr/40/751.323.md).
- (h) Except for those uses specified in paragraphs [(b)](#b), [(c)](#c), and [(d)](#d) of this section, all persons engaged in the uses specified in paragraphs (h)(i) or (ii) of this section are prohibited from disposal of TCE to industrial pre-treatment, industrial treatment, or publicly owned treatment works after December 18, 2026:
- (i) Processing TCE as a reactant/intermediate;
- (ii) Processing TCE for industrial and commercial use of TCE as a processing aid, or are the industrial and commercial users of TCE as a processing aid, in: process solvent used in battery manufacture; process solvent used in polymer fiber spinning, fluoroelastomer manufacture and Alcantara manufacture; extraction solvent used in caprolactam manufacture; precipitant used in beta-cyclodextrin manufacture.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 102623, Dec. 17, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 44781, Sept. 17, 2025]

### Source

Source: 89 FR 102623, Dec. 17, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605, 15 U.S.C. 2625(l)(4).

### Source

Source: 84 FR 11435, Mar. 27, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 102623, Dec. 17, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 44781, Sept. 17, 2025]