---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 751.601"
title: "40"
number: "751.601"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/751.601"
---

# §751.601. General.

- (a) **Applicability.** This Subpart establishes prohibitions and restrictions on the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, use, and disposal of perchloroethylene (CASRN 127-18-4) (PCE), also known as tetrachloroethylene, to prevent unreasonable risk of injury to health in accordance with TSCA [section 6(a)](/cfr/40/6.md?p=a).
- (b) **Regulatory threshold.** Unless otherwise specified in this Subpart, the prohibitions and restrictions of this Subpart do not apply to products containing PCE at thresholds less than 0.1 percent by weight.
- (c) **Owner and operator requirements.** Any requirement for an owner or operator, or an owner and operator, is a requirement for any individual that is either an owner or an operator.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 103607, Dec. 18, 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.