subchapter_subject: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT"
part_code: "717"
part_subject: "RECORDS AND REPORTS OF ALLEGATIONS THAT CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE REACTIONS TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "General Provisions"
section_number: "717.3"
section_subject: "Definitions."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 717.3"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 700 to 722"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The definitions set forth in section 3 of TSCA and the following definitions apply to this part:
(a)Allegation means a statement, made without formal proof or regard for evidence, that a chemical substance or mixture has caused a significant adverse reaction to health or the environment.
(b)Firm or company means any person, that is subject to this part, as defined in § 717.5.
(1)Manufacture for commercial purposes means to import, produce, or manufacture with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for the manufacturer, and includes, among other things, such “manufacture” of any amount of a chemical substance or mixture:
(i)For distribution in commerce, including for test marketing.
(ii)For use by the manufacturer, including use for product research and development, or as an intermediate.
(2)Manufacture for commercial purposes also applies to substances that are produced coincidentally during the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of another substance or mixture, including both byproducts that are separated from that other substances or mixture and impurities that remain in that substance or mixture. Such byproducts and impurities may, or may not, in themselves have commercial value. They are nonetheless produced for the purpose of obtaining a commercial advantage since they are part of the manufacture of a chemical product for a commercial purpose.
(f)Person includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, or any other business entity, any State or political subdivision thereof, and any department, agency, or instrumentally of the Federal Government.
(g)Process for commercial purposes means the preparation of a chemical substance or mixture, after its manufacture, for distribution in commerce with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for the processor. Processing of any amount of a chemical substance or mixture is included. If a chemical substance or mixture containing impurities is processed for commercial purposes, then those impurities are also processed for commercial purposes.
(h)Retailer means a person who distributes in commerce a chemical substance, mixture, or article to ultimate purchasers who are not commercial entities.
(i)Significant adverse reactions are reactions that may indicate a substantial impairment of normal activities, or long-lasting or irreversible damage to health or the environment.
(j)Site means a contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a public right-of-way is considered one site. There may be multiple manufacturing, processing, or distribution activities occurring within a single site.
(k)Substance means a chemical substance or mixture unless otherwise indicated.