Extension of Postponement of Effectiveness for Certain Provisions of Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register May 5, 2026. Document 2026-08750. Updated Nov. 11, 2026.

What it does

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is extending the postponement of the effectiveness of certain regulatory provisions of the final rule entitled "Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)" until the conclusion of judicial review. Specifically, this postponement applies to the conditions imposed on the uses with TSCA section 6(g) exemptions.

The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

40 CFR 751

Compared with

The Environmental Protection Agency has published 245 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 263 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

5 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 2070-AK83 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

As of May 18, 2026, the conditions imposed on each of the TSCA section 6(g) exemptions, as described in this document, in the final rule published on December 17, 2024, at 89 FR 102568 are postponed until the conclusion of judicial review.

The agency's dates, word for word.

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The record as published

Document number	2026-08750
Action	Notification; extension of postponement of effectiveness.
Agencies	Environmental Protection Agency
Published	May 5, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)	2070-AK83
Docket	EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0642
Significant (marked in the Federal Register)	Yes

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