Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (Final Rule)

Defines significant new use rules for handling carbon nanomaterials (and 25 other chemical substances).

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Direct final rule published.
Date of Last Action
Oct 3 2018
Date Introduced
Oct 3 2018
Publication Date
Oct 3 2018

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