Chemical Regulation Reporter® Index-Summary

2,4,5-T, 50-50 mixture with 2,4-D

Taiwan

– Bisphenol A, environment agency formally lists as toxic substance and revises plastic food container rules, 793

Tanks

– Cargo tanks

See Cargo tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles

TCDD (1746-01-6)

– BP N. Am. Texas City refinery, firm agrees to pay fine to resolve alleged EPCRA violations, 250
– Italy, Seveso residents face increased risk of developing cancer, In Brief, 927
– Reproductive hazards, study finds exposure affects breast development in mice, 614
– Risk assessment, EPA to hold meeting to evaluate recent scientific literature on health effects, 6; EPA to update analysis of health effects and issue interim soil cleanup standard soon, 535; EPA proposes adopting toxicity equivalency factors to assess potency, 883; EPA to release interim preliminary remediation goals soon, 1021

1,1,1-TCE

See Methyl chloroform (71-55-6)

TCEP

See Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (115-96-8)

Tebufenpyrad (119168-77-3)

– European Comm'n authorizes use in pesticides marketed in EU, 200

Tebuthiuron (34014-18-1)

– Brazilian group sues several U.S. firms over alleged illegal disposal of toxic wastes (S.D. Ind.), 432

Technology

– Nanomaterials

See Nanotechnology

– Railroads, Positive Train Control systems, FRA implementation rules, In Brief, 13
– Synthetic biology, think tank report, In Brief, 311

Teflon

See Perfluoroethylene, homopolymer (9002-84-0)

Telecommunications

– Mobile Emergency Response Guidebook, Smartphone version, In Brief, 367

Tellurium (13494-80-9)

– Drinking water, Contaminant Candidate List, EPA releases final list of 116 contaminants, 937

Tennessee

– Asbestos, Watkins Street Project, co-owner of salvage and demolition company pleads guilty to charges related to CAA handling and notification requirements (E.D. Tenn.), 1001
– Invista to pay fine and to spend more than $500M to correct 680 environmental violations (D. Del.), 381
– Manganese, final EPA air monitoring data indicates low levels outside 2 schools, 919

Terbufos (13071-79-9)

– Food safety, American Bird Conservancy files petition with EPA asking to revoke imported residue tolerances, 895

Testimony

See Witnesses and testimony

Test methods and procedures

– Biomonitoring

See Monitoring and measurement

– Denmark, testing regime inadequate to support classification and labeling of detergents, court rules, 460
– Endocrine disruptor screening program

See Endocrine disruptors

– Harmonization of standards, EPA updates environmental fate guidelines for pesticides and industrial chemicals to be consistent with OECD requirements, 378
– Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

– – Chemical testing guideline list update, In Brief, 345
– – Environmental fate, EPA harmonizes updated guidelines for pesticides and industrial chemicals, 378
– – Health and environmental effects, group adopts 10 new test guidelines and 6 updated guidelines, 916

– Permethrin-treated military uniforms, test of mosquito repellency, In Brief, 14
– Phthalates

– – ASTM Intl. committee to discuss test methods to determine levels in some consumer products, 277
– – CPSC seeking comments on tests used to analyze content of child care items and toys, 252

– Product failures, IG probing allegations that EPA withheld data on hospital disinfectants and products that attack tuberculosis bacteria, 232; EPA working to “clarify facts,” 256; IG clears EPA of alleged data withholding, 544
– Triclosan, researchers may have found faster and cheaper test for detecting traces in water, 45

Tetra-BDE

See Tetrabromodiphenyl ether (40088-47-9)

Tetrabromodiphenyl ether (40088-47-9)

– Stockholm Convention, parties to treaty endorse agreement to add to Annex A, 486

Tetrabutyltin

– Canada to recommend toxic designation, 845; environment and health agencies publish draft order to declare as toxic, 1024

3,3´,4,4´-Tetrachloroazobenzene (14047-09-7)

– Carcinogenicity, scientific review panel accepts NTP conclusions in draft report, 740

Tetrachlorobenzene (12408-10-5)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed substances of concern, 589

2,3,4,5-Tetrachloro-6-cyanobenzoic acid, methyl ester, reaction products with 4-[(4-aminophenyl)azo]-3-methylbenzenamine and sodium methoxide (106276-78-2)

– Canada does not propose further enforcement activity, 884

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

See TCDD (1746-01-6)

sym-Tetrachloroethane

See 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (79-34-5)

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (79-34-5)

– Risk assessment, EPA issues draft toxicological review, 939
– Superfund, ATSDR issues updated final toxicological profile, 132

Tetrachloroethylene

See Perchloroethylene (127-18-4)

2,4,5,6-Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile

See Chlorothalonil (1897-45-6)

Tetrachloromethane

See Carbon tetrachloride (56-23-5)

Tetraconazole (112281-77-3)

– EU agriculture ministers agree to include in plant protection product list, 728

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (811-97-2)

– Automotive refrigerants, Cal. approves program to reduce GHG emissions, 113

Tetrafluoronitrotoluene

– SNUR, EPA issues direct final rule, 913

Tetrahydro-2H-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione

See Dazomet (533-74-4)

Tetrahydronaphthalene

See Tetralin (119-64-2)

Tetralin (119-64-2)

– Carcinogenicity, scientific review panel accepts NTP conclusions in draft report, 740

Tetramethyldiaminobenzophenone (90-94-8)

– Canada proposes for designation as toxic, 884

2,5,8,11-Tetramethyl-6-dodecyne-5,8-diol (68227-33-8)

– ChAMP, EPA lists chemicals targeted for data collection rules, 353

Texas

– Air pollution

– – Chevron Phillips Chem., Baytown plant, Sierra Club and local interest group allege ozone and air toxics emissions violations (S.D. Tex.), 840
– – Citgo Refining and Chem. to pay state fine for recordkeeping violations, 808
– – Dow Chem., Freeport facility agrees to pay fine for 9 state air quality violations, 542; Dow to pay state fine for unauthorized emissions from Freeport facility, 673
– – ExxonMobil refineries to pay fine for unauthorized emissions, 808
– – Lehigh Cement to pay state fine for reporting requirement violations, 808
– – Shell Chem. to pay state fine for failing to prevent unauthorized emissions, 808
– – Shell Oil

– – – Deer Park facility to pay state fine for failing to prevent unauthorized emissions, 808
– – – “Upset” emissions, firm agrees to settle CAA citizens' suit at Houston area plant (S.D. Tex.), 410

– – Solutia plant in Alvin to pay fine for violations of state air quality regulations, 491
– – Total Petrochemicals USA plant in LaPorte to pay fine for violations of state air quality regulations, 491

– Benzene, jury verdict against San Antonio overturned due to lack of proof of link between municipal waste site and girl's leukemia (Tex.), 464
– BP Prods. N. Am. Texas City refinery

– – Explosion and fire, judge accepts plea agreement including $50M criminal fine (S.D. Tex.), 250
– – Federal CAA enforcement, firm agrees to $180M settlement resolving alleged violations (N.D. Ind.), 176
– – Hazardous waste, firm agrees to pay fine for 10 violations (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 673
– – Right-to-know, firm agrees to pay fine to resolve alleged EPCRA violations, 250
– – State rules enforcement, state AG charges facility with 46 separate violations of state health, safety, and environmental protection laws (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 569; firm agrees to refrain from future violations and to implement corrective actions, 674

– Citgo Petroleum Corpus Christi refinery, CSB dispatches team to investigate cause of fire, 746
– Hazardous waste

– – J.C. Evans Construction to pay state fine for failing to obtain authorization to operate rock crusher, 673
– – Shop foreman and company president sentenced for burying chlorine compressed gas cylinders (E.D. Tex.), 543

– Invista to pay fine and to spend more than $500M to correct 680 environmental violations (D. Del.), 381
– Jet fuel spill, Explorer Pipeline agrees to pay CWA penalty for rupture that contaminated Turkey Creek and surrounding areas (S.D. Tex.), 35
– Mercury in largemouth bass, state health advisory, In Brief, 123
– Total Petrochemicals USA pays fine to settle 73 alleged violations of state clean air rules, 701
– Valero Refining to pay state fine for air and water quality violations, 808

Textiles

See also Apparel
– Lead in children's products, manufacturers ask CPSC to recognize fabric as barrier to exposure, 228

Thallium (7440-28-0)

– IRIS, final assessment, In Brief, 984

Thiamethoxam (153719-23-4)

– France temporarily renews authorization of insecticide that allegedly causes severe damage to beehives, 33

Thimet

See Phorate (298-02-2)

Thiocarbamide

See Thiourea (62-56-6)

Thiourea (62-56-6)

– Canada, environment and health agencies publish draft order proposing designation as toxic, 511

Thorium dioxide (1314-20-1)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority carcinogens, 589

Thyroid hormone

– Endocrine disruptor screening and testing program

See Endocrine disruptors

Timber products

See Wood products

Titanium dioxide (13463-67-7)

– Dermal hazards, nanoscale particles do not penetrate skin but harm bacteria, studies find, 299
– Genetic hazards, nanoscale particles injected into pregnant mice changed expression of genes associated with brain development in pups, studies find, 767
– Respiratory hazards, nanofibers and nanotubes cause acute toxicity to lung cells, study finds, 767
– Risk assessment

– – Potential exposures, EPA releases draft case studies for nanoparticles and consequences, 789
– – Traditional methods can be used to assess risks from nanoscale materials, speakers tell workshop, 940

o-Tolidine

See 3,3´-Dimethylbenzidine (119-93-7)

Toluene (108-88-3)

– BP N. Am. Texas City refinery, firm agrees to pay fine to resolve alleged EPCRA violations, 250
– Camp Lejeune drinking water contamination, ATSDR preparing to revise part of assessment, 431; NRC says effects of solvents may never be known, 613
– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority substances, 589
– Proposition 65, Cal. proposes listing as reproductive toxicant, 620

Toxic air pollutants

See Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

– Annual reports

– – 2007 report shows declining releases, 275
– – 2008 report, EPA posts raw facility-level data, 833; EPA working on analysis, 994

– Public access to information, state legislators urge EPA to continue working to communicate data in understandable ways, 772
– Reporting requirements

– – Articles exemption, EPA to propose rule to clarify past guidance, 833
– – House measure to codify stronger reporting

See Legislation, federal, HR 776

– – OMB Watch to ask EPA to reverse 2006 changes, 172; Jackson willing to restore tough standards if no congressional mandate, 222; omnibus spending measure prohibits EPA from using funds to implement changes, 259; EPA to reinstate stricter filing procedures, 275; advocates praise Congress for blocking 2006 rule while industry asks for more paperwork reduction efforts, 276; EPA reinstates more stringent rules, 404; reinstated rule published, In Brief, 443

Toxic substances

– Air toxics

See Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)

– Animals as test subjects

See Animal testing

– Canada

– – Ontario legislature to consider measure to reduce use and release by manufacturing and industrial sectors, 358; provincial government passes measure, 589
– – Product safety, environment and health agencies publish draft orders proposing to designate 13 substances as toxic, 511; environment and health agencies publish notice of intent to consider regulatory action against 12 substances, 704; government to recommend 3 more substances for toxic designation, 792
– – Significant new use, environment agency to require industry to notify government of any new uses of 2 benzenesulfonic acids, 570

– Commencement Bay, Occidental Chem. must pay $1.55M for natural resource damages caused by hazardous substance releases (W.D. Wash.), 458
– Endocrine disruptors

See Endocrine disruptors

– EU, Dangerous Substances Directive, European Comm'n modifies classification and labeling rules for more than 600 chemicals, 88
– E-waste

See Electronic waste

– Green chemistry

See Green chemistry

– Harm minimization, ICCM2 delegates agree on steps to take, Conference Report, 523
– Lead

See Lead (7439-92-1)

– Mercury

See Mercury (7439-97-6)

– Mexico working to launch chemical inventory by 2012, NACEC official tells conference, 384
– Nanomaterials

See Nanotechnology

– Norway forms commission to recommend policies to eliminate environmental toxics by 2020, 253
– Outlook 2009, Special Report, 58
– PCBs

See PCBs (1336-36-3)

– PIC treaty

See Rotterdam Convention

– PMNs

See Premanufacture notices (PMNs)

– Pollution prevention, Or. releases draft list of 140 pollutants as part of long-term plan, 568; environment agency releases draft proposal for determining trigger levels, 893
– POPs phaseout treaty

See Stockholm Convention

– Proposition 65

See California

– Regulatory policy

– – Focus of state chemical policies increasingly on product ingredient concerns, report finds, 719
– – Fundamental changes could be in store for commercial chemicals, Analysis and Perspective, 1008

– Releases and spills

See Releases and spills

– Risk assessment

– – Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR), EPA links databases to help determine which chemicals may require more study, 5
– – EPA program added to GAO High-Risk List of programs vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, 95

– Test rules under TSCA §4, updated list of chemicals, In Brief, 902
– TSCA Inventory

– – Confidential information, EPA to move 530 chemicals to public list, 765
– – Update Rule, EPA underestimating amount of work required, chemical makers say, 107; EPA to propose revisions to rule to improve accuracy of documents submitted by manufacturers and increase processing efficiency, 354

– U-Haul to pay fine to resolve state hazardous materials allegations (Cal. Super. Ct.), 863

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency (ATSDR)

– Public health, structural flaws and other factors prevent effective protection, Miller (D-NC) says, 247; ATSDR called “clear and present danger” in staff report, 248
– Voluntary research program, agency seeking data on human exposure risks of 2 hazardous substances, 29

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

– Ed. Note: This heading is limited to TSCA reauthorization or reform. The heading TOXIC SUBSTANCES provides coverage of TSCA administration and enforcement and cross-references to specific pollutants and industries regulated under TSCA.
– Children's health, Lautenberg (D-NJ) to introduce amendment on required health data, 587
– Mercury, amendment to ban use in chlorine manufacture

See Legislation, federal, HR 2065, HR 2190, S 1428

– Reform may be needed but scope of possible changes not yet under discussion, House panel hears, 191; Jackson says EPA willing to work with Congress and White House, 222; attorneys say chemical manufacturers need to pay attention to EPA initiatives, 403; chemical industry and coalition of interest groups unveil separate proposals, 787; chemical industry says changes must protect ability to innovate as well as public, 807; interest groups push for revisions to protect children and pets, 917; EPA announces Obama administration principles for updated law, 967; industry and environmental groups say amendments could pass this Congress, 993
– State legislators adopt resolution calling for changes to federal chemical policy, 772

Toxic torts

– Hydrogen sulfide, plaintiff has enough medical expert testimony to proceed with claim that Hess gas plant release caused reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (D.N.D.), 117
– Liability, changing theories in mass and toxic torts, Analysis and Perspective, 955
– Perchloroethylene, plaintiffs unable to prove causation in claiming economic and physical injuries (7th Cir.), 675
– Reform, Okla. measure addresses medical evidence for asbestos claims, class action caps, and noneconomic damages for personal injury cases, 576
– Vinyl chloride, dismissal of PVC plant worker's suit against chemical suppliers affirmed (1st Cir.), 811

Toys and games

– Canada publishes draft rules to ban import, sale, or advertisement of phthalate-containing soft vinyl toys and child care articles, 646
– Phthalates, ban of use in children's products, judge sets aside CPSC opinion granting exceptions for existing inventory (S.D.N.Y.), 155; CPSC issues guidance regarding compliance with prohibitions, 156; CPSC solicits public comments, 195; ExxonMobil asks CPSC to conduct review of ban for 2 phthalates, 769

Training

– Hazmat transport, delegates to Geneva meeting of UN Dangerous Goods Comm. to address certification issues, 632
– Insurance, Pennzoil-Quaker State owes separate deductibles for 2 discrete releases despite similar underlying causes (S.D. Tex.), 942

Trains

See Railroads

Transboundary pollution

– POPs, long-range air pollution treaty

See Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Transportation

– Cargo tank motor vehicles

See Cargo tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles

– Trains and locomotives

See Railroads

– Trucks

See Motor carriers

Treaties

– Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

See Montreal Protocol

– Persistent organic pollutants

– – Long-range transboundary air pollution

See Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants

– – Phaseout

See Stockholm Convention

– Prior informed consent

See Rotterdam Convention

Tremolite (14567-73-8)

– Libby vermiculite mining Superfund site

See Asbestos (1332-21-4)

TRI

See Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

s-Triazole (288-88-0)

– ChAMP, EPA lists HPV chemicals likely to be subject to test rules, 353

Triazoxide (72459-58-6)

– EU agriculture ministers consider scientific report on plant protection product use, 728

Tribal lands

See generally Native Americans

2,4,6-Tri-tert-butylphenol (732-26-3)

– Canada, environment and health agencies publish draft order proposing designation as toxic, 511

Tributyl phosphate (126-73-8)

– Canada does not propose further enforcement activity, 884

Tributyltin (688-73-3)

– Antifouling paints for ship hulls, U.S. compliance with international ban

See Legislation, federal, HR 3618

– Canada publishes draft order to declare as toxic, 1024

Trichloroacetic acid (76-03-9)

– IRIS, EPA issues draft toxicological review, 939; EPA posts comments from other federal agencies online, 1023

1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethane

See DDT (50-29-3)

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

See Methyl chloroform (71-55-6)

Trichloroethylene (79-01-6)

– Camp Lejeune drinking water contamination

– – ATSDR preparing to revise part of public health assessment, 431
– – Military family seeks discretionary function exception to sovereign immunity in personal injury suit (U.S., rev sought), 118; (rev den), 589
– – NRC says effects of solvents may never be known, 613
– – Senators ask Navy to clear up “informational gaps,” 516

– Canada

– – Carcinogens, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority substances, 589
– – Northstar Aerospace groundwater contamination class action suit, Ontario court approves settlement, 646

– Eagle Picher Carefree Battery Superfund site, bankrupt electronics manufacturer liable to EPA for over $9M in past and estimated future cleanup costs (6th Cir.), 412
– Hazardous waste, Red Spot Paint & Varnish sanctioned for misrepresenting use of 2 chlorinated solvents at Evansville plant (S.D. Ind.), 645
– Nanoengineered materials could save time and money in cleanups of contaminated sites, study finds, 720

1,1´-(2,2,2-Trichloroethylidene)bis-4-chlorobenzene

See DDT (50-29-3)

2,4,4´-Trichloro-2-hydroxydiphenyl ether

See Triclosan (3380-34-5)

Trichloromethane

See Chloroform (67-66-3)

N-Trichloromethylmercapto-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide

See Captan (133-06-2)

1,2,3-Trichloropropane (96-18-4)

– IRIS, final assessment, 984; EPA posts comments from other federal agencies on toxicological review online, 1023

Triclosan (3380-34-5)

– Test methods and procedures, researchers may have found faster and cheaper test for detecting traces in water, 45

Tricresyl phosphate (1330-78-5)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed substances of concern, 589

Triethanolamine (102-71-6)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed substances of concern, 589

Triethylamine (121-44-8)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority substances, 589

a,a,a-Trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine

See Trifluralin (1582-09-8)

Trifluralin (1582-09-8)

– Endangered species, San Francisco Bay area, EPA plans to study impact on 11 protected species to settle ESA suit (N.D. Cal.), 678

1,3,5-Triglycidyl-s-triazinetrione (2451-62-9)

– Proposition 65, Cal. proposes listing as reproductive toxicant, 620

1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (95-63-6)

– BP N. Am. Texas City refinery, firm agrees to pay fine to resolve alleged EPCRA violations, 250

3,5,5-Trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one

See Isophorone (78-59-1)

Triphenyl bismuthine (603-33-8)

– Canada, federal environment and health agencies publish notice of intent to consider regulatory action, 704

Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (115-96-8)

– Canada confirms toxic designation and adds to Schedule 1 list, 884; environment and health agencies publish draft order to declare as toxic, 1024
– ECHA seeking comments on nomination for possible classification as substance of very high concern, 884

Tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane (27575-78-6)

– Risk assessment, NTP proposes for testing for initial toxicological characterization, 538; board finds NTP plans to study justifiable, 739

Tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol (3010-80-8)

– Risk assessment, NTP proposes for testing for initial toxicological characterization, 538; board finds NTP plans to study justifiable, 739

Trixylyl phosphate (25155-23-1)

– ECHA consultation on GHS changes, In Brief, 633

Trucks

See Motor carriers

TSCA

See Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)