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40 CFR § 721.10229 - Ethylene glycol ethers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s721.10229"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 721.10229 - Ethylene glycol ethers."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "721.10229"
section_name: "Ethylene glycol ethers."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT"
part_number: "721"
part_name: "SIGNIFICANT NEW USES OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2604, 2607, and 2625(c)."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 35018, Sept. 5, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "721"
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# 721.10229 Ethylene glycol ethers.

(a) *Chemical substances and significant new uses subject to reporting.* (1) The chemical substances identified in Table 1 of this paragraph are subject to reporting under this section for the significant new uses described in Table 1 of this paragraph.

Table 1—Ethylene Glycol Ethers and Significant New Uses Subject to Reporting

| Chemical name | ChemicalAbstractsindex name | ChemicalAbstractsServiceRegistry No. (CASRN) | Significant new use(s) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monoethylene glycol dimethyl ether or monoglyme | Ethane, 1,2,-dimethoxy- | 110-71-4 | Any use in a consumer product. |
| Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether or diglyme | Ethane, 1,1′-oxybis[2-methoxy- | 111-96-6 | Any use in a consumer product. |
| Diethylene glycol diethyl ether or ethyldiglyme | Ethane, 1,1′-oxybis[2-ethoxy- | 112-36-7 | Any use in a consumer product except as a component of inks, coatings and adhesives, and as a component of paint/graffiti removers. |
| Triethylene glycol dimethyl ether or triglyme | 2,5,8,11-Tetraoxadodecane | 112-49-2 | Any use in a consumer product, except as a solvent in consumer adhesives, in brake fluid, as a component of consumer paint/graffiti removers, and in consumer paints. |
| Diethylene glycol dibutyl ether or butyldiglyme | Butane, 1,1′-[oxybis(2,1-ethanediyloxy)]bis- | 112-73-2 | Any use in a consumer product except as a solvent in consumer inks, coatings and adhesives, and as a component in soldering compounds. |
| Ethylene glycol diethyl ether or ethylglyme | Ethane, 1,2-diethoxy | 629-14-1 | Any use in a consumer product. |
| Triethylene glycol dibutyl ether or butyltriglyme | 5,8,11,14-Tetraoxaoctadecane | 63512-36-7 | Any use. |

(2) [Reserved]

(b) [Reserved]

[79 FR 74646, Dec. 16, 2014]