40 CFR § 751.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s751.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 751.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "751.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "R"
subchapter_name: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT"
part_number: "751"
part_name: "REGULATION OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2605, 15 U.S.C. 2625(l)(4)."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 11435, Mar. 27, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "751"
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# 751.1 Purpose.

This part sets forth requirements under section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2605(a), regulating the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of certain chemical substances and mixtures in order to address unreasonable risks to the extent necessary so that the chemical substance or mixture no longer presents such risk.