40 CFR § 751.601 - General.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s751.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 751.601 - General."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "751.601"
section_name: "General."
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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# 751.601 General.
(a) *Applicability.* This Subpart establishes prohibitions and restrictions on the manufacture (including import), processing, distribution in commerce, use, and disposal of perchloroethylene (CASRN 127-18-4) (PCE), also known as tetrachloroethylene, to prevent unreasonable risk of injury to health in accordance with TSCA section 6(a).
(b) *Regulatory threshold.* Unless otherwise specified in this Subpart, the prohibitions and restrictions of this Subpart do not apply to products containing PCE at thresholds less than 0.1 percent by weight.
(c) *Owner and operator requirements.* Any requirement for an owner or operator, or an owner and operator, is a requirement for any individual that is either an owner or an operator.