US EPA Will Not Enforce the PIP (3:1) Rule’s Compliance Deadline for Up to 180 Days

What: EPA announced it is exercising enforcement discretion not to enforce the ban on processing and distributing articles containing PIP (3:1)  after March 8, 2021 for a period of up to 180 days.

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PIP (3:1) is phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1), CAS No. 68937-41-7. The PIP (3:1) final rule provides in 40 C.F.R. § 751.407(a)(1) that, with certain exceptions, “all persons are prohibited from all processing and distributing in commerce of PIP (3:1), including in PIP (3:1)-containing products or articles after March 8, 2021.” This compliance deadline was 60 days after publication of the rule in the Federal Register on January 6.

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