791.3—Definitions.
Terms defined in the Act, and not explicitly defined herein, are used with the meanings given in the Act.
(c)
Byproduct refers to a chemical substance produced without a separate commercial intent during the manufacture, processing, use or disposal of another chemical substance or mixture.
(d)
Dispute refers to a present controversy between parties subject to a test rule over the amount or method of reimbursement for the cost of developing health and environmental data on the test chemical.
(e)
Exemption holder refers to a manufacturer or processor, subject to a test rule, that has received an exemption under sections 4(c)(1) or 4(c)(2) of TSCA from the requirement to conduct a test and submit data.
(f)
Impurity refers to a chemical substance unintentionally present with another chemical substance or mixture.
(h)
Reimbursement period refers to a period that begins when the data from the last non-duplicative test to be completed under a test rule is submitted to EPA and ends after an amount of time equal to that which had been required to develop that data or after 5 years, whichever is later.
(i)
Small business refers to a manufacturer or importer whose annual sales, when combined with those of its parent company (if any) are less than $30 million.
(j)
Test rule refers to a regulation ordering the development of data on health or environmental effects or chemical fate for a chemical substance or mixture pursuant to TSCA section 4(a).