Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was signed into law on October 11, 1976 by President Ford giving the EPA new regulatory authority while also implementing the transformation of nonregulated sectors of the chemical industry to regulated ones. This guidebook gives guidance to the smaller and medium-sized chemical industry manufacturers, processors, formulators, and users. Volume 1. Introduction -- The Toxic Substances Control Act -- The Conference report -- The Toxic Substances Control Act: Where are we going? -- Summary and analysis of the Toxic Substances Control Act -- The chemical industry's assessment of the Toxic Substances Control Act -- The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976: the formulator's viewpoint -- Corporate preparedness for the Toxic Substances Control Act -- Toxicological effects testing -- Environmental effects monitoring -- General provisions and inventory reporting requirements -- Environmental and toxicological testing laboratories -- Supplemental listing of testing laboratories -- Publication list from the office of toxic substances -- Other publications with environmental/toxicity data -- Publisher's index -- Statement by the President -- Implementation of Toxic Substances Control Act -- Assessment and control of chemical problems: an approach to implementing the Toxic Substances Control Act. Volume 2. Introduction / George Dominguez -- Judicial construction of the Toxic Substances Control Act / Richard deC. Hinds -- Economic impacts of the Toxic Substances Control Act (Public Law 94-469) / Leon Starr -- The impact of the TSCA interagency testing committee / Carl W. Umland and Robert Polack -- Premanufacture notification / Robert M. Sussman and Peter Barton Hutt -- Substantial risk reporting: industrial requirements / George Dominguez -- Confidentiality / George Dominguez -- Environmental effects testing / Charles R. Ganz -- International aspects of toxic substances control / Irving L. Fuller and Breck Milroy.