# Federal Register 2026-21051 — effective 2026-12-14 — Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-1) — Environmental Protection Agency

For Federal Register 2026-21051, effective date is 2026-12-14; agency is Environmental Protection Agency; published is 2026-10-15; cfr parts amended is 40 CFR 721, recorded from its source on 2026-10-19; source re-checked 2026-11-03.

- **FR document number:** 2026-21051 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (26-1) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Environmental Protection Agency _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-12-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This rule is effective on December 14, 2026. For purposes of judicial review, this rule shall be promulgated at 1 p.m. (EST) on October 29, 2026. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 40 CFR 721 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-10-15 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-03. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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