Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos
What is the rule status for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos?
For Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos, rule status is Final; final rule date is March 2024; effective date is Import of asbestos for chlor-alkali use is banned immediately; most sheet gaskets that contain asbestos are banned two years after the effective date of the final rule; chlor-alkali facilities converting to non-asbestos technology have five years, with eight and 12 years for companies converting a second and third facility to non-asbestos membrane technology; prohibited uses is Ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos, including import for chlor-alkali use and most sheet gaskets that contain asbestos; exemptions is Five-year phase-outs for sheet gaskets used to produce titanium dioxide and for the processing of nuclear material; extended 5/8/12-year transition schedule for companies converting multiple chlor-alkali facilities to non-asbestos membrane technology, as long as they certify continued progress with EPA, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18; source re-checked 2026-09-27.
In March 2024, EPA announced a ban of ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos to protect people from lung cancer, mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, laryngeal cancer and other health problems caused by asbestos exposure.
— epa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
- Chemical
- Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos
- Rule status
- Final our reading
- Final rule date
- March 2024 verified
- Effective date
- Import of asbestos for chlor-alkali use is banned immediately; most sheet gaskets that contain asbestos are banned two years after the effective date of the final rule; chlor-alkali facilities converting to non-asbestos technology have five years, with eight and 12 years for companies converting a second and third facility to non-asbestos membrane technology
- Prohibited uses
- Ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos, including import for chlor-alkali use and most sheet gaskets that contain asbestos
- Exemptions
- Five-year phase-outs for sheet gaskets used to produce titanium dioxide and for the processing of nuclear material; extended 5/8/12-year transition schedule for companies converting multiple chlor-alkali facilities to non-asbestos membrane technology, as long as they certify continued progress with EPA
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Source
- epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-asbestos-part-1-chrysotile-asbestos