# Perchloroethylene (PCE) — EPA TSCA Section 6 chemical risk management status: prohibitions, effective dates, and exemptions

For Perchloroethylene (PCE), rule status is Final; final rule date is December 2024; effective date is Use of PCE in newly acquired dry-cleaning machines is prohibited after 6 months, with a 10-year phaseout for dry cleaning overall; most prohibited uses fully phased out in less than three years; in July 2026 EPA extended Workplace Chemical Protection Plan compliance dates for non-federal owners (initial monitoring by June 21, 2027; ECEL and related requirements by September 20, 2027; exposure control plan by December 20, 2027); prohibited uses is Manufacturing, processing and distribution of PCE for all consumer use and certain other uses at industrial and commercial workplaces; use of PCE in dry cleaning (10-year phaseout); exemptions is Uses continuing under a Workplace Chemical Protection Program include production of other chemicals, petrochemical manufacturing, agricultural chemical manufacturing, cold cleaning of tanker vessels, use as maskant for chemical milling, vapor degreasing solvent, and adhesives and sealants, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Chemical:** Perchloroethylene (PCE)
- **Rule status:** Final _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Final rule date:** December 2024 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** Use of PCE in newly acquired dry-cleaning machines is prohibited after 6 months, with a 10-year phaseout for dry cleaning overall; most prohibited uses fully phased out in less than three years; in July 2026 EPA extended Workplace Chemical Protection Plan compliance dates for non-federal owners (initial monitoring by June 21, 2027; ECEL and related requirements by September 20, 2027; exposure control plan by December 20, 2027)
- **Prohibited uses:** Manufacturing, processing and distribution of PCE for all consumer use and certain other uses at industrial and commercial workplaces; use of PCE in dry cleaning (10-year phaseout)
- **Exemptions:** Uses continuing under a Workplace Chemical Protection Program include production of other chemicals, petrochemical manufacturing, agricultural chemical manufacturing, cold cleaning of tanker vessels, use as maskant for chemical milling, vapor degreasing solvent, and adhesives and sealants

## What the source says

> In December 2024, EPA issued a final rule regulating PCE.

## Source

- https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-perchloroethylene-pce

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2026-11-16.
Part of [EPA TSCA Section 6 chemical risk management status: prohibitions, effective dates, and exemptions](https://referencesource.org/tsca-section-6-chemical-risk-management-status/).