TSCA Compliance Software for Chemical Makers
Support TSCA compliance from your ERP: substance-level lot traceability, supplier certifications, controlled SDS, and CDR-ready volume records for EPA audits.
TSCA, the Toxic Substances Control Act, is the US federal law that authorizes the EPA to evaluate and regulate chemical substances manufactured, imported, processed, or used in commerce. It matters because any company that makes or imports a chemical, or a product containing one, must confirm every substance is on the TSCA Inventory, meet recordkeeping and reporting duties under sections like CDR and PFAS reporting, and prove compliance on demand, with civil penalties that run tens of thousands of dollars per day per violation. WorkCell does not hold any TSCA certification, but its lot and serial traceability, supplier management, BOM, and document control features give chemical manufacturers and importers the substance-level records, supplier certifications, and audit trail that TSCA compliance depends on.
Sound Familiar?
No proof a substance is on the TSCA Inventory
A new raw material arrives, purchasing buys it, and the lot goes straight into production before anyone confirms the substance is listed on the TSCA Inventory or carries a valid low-volume or polymer exemption, so the first time the gap surfaces is when an EPA inspector asks for the inventory determination and nobody can produce it.
Chemical Data Reporting scramble every four years
When the CDR reporting window opens, your team rebuilds annual manufactured and imported volumes by substance from disconnected purchase orders, receipts, and spreadsheets, with no single record tying each lot back to the CAS number, supplier, and quantity the EPA wants reported.
Supplier certifications buried in email
TSCA certification statements, import certifications, and supplier attestations that a substance is compliant live in PDF attachments and inboxes, so when a customer or auditor asks you to demonstrate due diligence across your approved suppliers, you are hunting through threads instead of pulling a record.
PFAS and SNUR exposure you cannot trace
A Significant New Use Rule or the section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting requirement lands on a substance already in your products, and without lot-to-substance genealogy you cannot tell which finished goods, which customers, or which shipments are affected, turning a targeted question into a full inventory reconstruction.
Core Capabilities
Substance-level lot and serial traceability
Every raw material lot tracks from receiving through production to the finished goods and shipments it became, with CAS number, supplier, and quantity attached at the lot level, so you can answer which products contain a given substance and in what volume in one query instead of a reconstruction project.
Supplier management and certification records
Approved suppliers, import certifications, and TSCA certification statements attach to the supplier and the receiving record, with supplier quality metrics tracking who delivers compliant documentation, so due diligence evidence sits with the PO and receipt instead of in someone's inbox.
Document control for SDS and compliance evidence
Safety data sheets, inventory determinations, exemption letters, and certification statements live as controlled documents with revision history, so the version tied to a given lot is always the one an auditor sees.
BOM-driven composition records
Multi-level versioned BOMs capture which substances and intermediates compose each product with effective dating, so when a substance falls under a SNUR or PFAS reporting rule you trace it up through every assembly that uses it and down to the lots that consumed it.
Volume reporting from receipts and production
Purchase order receipts and production transactions record manufactured and imported quantities by substance over time, giving you the per-substance annual volumes that Chemical Data Reporting and recordkeeping under TSCA section 8 require, sourced from the same data your shop floor already posts.
Audit-ready evidence trail
Lot genealogy, supplier certifications, controlled SDS, BOM composition, and volume history are queryable by substance, supplier, lot, or date range, so when the EPA requests records you pull objective evidence directly from the system rather than chasing shared drives.
By The Numbers
Chemical substances listed on the TSCA Inventory that EPA tracks for US commerce
US EPA TSCA Inventory
Maximum civil penalty per day per violation under TSCA section 16 as adjusted for inflation
US EPA Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
Frequency of the Chemical Data Reporting cycle requiring manufacturers and importers to report substance volumes to EPA
US EPA Chemical Data Reporting Rule
Connected Modules
Inventory
Lot and serial traceability links every raw material lot to the substance, supplier, and finished goods it becomes, giving you substance-level genealogy from receiving through ship.
Purchasing
Approved suppliers, import certifications, and TSCA certification statements attach to the PO and receipt, with supplier metrics tracking who delivers compliant documentation.
Engineering
Multi-level versioned BOMs with effective dating capture which substances compose each product, so SNUR and PFAS impact analysis traces up and down the structure.
Common Questions
What is TSCA?
TSCA is the Toxic Substances Control Act, the US federal law enacted in 1976 and significantly amended by the 2016 Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, that authorizes the EPA to evaluate and regulate chemical substances in US commerce. It governs the TSCA Inventory of existing chemicals, premanufacture notices for new chemicals, Significant New Use Rules, Chemical Data Reporting, and recordkeeping and reporting duties for manufacturers, importers, and processors.
Who has to comply with TSCA?
TSCA applies to anyone who manufactures, imports, processes, distributes, or uses chemical substances in US commerce, including chemical producers, formulators, importers of chemicals or articles containing them, and downstream processors. Even companies that see themselves as product manufacturers rather than chemical companies fall under TSCA when they import substances or articles, so the duty reaches well beyond the traditional chemical industry.
What is the TSCA Inventory and why does it matter?
The TSCA Inventory is the EPA's master list of chemical substances that may be legally manufactured or imported in the US. Before a substance enters commerce it must either be on the Inventory or qualify for an exemption such as low volume or polymer, and manufacturing or importing a substance that is not listed without an approved premanufacture notice is a violation, which is why confirming inventory status at receiving is a core TSCA control.
What is Chemical Data Reporting under TSCA?
Chemical Data Reporting, or CDR, is the rule under TSCA section 8(a) that requires manufacturers and importers to report production and import volumes, uses, and exposure information for listed substances above reporting thresholds every four years. Reconstructing per-substance annual volumes from scattered purchase and production records is the painful part, which WorkCell eases by recording quantities by substance from the same receipts and production transactions the shop floor posts.
How does WorkCell support TSCA compliance?
WorkCell does not hold a TSCA certification, because TSCA compliance belongs to the manufacturer or importer, not the software. What WorkCell provides is the supporting evidence: lot and serial traceability linking substances to products, supplier management with certification records, controlled SDS and inventory determinations, BOM-driven composition records, and volume history queryable for CDR and recordkeeping, so your team can demonstrate compliance with objective records.
How does WorkCell help with a PFAS or SNUR question?
When a Significant New Use Rule or the section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting requirement targets a substance, WorkCell's multi-level BOMs and lot genealogy let you trace that substance up through every assembly that contains it and down to the specific lots, finished goods, customers, and shipments affected, turning a broad regulatory question into a scoped, evidence-backed answer.
What records do TSCA inspectors expect to see?
EPA inspectors look for inventory determinations and exemptions for each substance, import and TSCA certification statements, safety data sheets, production and import volume records supporting CDR, and recordkeeping under section 8. Keeping that evidence in one system tied to lots, suppliers, and BOMs, rather than scattered across spreadsheets and inboxes, is what keeps an EPA inspection short and defensible.
TSCA Compliance Software for Chemical Makers
Walk into your next EPA inspection with substance-level records, not a spreadsheet scramble.