Inventory of Mercury Supply, Use, and Trade in the United States 2026 Report; Notice of Availability
EPA was directed by Congress in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act), which amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to carr...
EPA was directed by Congress in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act), which amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to carry out and publish in the
Federal Register
not later than April 1, 2017 and every three years thereafter, an inventory of mercury supply, use, and trade in the United States. The Lautenberg Act defines “mercury” as “elemental mercury” or “a mercury compound.” Consistent with this mandate, EPA is announcing the availability of the 2026 mercury inventory report, which summarizes information on U.S. mercury supply, use, and trade required to be reported by rule directly from mercury manufacturers, importers, and processors.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact:
Thomas Groeneveld, Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; email address:
groeneveld.thomas@epa.gov.
For general information contact:
The TSCA-Hotline, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes, 422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; email address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action applies to the public in general, and may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders including members of the public interested in elemental mercury or mercury compounds generally. Other topics of interest include the supply, use, or trade of elemental mercury or mercury compounds, including mercury-added products and manufacturing processes. As such, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be interested in this action.
B. What action is the Agency taking?
As directed in TSCA section 8(b)(10)(B), EPA is publishing an inventory of mercury supply, use, and trade in the United States (15 U.S.C. 2507(b)(10)(B)). The Lautenberg Act defines “mercury” as “elemental mercury” or “a mercury compound” (15 U.S.C. 2507(b)(10)(A)). In carrying out the mercury inventory, EPA must “identify any manufacturing processes or products that intentionally add mercury” (15 U.S.C. 2607(b)(10)(C)(i)). The Agency also must “recommend actions, including proposed revisions of Federal law or regulations, to achieve further reductions in mercury use.” (15 U.S.C. 2607(b)(10)(C)(ii)).
This is the third report (Ref. 1) in which the supply, use, and trade of mercury is presented based on data collected by EPA under the final rule Mercury; Reporting Requirements for the TSCA Mercury Inventory (83 FR 30054 June 27, 2018 (FRL-FRL-9979-74). Persons subject to the reporting requirements in 40 CFR part 713 submitted information directly to EPA via the Mercury Electronic Reporting (MER) application, which is accessed through the Agency's Central Data Exchange (CDX). The deadline for reporting mercury information to EPA was July 1, 2025 for reporting activities that occurred in the calendar year 2024, and the inventory collection, reporting, and publication cycle will continue every three years thereafter. The 2026 inventory report, and the previously published reports in 2023 (Ref. 2) and 2020 (Ref. 3), may be found in the docket for this notice (EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0127) and on the EPA's Mercury website.
II. References
The following is a listing of the documents that are specifically referenced in this document. The docket includes these documents and other information considered by EPA, including documents that are referenced within the documents that are included in the docket, even if the referenced document is not physically located in the docket. For assistance in locating these other documents, please consult the technical person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
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1. EPA. Inventory of Mercury Supply, Use, and Trade in the United States 2026 Report. 2026.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 72868
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Inventory of Mercury Supply, Use, and Trade in the United States 2026 Report; Notice of Availability,” thefederalregister.org (November 12, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-23011/inventory-of-mercury-supply-use-and-trade-in-the-united-states-2026-report-notice-of-availability.
15 U.S.C. 2507(b)(10)(B)
40 CFR part 713
www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-12/2023-mercury-inventory-report_final.pdf