Manufacture for Commercial Purposes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016479",
  "term": "Manufacture for Commercial Purposes",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. To import, produce, or manufacture with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for the manufacturer, and includes among other things, such “manufacture” of any amount of a chemical substance or mixture:(i) For commercial distribution, including for test marketing.(ii) For use by the manufacturer, including use for product research and development, or as an intermediate.\n\n2. Manufacture for commercial purposes also applies to substances that are produced coincidentally during the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of another substance or mixture, including both byproducts that are separated from that other substance or To import, produce, or manufacture with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for the manufacturer and includes, among other things, such “manufacture” of any amount of a chemical substance or mixture:(1) For commercial distribution, including for test marketing.(2) For use by the manufacturer, including use for product research and development, or as an intermediate. Manufacture for commercial purposes also applies to substances that are produced coincidentally during the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of another substance or mixture, including byproducts and coproducts that are separated from that other substance or mixture, and impurities that remain in that substance or mixture. Byproducts and impurities may not in themselves have commercial value. They are nonetheless produced for the purpose of obtaining a commercial advantage since they are part of the manufacture of a chemical produced for a commercial purpose.\n\n3. (1) To manufacture, produce, or import with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage, and includes, among other things, the “manufacture” of any amount of a chemical substance or mixture (i) for commercial distribution, including for test marketing, or (ii) for use by the manufacturer, including use for product research and development or as an intermediate. (2) The term also applies to substances that are produced coincidentally during the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of another substance or mixture, including byproducts that are separated from that other substance or mixture and impurities that remain in that substance or mixture. Byproducts and impurities without separate commercial value\n\n4. To import, produce, or manufacture with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for the manufacturer, and includes, among other things, such “manufacture” of any amount of a chemical substance or mixture: (i) For distribution in commerce, including for test marketing. (ii) For use by the manufacturer, including use for product research and development, or as an intermediate.\n\n5. Also applies to substances that are produced coincidentally during the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of another substance or mixture, including both byproducts that are separated from that other substances or mixture and impurities that remain in that substance or mixture. Such byproducts and impurities may, or may not, in themselves have commercial value. They are nonetheless produced for the purpose of obtaining a commercial advantage since they are part of the manufacture of a chemical product for a commercial purpose.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 704.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 712.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "Definition truncated. For full definition see, 40 CFR 710.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 717.3 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/manufacture-for-commercial-purposes/"
}