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U.S. SILICA COMPANY <br />Safety Data Sheet <br />Silica Sand or Ground Silica Page 8 of 9 <br />Date of preparation/revision: May 4, 2015 <br />which no non-cancer health effects are anticipated in individuals indefinitely exposed to the substance at that <br />level. <br /> <br />Massachusetts Toxic Use Reduction Act: Silica, crystalline (respirable size, <10 microns) is <br />“toxic” for purposes of the Massachusetts Toxic Use Reduction Act. <br /> <br />Pennsylvania Worker and Community Right to Know Act: Quartz is a hazardous substance under <br />the Act, but it is not a special hazardous substance or an environmental hazardous substance. <br /> <br />Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: The Texas CEQ has established chronic and acute Reference <br />Values and short term and long term Effects Screening Levels for crystalline silica (quartz). The information <br />can be accessed through www.tceq.texas.gov. <br /> <br />CANADA <br /> <br />Domestic Substances List: U. S. Silica Company products, as naturally occurring substances, are <br />on the Canadian DSL. <br /> <br />WHMIS Classification: D2A <br /> <br />OTHER NATIONAL INVENTORIES <br /> <br />Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS): All of the components of this product are <br />listed on the AICS inventory or exempt from notification requirements. <br /> <br />China: Silica is listed on the IECSC inventory or exempt from notification requirements. <br /> <br />Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI): All of the components of this product are existing <br />chemical substances as defined in the Chemical Substance Control Law Registry Number 1-548. <br /> <br />Korea Existing Chemicals Inventory (KECI) (set up under the Toxic Chemical Control Law): <br />Listed on the ECL with registry number 9212-5667. <br /> <br />New Zealand: Silica is listed on the HSNO inventory or exempt from notification requirements. <br /> <br />Philippines Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS): Listed for PICCS. <br /> <br />Taiwan: Silica is listed on the CSNN inventory or exempt from notification requirements. <br /> <br />16. OTHER INFORMATION <br /> <br />Hazardous Material Information System (HMIS): <br />Health * <br />Flammability 0 <br />Physical Hazard 0 <br />Protective Equipment E <br />* For further information on health effects, see Sections 2, 8 and 11 of this SDS. <br /> <br />National Fire Protection Association (NFPA): <br />Health 0 <br />Flammability 0