### Question
Can you define what standards for the development of test data means?


### Answer
**Standards for the development of test data** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 2602*:

> a prescription of—


(A) the—


(i) health and environmental effects, and


(ii) information relating to toxicity, persistence, and other characteristics which affect health and the environment,


  

for which test data for a chemical substance or mixture are to be developed and any analysis that is to be performed on such data, and


(B) to the extent necessary to assure that data respecting such effects and characteristics are reliable and adequate—


(i) the manner in which such data are to be developed,


(ii) the specification of any test protocol or methodology to be employed in the development of such data, and


(iii) such other requirements as are necessary to provide such assurance

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 2602*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 53-TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER I-CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES**

