NATURAL GAS
CAS 8006-14-2
EPA lists this substance on the non-confidential Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substance Inventory as Natural gas.
This is a TSCA industrial chemistry record, not a food or flavor assessment. Presence on the TSCA Inventory says a substance is in US commerce. It says nothing about whether it may be used in food, and this substance is not FEMA GRAS. For flavor ingredients see the FEMA GRAS lookup.
Commercial activity status
Active
EPA designates this substance active in US commerce, so no Notice of Activity Form B is required before manufacturing. What active and inactive mean.
EPA regulatory flags
EPA marks this listing with 2 flags. Each one is shown with EPA's own definition and what it obliges.
Indicates a substance exempt from reporting under the Chemical Data Reporting Rule, (40 CFR 711).
What it obliges: Nothing, for this substance, in the CDR census. The exemption belongs to the chemical and not to your company, so every other substance you make above the reporting threshold still counts.
What it does not establish: Says nothing about hazard, about commercial activity status, or about obligations under any other part of TSCA.
The presence of "UVCB" indicates the substance is a Class 2 substance within the UVCB group, i.e. those with "unknown" or "variable composition," "complex reaction products" and "biological materials."
What it obliges: Care with identity. A UVCB has no definite molecular formula, so its identity rests on the process and the feedstock. Two suppliers can ship materially different material under one CAS number.
Identity
- CAS number
- 8006-14-2
- Molecular formula
- CH4
- Molecular weight
- 16.04
- InChIKey
- VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- EPA substance definition
- Raw natural gas, as found in nature, or a gaseous combination of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C1 through C4 separated from raw natural gas by the removal of natural gas condensate, natural gas liquid, and natural gas condensate/natural gas.
What this page does not establish
It reports what EPA publishes about CAS 8006-14-2 in the July 2026 release of the non-confidential Inventory. It does not report the contents of any order or rule that a flag points at, because EPA does not publish those on the Inventory, and it does not say whether a particular use of yours is permitted.
It is also not a food or flavor clearance. This substance carries no FEMA GRAS number.
From the EPA non-confidential TSCA Inventory, July 2026 release. EPA also maintains a confidential portion it does not publish. Search the Inventory · Browse substances A to Z · All regulatory flags