Attorneys Say Proposed TSCA Rule May Violate Trade Secret Provisions

August 25, 2016
A law firm tracking implementation of the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is raising concerns that a draft EPA rule appears to have the potential to violate confidential business information (CBI) provisions of the law, adding to the firm's earlier critique of the rule's approach for regulating new uses of industrial chemicals. "We do not read provisions in either old or new TSCA to authorize EPA to disclose CBI in the way that is proposed in this notice," the...


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