EPA Readies Precedent-Setting Final TSCA Methylene Chloride Rule

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a final version of EPA’s TSCA risk management rule for the solvent methylene chloride, teeing up release of a policy that toxics officials have repeatedly said will provide a roadmap for their approach to other existing chemicals under the reformed law. OMB cleared the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) methylene chloride rule late on April 18, according to its website. That step allows EPA to publish the final...