EPA Weighs TSCA Rules To Restrict TCE Uses Despite Industry Objections

EPA is weighing use of existing Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authority to restrict uses of the controversial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) in order to protect public health, including a novel TSCA section 6 rule to limit its use, despite objections from the chemical sector which claims that EPA is overstating the health risks of TCE. According to the agency's Action Initiation List (AIL) of regulations launched in November -- posted this month on EPA's website -- in addition to the...