Industry Queries Fate Of TSCA Fracking Rules As EPA Weighs 'Next Steps'

December 9, 2014
Energy industry officials are questioning whether EPA will ever issue a potential Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) policy to obtain health and safety data on chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, after EPA moved the rule to the long-term actions section of its latest Unified Agenda of pending rules and says it is weighing "next steps" on how to proceed. "It's not clear if it's going to move forward at this point," one industry source says of the TSCA fracking rule,...


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