Staffer Outlines Markey's Goals For TSCA Reform As Bill Nears Floor Vote

July 31, 2015
A staffer for Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is outlining potential changes to a bipartisan Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform bill -- including increasing industry funding for EPA assessments and speeding agency reviews of certain chemicals -- that, if adopted, could lead the senator to support the measure as it heads to a floor vote. Markey is one of five senators, four Democrats and an independent, who voted against a compromise version of S. 697 when the Senate Environment and...


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