EPA Data Rule Likely To Include First-Time Definition Of 'Nanomaterials'

October 22, 2014
EPA's planned information collection rule for nanomaterials is expected to include a first-time definition of the substances for regulatory purposes, industry sources say, criteria that will influence the scope of this and future rules governing the substances, though environmentalists, citing extended delay, question whether the rule will ever be issued. EPA this month compromised with the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) on an approach for gathering information on nanomaterials. The deal reached after almost four years of...


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