TSCA Reform Law Could Spur EPA, States To Increase Enforcement Efforts

August 19, 2016
Chemical industry officials and environmentalists are predicting a possible uptick in state and EPA enforcement of the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) given the broad new authorities that the agency received under the law, compared to the prior 1976 TSCA which spurred few regulatory actions that EPA could enforce. “New rules, new responsibilities, mean new opportunities to mess up,” says one chemical industry source, who adds that “There is definitely going to be more enforcement in the future” but...


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