Dunn Sees ‘Heavy Lift’ Meeting TSCA Deadline For First 10 Risk Evaluations

June 25, 2019
EPA’s toxics chief says the agency is facing a “tall order” and a “heavy lift” as it works to meet the revised toxics law’s December 2019 deadline for evaluating risks of the first 10 existing chemicals subject to assessment, opening the door to the possibility that the agency may not meet the deadline without using a six-month extension the law allows. “It is a tall order to complete the amount of work that we have,” Alex Dunn, assistant administrator for...


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