EJ Advocates Say OCSPP’s Draft Guide Fails To Focus On Vulnerable Groups

The environmental justice (EJ) advocacy group Fenceline Watch is harshly criticizing EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention (OSCPP) for not adequately identifying and addressing vulnerable populations in its draft national program guide (NPG) for fiscal year 2025-26, echoing environmentalists’ concerns over the office’s TSCA and other rules. “The detrimental impacts of chemical production on children, women, and other vulnerable populations is well studied and data on its impacts readily available,” the group said in June 18 comments on...