Environmentalists Urge EPA To 'Suspend' New Chemicals Plan Pending Comment

December 13, 2017
Environmentalists are urging EPA to “suspend” implementation of its proposed framework for reviewing “new” chemicals, at least until it has considered comments it receives in a still-open docket, charging that several approaches the agency is already implementing violate both the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). EPA should “suspend implementation of the framework indefinitely and instead . . . review and respond to the public comments and reevaluate the far-reaching changes in the [pre-manufacture...


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