EPA Adopts Narrow Rule Rewriting TSCA New-Chemical Review ‘Framework’

EPA has unveiled its final TSCA rule overhauling its “framework” for reviewing new chemical uses, but the redone policy is likely to face wide criticism as the agency is already describing it as “largely similar” to a 2023 proposal whose narrow scope disappointed industry and environmental groups that had all sought broader reforms. The agency released a pre-publication version of its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) new-chemicals rule on Dec. 4, just a day after it cleared a months-long White...