EPA Hikes Industry’s TSCA Fees, Seeking To Bolster Implementation Budget

EPA has issued a long-awaited final rule increasing the TSCA fees industry must pay to support chemical reviews and other actions under the law -- a move it says is necessary to close long-standing funding gaps and address a backlog of chemical reviews, though the increase is lower than the agency sought in a 2022 proposal. The Feb. 8 rule estimates that industry will pay about $36.69 million in Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fees each year under the new...