As EPA Issues TSCA's Framework Rules, Bipartisan Law Faces Challenges

As EPA prepares to issue a trio of framework rules to implement the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), observers say the bipartisan law still faces a host of legal, budgetary, political, technological and other challenges that will test its durability and future success. Some environmentalists are already pointing to potential challenges, including the Trump administration's deregulatory stance, its proposed fiscal year 2018 budget, which seeks to cut EPA's budget by $2.4 billion or 31 percent and industry influence in...