EPA Rejects Calls For Emergency TSCA Rules On Methylene Chloride

EPA is rejecting calls from former officials and environmentalists to exercise special “emergency” authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to quickly address the risks of methylene chloride, the widely used solvent, arguing that the agency’s draft risk evaluation does not justify taking such an action. Instead, EPA toxics chief Alex Dunn told a Dec. 3 meeting of EPA's Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), which is peer-reviewing the agency’s draft risk evaluation of methylene chloride in Arlington, VA,...