EPA Sees Lengthy Process To Regulate 1,4-Dioxane In Drinking Water

EPA’s water and chemicals offices say they expect to take years to decide whether to craft a separate Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) rule for the solvent 1,4-dioxane after regulating it under TSCA, according to a novel joint memo that provides an early roadmap for how the agency could navigate such split rulemakings under the reformed toxics law. The Nov. 6 memo , signed by EPA’s Michal Freedhoff and Bruno Pigott -- heads of the Office of Chemical Safety and...