EPA Touts Release Of TSCA New-Chemical Filings Amid Ongoing Litigation

EPA is touting its recent releases of “thousands” of industry submissions related to TSCA reviews of new chemicals and vowing to pair continued look-backs at previously undisclosed documents with “near real-time” publication of newly filed material, even as a court could soon rule on environmentalists’ suit seeking still-greater transparency in the program. In a Nov. 21 statement, the agency highlighted what it said is “improved public access to certain reports submitted by chemical companies” under the Toxic Substances Control Act...