EPA TSCA Guide May Give Industry New Strategies For Risk Evaluations

Chemical industry officials say that new EPA guidance to third parties on drafting their own risk evaluations for the agency's consideration as part of the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) may give industry new strategies for the reviews, but the law leaves several questions unanswered as it gives little guidance over how the process will work. The “Guidance to Assist Interested Persons in Developing and Submitting Draft Risk Evaluations Under [TSCA],” which EPA released June 22 , as directed...