EPA's Fee Rule Takes Effect Without Suit, A First For TSCA Framework

EPA's rule setting user fees for chemical manufacturers and processors to fund agency actions under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has taken effect without a challenge from environmentalists or other parties, marking the only one of the agency's four TSCA framework rules to take effect without facing a lawsuit. EPA Oct. 17 published its final rule establishing a fee structure to defray up to 25 percent of the costs of implementing several key TSCA programs, such as new...