EPA's TSCA Rule Rejects States' Call To Harmonize Mercury Reporting

EPA's final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) rule governing an inventory of mercury supply, use and trade exempts data that has already been reported to an existing state-run database, rejecting calls from 13 states that had sought to either scrap the waiver or harmonize state and federal reporting to ensure a comprehensive national database. EPA's June 22 final rule “Reporting Requirements for the TSCA Mercury Inventory,” says that even though there is a “non-alignment” of data in existing state and...