Expecting New TSCA Resources, OPPT Proposes New Reorganization Plan

April 25, 2018
Responding to staff concerns, EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) has delayed its ongoing reorganization effort to propose a revised plan that relies on OPPT leadership being able to hire sufficient number of new scientists to fill a second risk analysis division to bolster chemical assessments required by the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to documents obtained by Inside EPA , OPPT leaders are now proposing a revamped structure with six divisions, down from the existing...


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