Industry Criticizes EPA's 'High' TSCA Fees, Citing Slow Chemical Reviews

Industry officials are criticizing EPA's proposed rule for charging industry fees to support chemical reviews under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), charging the fees appear to be too high and failed to clarify how the money will be spent and how the agency will encourage faster reviews of new chemicals, which the sources say are lagging. Two industry sources say they plan to ask EPA in comments to better detail how the fees will be used. “We need...