Industry Urges EPA To Hold Off On Regulating Tire Chemical 6PPD

Industry groups are urging EPA not to regulate the tire component 6PPD under TSCA, pointing to a lack of readily available substitutes, although the groups differ on whether the agency should abandon or postpone its rulemaking plans or clearly exempt the chemical from regulation. EPA in November issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) outlining a long list of data gaps on 6PPD’s uses, properties, toxic effects and potential replacements that the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) office will...