Trump EPA Advances First Final Rule To Implement Revised Toxics Law

May 24, 2017
The Trump EPA has sent for White House pre-publication review its first final rule to implement the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), advancing a measure establishing how to prioritize chemicals for risk evaluation that the Obama EPA proposed but the new administration will finalize based on its own approach to TSCA. The rule, which EPA submitted to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) on May 23, will establish a risk-based screening process for designating chemicals as...


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