EPA TSCA Nano Rule Retains Contested Reporting Duty But Adds Flexibility

EPA has issued a final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reporting rule for nanoscale materials in commerce that retains a controversial proposed mandate that companies intending to manufacture nanomaterials after the rule takes effect report future nano production, while adding regulatory flexibility to the rule in response to industry criticism. In a notice scheduled for publication in the Federal Register Jan. 12, EPA issues its long-delayed rulemaking “Chemical Substances When Manufactured or Processed as Nanoscale Materials; TSCA Reporting and...