EPA Floats Four-Step Plan For Prioritizing Chemical Reviews Under TSCA

January 13, 2017
EPA is proposing a four-step process for implementing a mandate under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that it screen existing chemicals as either high- or low-priority for the purposes of further review, saying its goal is a “pipeline” that will help the agency wade through the backlog of thousands of chemicals in commerce. In a Federal Register notice slated for publication Jan. 17, the agency says that the four-part process for prioritizing chemicals for review includes pre-prioritzation,...


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