Industry Readies Options For EPA To Speed TSCA New Chemical Reviews

January 16, 2018
Industry attorneys are backing EPA plans to streamline its process for reviewing new chemicals under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but they are crafting comments that will offer additional options, including improved pre-submission consultations, new data guidelines and consideration of existing rules before regulating new chemicals and their uses. “What industry wants is to be able to have an efficient, predictable process with predictable 90-day review times,” a chemical sector attorney tells Inside EPA. EPA is seeking...


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