Attorneys Expect TSCA Fees Proposal To Spark Battles Over ‘Flexibility’

EPA’s just-published proposal to overhaul the user fees that support TSCA chemical evaluations could set up battles among industry sectors with each seeking to minimize their own fees, while giving the Biden administration a path to fund the more-robust chemical evaluations environmentalists say the law requires, observers say. EPA published the fee proposal in the Jan. 11 Federal Register , starting a 45-day public comment period that is slated to end on Feb. 25 -- though the incoming Biden administration...