2023 Deadlines Loom Over EPA’s Pending TSCA Chemical Evaluations

EPA faces statutory deadlines for 20 TSCA evaluations of existing chemicals this year that so far have seen little public movement since EPA began them in 2019, adding to officials’ warnings that they lack resources to meet those targets and raising questions over whether the agency can finalize them before the end of President Joe Biden’s current term. The toxics office prioritized its current batch of 20 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical evaluations in December 2019, triggering the law’s...