Trump Poised To Rewrite TSCA Agenda In Second Term

President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House promises to reshape how EPA implements the reformed TSCA, reviving policy approaches from his first term that the Biden administration scrapped and reworking or dropping several high-profile rules -- moves that would short-circuit the agency’s current toxics agenda. EPA’s landmark Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) rules governing use of chrysotile asbestos and methylene chloride, as well as its “framework” for future risk evaluations of existing chemicals, are all facing heavy opposition...