Attorneys Predict ‘Crippling’ Changes To TSCA Program Under Trump

Attorneys for both the chemical sector and environmentalists say the incoming Trump administration could shift key TSCA risk evaluation and management functions to other EPA offices or even separate agencies such as OSHA, a move one says would deal a “crippling blow” to the toxics program. The next administration is likely to revive a Trump-era policy of limiting Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical evaluations to exposure pathways not already covered by other environmental laws. But Bob Sussman, an attorney...