Biden Readies TSCA Overhaul With Review Of Trump-Era Chemical Rules

January 20, 2021
President Joe Biden is poised to order EPA to review and possibly repeal or rework a long list of Trump-era TSCA actions, including six risk management rules and its “framework” rule for how to evaluate existing chemicals’ risks, setting up what could be a sweeping reversal of how the law is implemented. Just hours before Biden took the oath of office on Jan. 20, his transition team released a list covering dozens of existing rules and policy statements that the...


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