Biden Taps Hill Staffer Who Helped Reform TSCA As Deputy OCSPP Chief

President-elect Joe Biden has named Michal Freedhoff, a long-time Capitol Hill staffer, as the deputy head of EPA’s chemical-safety office -- placing one of the people who helped craft the 2016 TSCA reforms in charge of the new law’s implementation during at least the administration’s early months. EPA announced Freedhoff’s appointment Jan. 21 as principal deputy assistant administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) -- making her, for now, the top political official in the office...