EPA Expands Outreach To Industry Ahead Of TSCA Chemical-Test Orders

A staffer at EPA’s toxics office says the agency has adopted a practice of meeting with companies about a month in advance of issuing TSCA orders for chemical toxicity testing that will affect them, apparently softening the approach that led multiple industry groups to challenge test orders in federal courts last year in part over a lack of prior notice. “We want to emphasize EPA is committed to beginning this dialogue with potential recipients at least a month ahead of...