EPA Faces Pressure To Avoid ‘Whole Chemical’ Model In TSCA Rules

A former Trump EPA official is urging industry to ensure EPA does not use its “whole chemical” approach to risk determinations to justify overly broad TSCA regulations, noting the agency appears to have quietly dropped from its agenda plans for a “framework” rule on writing those risk management rules for individual chemicals. Erik Baptist, who served as deputy chemicals chief during the Trump administration and is now a partner with the law firm Wiley Rein, urged listeners on a Jan...