EPA Floats Further Extension On PIP Ban As Industry Seeks More Time

EPA is readying a “further compliance date extension” of its TSCA ban on the widely used chemical phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1), or PIP (3:1), amid widespread industry fears that the ban is unworkable and that the current extension through March 2022 is still too little for firms to identify sources of the substance in their supply chains. EPA on Sept. 10 sent a proposal for a “further compliance date extension” on PIP (3:1) to the White House Office of Management...