EPA Proposal To Narrow TSCA Peer Reviews Draws Fire From All Sides

Environmental groups and industry attorneys alike are urging EPA to continue seeking full peer review of all draft TSCA chemical evaluations after the agency proposed to limit “repeated” review of scientific approaches it uses for multiple chemicals, arguing that the scaled-back approach is not rigorous enough to provide “credible” oversight. EPA is pursuing the plan as part of its sweeping proposal to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) “framework” for risk evaluations of existing chemicals. Among many other changes,...