EPA’s Paintstripper Ban Hints At Challenges With TSCA Section 6 Rules

EPA’s rule barring consumer use of paintstripping products containing methylene chloride -- the only TSCA risk management rule the agency has finalized -- portends future challenges EPA will face as it seeks to develop other rules under section 6 of the statute, particularly with regard to performing cost-benefit analyses, a TSCA attorney says. James Votaw, a partner with the law firm Keller and Heckman, said during an Aug. 12 webinar that given the difficulty the agency faced quantifying costs and...