EPA Weighs More PMN Streamlining Pilots But Faces Resource Limits

EPA’s director of TSCA new chemicals reviews says the agency is considering expanding its nascent effort to streamline reviews of TSCA pre-manufacture notices (PMNs) for new biofuel chemicals to additional sectors, but is warning that limited funding will complicate any such effort. Madison Le, director of the new chemicals division within EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), said during a panel discussion at the recent GlobalChem conference that staff are considering other groups of chemicals that would lend...