Industry Attorneys See Legal Weakness In TSCA ‘Whole Chemical’ Policy

January 14, 2022
Industry attorneys say EPA’s “whole chemical” approach to TSCA risk determinations -- and officials’ decision to make the change without a notice-and-comment rulemaking -- is on shaky legal ground due in part to a 2019 Supreme Court decision narrowing deference to agencies’ interpretations of their own rules and could soon face multiple court challenges. During a Jan. 12 webinar hosted by the law firm Keller and Heckman, firm partner Eric Gotting renewed the mounting industry criticism of EPA’s “whole chemical”...


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