Key Official Urges Industry To Quickly Seek TSCA ‘Critical Use’ Waivers

A top EPA chemical safety official is urging industry representatives to submit any requests to exempt “critical uses” from upcoming TSCA requirements governing existing chemicals as soon as possible through a little-used section of the reformed statute that is gaining importance as the agency seeks to advance more risk-management rules. During an April 4 panel at the industry-hosted GlobalChem conference in Washington, D.C., Bryan Symmes, acting director of the Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division in EPA’s toxics office, told attendees...