EPA Releases 2020 CDR Data, Blaming Delay On Budget Shortfall

EPA has released its latest compilation of data on chemical production and use submitted in the 2020 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) cycle, including what it says are details that were previously shielded by TSCA trade secret requirements, while pointing to the TSCA program’s limited resources to explain why it took over a year to release the report. “Longstanding resource shortfalls in the [Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)] program have limited EPA’s ability to put the necessary IT infrastructure in place...