Environmentalists, Industry At Odds Over EPA's Plan For CBI Under TSCA

摘要

Environmentalists are sparring with petroleum and chemical manufacturers over how broadly EPA should apply confidential business information (CBI) restrictions preventing disclosure of data on substances that companies submit to the agency in order to comply with the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). At a May 24 meeting at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., officials from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) argued that the updated TSCA section 14 - which details how EPA manages CBI - clearly favors disclosure over secrecy. The representatives also argued that the lengths the agency appears to be going to in crafting a process to protect certain data is contrary to the spirit of the updated TSCA enacted last June.