EPA's career toxics chief is requesting input from staff within the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) regarding a trio of proposals he has floated for reorganizing the office, options under consideration as part of the office's ongoing efforts to implement the one-year-old statute reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In a Sept. 22 memo obtained by Inside EPA, OPPT Director Jeff Morris explains the rationale behind the contemplated office reorganization and seeks staff input on the different proposals by Dec. 1. The memo does not indicate a time line for implementing a reorganization, and it acknowledges that "OPPT management will work with the unions to run a process that fosters office-wide engagement in this effort; we will also look at opportunities to involve the Transition Monitoring Team as the process advances."
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