Advocates Warn EPA 'Fit For Purpose' Risk Reviews Could Violate TSCA

摘要

Environmentalists are cautioning that one EPA toxics official's remarks that the agency is considering "fit for purpose" chemical risk reviews under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) - in which EPA would target a review to inform regulatory decisions rather than a broader general assessment - could violate the law. "Nowhere in the extensively revised TSCA does Congress use the term 'fit for purpose' to describe the risk evaluations it wants EPA to undertake," say joint Aug. 24 comments filed by several environmental groups on EPA's rule for developing a process to conduct risk evaluations under the updated law.