Attorneys Say TSCA Reform Sets 'Fixed' Period For New Chemical Reviews

摘要

Attorneys say the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) appears to set a "fixed" period of time for EPA to review new chemicals and significant new uses (SNUs) under section 5, acknowledging that the agency's interpretation and potential legal challenges to EPA's approach could affect how the language is put into practice. Any binding timeline could create further complications for the agency's workload as it seeks to implement the reformed toxics law. EPA is already facing a backlog of section 5 reviews under the new law, and the agency has already issued voluntary suspensions for the "200 or so substances" in the process of reviews under section 5 as of the law's effective date of June 22, as Inside EPA has previously reported.