Following years of partisan wrangling, a bipartisan group of senators has agreed to a compromise bill for reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) after Democrats and environmentalists agreed to concessions on a series of the bill's provisions, including its safety standard, industry burdens of proof and state preemption. Nevertheless, the bill, if approved, would overhaul the law for the first time since its original passage in 1976 by giving EPA new authority to regulate "existing" chemicals that were in commerce before the law's passage, though it lacks deadlines for prioritizing and assessing those chemicals. The bill also tightens requirements for "new" chemicals to enter the market. Relevant documents are available on InsideEPA.com. Seepage 2 for details. (Doc ID: 2435189)
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