Despite Growing Support, Partisan Tensions Could Sideline TSCA Reform

摘要

Despite intensified calls from stakeholders for Congress to quickly reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), growing partisan tensions could derail chances for reform this Congress - even before Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduces his long-awaited bill to amend the 1976 statute.rnLast year, EPA, industry and environmental groups released competing principles for TSCA reform that many observers said indicated significant agreement - at least in broad outline - on the need for reform, a new safety standard against which to gauge chemical risks, additional authority and resources for EPA and more transparent information for the public, although key differences still remained.