OMB Completes Review of EPA Final Rule On Listing Chemicals in Carcinogen Report

摘要

The White House Office of Management and Budget Nov. 12 completed its review of a final rule that would require chemicals classified as carcinogens by the National Toxicology Program to be reported to the Toxics Release Inventory.rnOMB review of an agency regulation is generally the final step before its formal publication. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed adding the 16 substances to the TRI in April (41 ER 797, 4/9/10).rnThe 16 chemicals were classified as carcinogens in the NTP's 11th Report on Carcinogens, issued Jan. 31, 2005. Adding the chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory would make them subject to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Releasing listed chemicals above a stated threshold requires a report to the inventory.