EPA proposes review plan for TSCA CBI

摘要

In its latest action to implement the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the EPA has proposed regulations under which it will review claims by businesses that information about chemical substances on the confidential portion of the TSCA Inventory must be protected from disclosure to the public. The scope of the proposal would be limited to manufacturers (including importers) and processors that filed Notice of Activity (NOA) Form As as required by the Agency’s Active-Inactive Rule (August 11, 2017, Federal Register (FR)). TSCA confidential business information (CBI) is information for which a business has made a claim of business confidentiality. Once in the EPA’s hands, this information is protected from disclosure until the business withdraws the CBI claim, until the CBI claim expires, until the EPA determines that the claim is not entitled to confidential treatment, or as authorized under TSCA and EPA regulations.