The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 3, 2024 released its final amendments to its Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation (or the Risk Evaluation Rule), the procedural framework for evaluating the health and...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce that it will extend the deadline for the 2020 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical data reporting (CDR) period from November 30, 2020, to January 29,...more
The Environmental Protection Agency will expedite review of certain types of applications for new and amended registrations of pesticide products intended for use against the coronavirus (COVID-19). ...more
Changes to the chemical data reporting rule under the Toxic Substance Control Act should improve the reliability and usefulness of the data collected, ensure timeliness of submissions, and reduce the burden on some reporting...more
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 14 issued its Action Plan for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), identifying a number of short- and long-term steps that it plans to take to identify the risks...more
The final rules establish procedures to identify high-risk chemicals, conduct risk evaluations, and reset the TSCA Inventory.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued three final framework rules...more
The historic reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act overhauls the United States’ primary chemical safety law for the first time in 40 years.
Following months of closed-door negotiations, the US House of...more
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