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TSCA Test Marketing Exemption for New Chemicals: A Recent Case Study

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On July 24, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved a Test Marketing Exemption (TME) under section 5(h)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for a confidential new chemical substance (TME...more

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EPA Extends TSCA Section 8(d) Reporting Deadlines for Chemical Data Submissions

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to extend the reporting deadlines for a rule under Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This rule mandates that manufacturers and importers...more

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Dermal Wipe Sampling for Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Flame Retardants

The U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) plays a critical role in regulating chemicals to safeguard human health and the environment. Its 2016 amendment expanded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's)...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Publishes Preliminary Lists of Manufacturers (Including Importers) Subject to Fees for Risk Evaluations

On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of and solicited comment on the preliminary lists of manufacturers (including importers) subject to fees for the next five...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Final Supplement to the Risk Evaluation and Revised Unreasonable Risk Determination for 1,4-Dioxane

On November 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of its final supplement to the risk evaluation and revised unreasonable risk determination for 1,4-dioxane under the Toxic Substances...more

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EPA Issues a Final Revised Risk Determination for 1,4-Dioxane

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded its risk evaluation of 1,4-Dioxane under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and issued a Notice of Availability of its Final Supplement to the Risk Evaluation and...more

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Increasing Regulatory Scrutiny of Formaldehyde Under TSCA

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Companies using formaldehyde in their manufacturing processes and/or selling products incorporating formaldehyde-containing components from upstream suppliers face significant challenges in an evolving regulatory landscape....more

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[Webinar] EPA Risk Evaluations Under TSCA: Three Things Companies Should Know About General Population Risk Evaluation - November...

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Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires an assessment of unreasonable risk to “potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations” (PESS) in high-priority substance risk evaluations. Wiley is partnering...more

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EPA’s Final Rule Enhances Risk Evaluations Process For Scrutiny of TSCA Chemicals

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On May 3, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Rule that amends the risk evaluation process for chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the steps chemical manufacturers and...more

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[Webinar] EPA Risk Evaluations Under TSCA: What’s at Stake and How to Prepare - May 16th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule on procedures for chemical risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was published in the Federal Register. In the words of EPA’s...more

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EPA Adds Extensive New Amendments to its Risk Management Program in Final Rule

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On March 11, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register amendments to the Risk Management Program (RMP) rule (Final Rule). Going into effect on May 10, 2024, EPA’s Final Rule, named the...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

China Sets out a Regulatory Roadmap to Control New Chemicals

On May 24, 2022, China State Council issued an Action Plan on New Pollutants Governance (“Plan”) to set out a regulatory roadmap to control new chemicals and outline an enhanced enforcement framework for compliance. The Plan...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Intends Draft TSCA Systematic Review Protocol to Strengthen Science Used in Chemical Risk Evaluations

On December 20, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Draft Systematic Review Protocol Supporting TSCA Risk Evaluations for Chemical Substances (Draft Protocol) for public comment. 86 Fed. Reg....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Paraquat: The Basics, the Symptoms and the Legislation Against It

The subject of six lawsuits filed in three states, paraquat is widely used in the agricultural industry and, sadly, often causes illnesses to those least able to care for themselves: workers. Workers on farms and ranches...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Chemical “Risk Management Rules” on the Horizon for 2021

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has long provided EPA with authority to review new chemical substances in a gatekeeper role as such substances enter U.S. commerce. ...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Final Chemical Risk Evaluation for NMP

On December 23, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final risk evaluation for N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). Of the 37 conditions of use that EPA reviewed, EPA found that 26 present unreasonable...more

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The Continued Challenge Presented by Exposure Considerations in EPA Risk Evaluations

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This week, Erik and I were communicating with a friend and colleague who is an expert technical consultant for TSCA risk evaluations. Specifically, we were exchanging emails on how EPA interprets conditions of use. Our...more

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TSCA Cost Sharing Consortias Are Broken Due to EPA Rule – Can They Be Fixed?

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Under the EPA fee rule for TSCA (40 C.F.R. § 700.45), manufacturers (including importers) of chemicals undergoing risk evaluation are subject to the TSCA fee of $1.35 million. Following publication of a preliminary list of...more

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EPA Modifies Classes of Manufacturers and Importers Subject to TSCA Fees Rule for High-Priority Substances in the U.S.

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One of the hallmarks of the 2016 United States TSCA reform bill was the creation of a risk evaluation process for certain chemical substances. To implement this risk evaluation process, EPA promulgated regulations regarding...more

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TSCA Fees Rule: Your Company May Owe EPA Money

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EPA recently designated more than 20 chemicals as “high priority” chemicals warranting further risk assessments. These include chemicals frequently found in plastics, building materials, cleaners, and flame retardants....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Final List of High-Priority Chemicals Will Be Next to Undergo Risk Evaluation under TSCA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on December 20, 2019, the final list of high-priority chemicals. These chemicals will be the next 20 chemicals to undergo risk evaluation under the amended Toxic...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Draft Risk Evaluation for 1-BP Finds Unreasonable Risks to Workers, Occupational Non-Users, Consumers, and Bystanders under...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on August 9, 2019, the draft risk evaluation for 1-bromopropane (1-BP), the fourth of the first ten chemicals undergoing risk evaluation under the amended Toxic...more

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First 40 Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization Under TSCA Announced

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EPA has taken another step in implementing the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It has announced the first set of 20 candidate chemicals for possible designation as high-priority substances and the first (possibly only)...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

TSCA Implementation Update: EPA Releases Updated Inventory and Delays Risk Evaluations

As we previously outlined, the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) was amended in 2016 to provide EPA with much broader authority to regulate “existing” chemical substances (i.e., those that are already in use in commerce)....more

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GenX/PFBS: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public Notices Draft Toxicity Assessments

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is publishing in the Federal Register a notice of draft toxicity assessments for GenX chemicals and PFBS. PFBS are titled Perfluorobutane Sulfonic Acid which include...more

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