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Get Ready for Higher TSCA Fees

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has substantially raised its fees for most actions under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In a final rule published on February 21, 2024, 89 Fed. Reg. 12961, EPA...more

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EPA Eliminates De Minimis Exemption for PFAS Under TRI Reporting, Proposes Changes to Chemical Risk Evaluations Under TSCA

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) has issued two pre-publication announcements on notable regulatory actions that may affect your business. The first one will increase the amount of information that...more

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The Importance of Risk Audits for PFAS in the Automotive Industry

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The automotive industry continues to grow a record of sustainability, improving fuel efficiency and proliferating electric vehicles, and adopting eco-friendly manufacturing processes. Along with these important sustainability...more

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UK Calls for Evidence to Support RMOA for Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasers

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a call for evidence on April 26, 2023, to gather information and evidence that will support HSE and the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) with the...more

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TSCA Sticker Shock: EPA Proposes Large Fee Increases

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Does your company manufacture domestically or import chemicals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Does your company submit applications...more

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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 Publishes Final Scope of D4 Risk Evaluation, Seeks Comment on Draft Revision to PV29 Risk Determination

On March 7, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the final scope of the risk evaluation to be conducted for octamethylcyclotetra-siloxane (D4), a chemical substance for which EPA...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

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Announces Legally Mandated Changes to TSCA Fees

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 23, 2021, legally mandated changes to the fee requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This is not the fee adjustment we have been...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 Issues TSCA Section 4 Test Orders for Nine Chemicals Undergoing Risk Evaluation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 15, 2021, that it has issued test orders under Section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to obtain additional data on nine of the next 20...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Completes Final Risk Evaluation for PV29, Finding Unreasonable Risks to Workers and ONUs from Ten Uses

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 14, 2021, the release of the final risk evaluation for C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), meeting a “major chemical...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

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Final Risk Evaluation for Perchloroethylene Finds 59 Conditions of Use Pose Unreasonable Risks to Workers, ONUs, Consumers, and...

On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final risk evaluation for perchloroethylene. Of the 61 conditions of use that EPA reviewed, EPA found that 59 present unreasonable risks to...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Manufacturer and Importer Liability under the TSCA Fees Rule for EPA-Initiated Risk Evaluations: An Opaque and Evolving Story

Under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 26(b), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to collect...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

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Publishes Final Risk Evaluation for 1-BP

On August 11, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final risk evaluation for 1-bromopropane (1-BP). After evaluating 25 conditions of use, EPA determined that 16 present an unreasonable risk to...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.

Australia’s New Scheme for Introducing Industrial Chemicals Will Begin July 1, 2020

On July 1, 2020, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) will replace the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS). The Industrial Chemicals Act 2019, which was passed...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

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, February 2018

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Recording Available From “Chemical Regulation In 2018: A Sneak Preview Of Things To Come” Webinar: A recording is now available of “Chemical Regulation in 2018: A Sneak Preview of Things to Come,” the...more

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