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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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Product Importers: Are You Ready for the New PFAS Reporting Requirements Under TSCA?

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured 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 Takes Another Step in Regulating Chemical Manufacturers and Article Importers

On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule under Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) to require all manufacturers and importers to report unpublished health and...more

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EPA’s Noncomprehensive List of PFAS Subject to the TSCA Reporting Rule

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In 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) which requires manufacturers, including importers, of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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PFAS Update: EPA Kicks Off the New Year with TSCA and TRI Actions

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) started the new year by finalizing two rules involving per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) and the Toxic...more

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EPA's PFAS Reporting Rule Requires Broad Retroactive Disclosure of PFAS Data

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The Situation: In 2019, Congress amended the Toxic Substances Control Act ("TSCA") to require the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to promulgate a reporting rule on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"). EPA...more

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New EPA PFAS Reporting Rule May Pose Challenge for Manufacturers and Importers

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On October 11, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)(7), requiring manufacturers to submit a one-time report to the Agency...more

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EPA Publishes Comprehensive PFAS Reporting Rule Under TSCA

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and enormously important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured...more

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EPA Proposes TSCA Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Asbestos

On May 6, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for asbestos under Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 87 Fed. Reg. 27060. EPA proposes to...more

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TSCA’s Information Grab – Manufacturers and Importers Subject to Proposed Expansive Ten-Year “Look Back” PFAS Reporting...

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Did you manufacture or import a water repellant t-shirt or a nonstick cooking pan or high performance mountain wear in the past ten years? If so, you could be required to provide ten years of past data and details regarding...more

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EPA Holds Public Webinar on Development of Proposed TSCA Data Reporting Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a public webinar on July 27, 2021, to engage with stakeholders on the development of a proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to implement a tiered...more

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EPA Proposes Retroactive PFAS Reporting

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On June 28, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule that would require a one-time report from companies that manufactured or imported per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in any...more

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Manufacturers and Importers of 20 High-Priority Chemicals and 30 Organohalogen Flame Retardants Must Submit Data to EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule on June 29, 2021, that requires manufacturers (including importers) of 50 specified chemical substances to report certain lists and copies of unpublished...more

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EPA Proposes New PFAS Requirements Under TSCA

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The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced it is taking three actions with respect to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”): (1) proposing a rule that is...more

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Four Considerations for Companies that Manufacture, Import, or Process Chemicals Subject to Section 4 Test Orders

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GlobalChem 2021, which just wrapped up last month, was as important as ever for the chemical industry with a number of important announcements and excellent panel presentations. I recently had a chance to look back at my...more

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Manufacturers Should Prepare For OSHA’s New And Altered Proposed Hazard Communication Requirements

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Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and importers have often struggled with communicating product hazards to downstream employees and users, due to complex hazard communication requirements in international standards, as...more

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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

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EPA Proposes Updates To TSCA Fees Rule

On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication notice of proposed updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fees Rule. Specifically, the proposed updates to the...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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U.S. EPA Extends TSCA CDR Reporting Deadline to January 29, 2021

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Every four years, under the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule issued pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), manufacturers (including importers) must provide U.S. EPA with information on the production and use...more

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Deadline Approaching: TSCA CDR Reports Due November 30, 2020

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Every four years, under the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule issued pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), manufacturers (including importers) must provide U.S. EPA with information on the production and use...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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Importers and manufacturers of targeted chemicals, take note: Deadline Approaching for Exempt Manufacturers Under the TSCA Fees...

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In March, EPA issued a No Action Assurance letter identifying three classes of manufacturers that are now exempt from the TSCA Fees Rule. However, any of those now-exempt manufacturers that have been identified on EPA’s...more

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UPDATE: EPA May Exempt Certain Manufacturers and Importers from TSCA Fees Rule

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On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its plan to consider a proposed rule that may exempt many manufacturers and importers from its new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fees Rule... The...more

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