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TSCA Section 21 Petition Seeks Reconsideration of 2024 Rule Regarding Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation

On May 15, 2025, the Center for Environmental Accountability (CEA) filed a petition under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reconsider the...more

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TSCA Roundup: Existing Chemical Regulation Under the Second Trump Administration's EPA

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the second Trump Administration has begun to shift the Biden Administration's policies related to the review of existing chemicals under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances...more

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Setting the Record Straight: New Chemical Review Needs Scientists

On May 2, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the “[n]ext phase of organizational improvements to better integrate science into agency offices.” As part of this reorganization...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Reschedules SACC Meetings to Consider 1,3-Butadiene Draft Risk Evaluation, Will Issue Supplement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on March 11, 2025, the rescheduled meeting dates of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) that had been previously scheduled for February 2025 to consider...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Finalizes Workplace Control Requirements for Carbon Tetrachloride

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule to protect workers from exposure to carbon tetrachloride (CTC), 40 C.F.R Part 751, Subpart H. This final rule, published on December 18, 2024, aligns with...more

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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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Canada Issues Mandatory Information Request for 850 Chemical Substances

Canada published a notice in the Canada Gazette on June 24, 2023, announcing that it is collecting information on 850 substances for the purpose of prioritization, risk assessment, and risk management. Canada is gathering...more

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EPA Announces Perchloroethylene and Trichloroethylene Pose an Unreasonable Risk to Human Health

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final revised risk determinations for two chemicals, perchloroethylene (perc) and trichloroethylene (TCE). After revisiting its prior risk determinations, EPA...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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EPA Publishes Final Scope for Part 2 of Asbestos Risk Evaluation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on June 29, 2022, the final scope of the risk evaluation to be conducted for Asbestos Part 2: Supplemental Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of...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

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Listen Carefully: TSCA Risk Management May Include New Risk Assessments

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Yesterday, I gave a presentation on TSCA litigation at Chemical Watch’s TSCA Developments 2021 Virtual Conference. I shared the stage with EPA’s current leadership and members of the NGO community. Most of what I heard was...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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EPA Evaluates 54 Conditions of Use for TCE, Finding That 52 Present an Unreasonable Risk

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final risk evaluation for trichloroethylene (TCE) on November 23, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 75010 (Nov. 24, 2020). Of the 54 conditions of use that EPA reviewed, EPA found...more

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Colombia Proposes New Chemical Regulatory Framework, Comments Due July 31, 2020

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Late last week four Colombian agencies—including the ministries of health (Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social), labor (Ministerio del Trabajo), commerce (Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo), and the environment...more

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EPA Will Publish Draft Risk Evaluation of Methylene Chloride on October 29

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will publish a Federal Register notice on October 29, 2019, announcing the availability of and soliciting public comment on the draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk...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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China Proposes Regulatory Overhaul Targeting Environmental Risks from Chemicals

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China is revamping its environmental regulations on chemicals to strengthen the environmental risk control and management of chemicals and tighten its regulatory requirements for chemical manufacturers, processers, users,...more

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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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An Assessment and Comparison of New TSCA and REACH

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Passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, or "New Toxic Substances Control Act," introduces a number of changes to regulations for the collection and assessment of information concerning...more

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TSCA Implementation Update: EPA Finalizes Framework Rules and Announces Scope For First Risk Evaluations

TSCA Framework Rules Promulgated - As we outlined last year, the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) was recently updated to provide EPA with much broader authority to regulate “existing” chemical substances (i.e., those...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

TSCA: EPA Releases Proposed Chemical Risk Evaluation Process Under New TSCA

On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a process for conducting risk evaluations to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the...more

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EPA Proposes Procedures to Prioritize Chemicals for Risk Evaluation under TSCA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on January 17, 2017, procedures to establish the risk-based screening process and criteria that EPA will use to identify chemical substances under the Toxic Substances...more

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