ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: PROCEDURES FOR CHEMICAL RISK EVALUATION UNDER THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 23 by Lee Zeldin, Administrator.

Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, "the Agency") is proposing to amend the procedural framework rule for conducting existing chemical risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). When conducting an existing chemical risk evaluation under TSCA, EPA must determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreason...