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Registration Opens for Free Webinar on “TSCA: It Is Not What You May Think”

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.” For decades, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been regarded as a “chemical producer” law that retailers, product manufacturers, and other “article” manufacturers could, for the most part, comfortably ignore. TSCA was significantly amended in 2016, and the U.S.

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Registration Opens for “TSCA Reform – Five Years Later,” an Essential Annual TSCA Event

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B&C ® ), the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health are pleased to present “TSCA Reform - Five Years Later.” Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials. Environmental Protection Network. Engler, Ph.D.

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EPA Biting Off More Than It Can Chew? Agency Publishes First Year Implementation Plan for New TSCA Legislation

The Energy Law Blog

On June 29, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its first year implementation plan for the recently-enacted amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”). This is Part II of our TSCA update following the recent changes to the TSCA legislation.

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Asbestos Use in the United States

Vermont Law

It wasn’t until the introduction of the Clean Air Act in 1970 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was able to legally regulate asbestos, specifically the use of spray-on asbestos products. In late 2016, the EPA formally. that would be examined under the Lautenberg Act, one of which was asbestos.

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Risky Business: Deciding Whether Chemicals Pose Risk Is Getting Really Confusing

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The federal law that authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R.

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Isn’t It Ironic?

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is laser focused on achieving several “whole-of-government” priorities: addressing climate change, identifying and giving environmental justice greater consideration in decision-making, and following the science wherever it may lead. Since enactment in 2016 of the Frank R.

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Senate Confirms Michal Freedhoff as EPA Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On June 14, 2021, the Senate confirmed by voice vote Michal Freedhoff to be the Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention of the U.S.