Environmental News Bits

MARCH 17, 2022

First, as part of EPA’s effort to identify, understand and address PFAS contamination leaching from fluorinated containers, the agency is notifying companies of their obligation to comply with existing requirements under the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure… Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 6, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the agency issued the first in a series of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) test orders to require companies to conduct and submit testing on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Today, as a part of the U.S.

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MARCH 27, 2023

The risk evaluation is being conducted under amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act that were signed into law in 2016. Public comments are being accepted through June 20. Nominations are due April 24. Submission guidelines are in the above link. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 18, 2022

In February 2022, EPA launched a new effort under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to modernize the process and bring innovative science to the review of new chemicals before they can enter the marketplace.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 26, 2021

Environmental Protection agency posted its proposed Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On June 28, the U.S.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 12, 2022

EPA’s authority for doing so is the Toxic Substances Control Act which provides that: . Two developments this week got me thinking about how our government deals – or fails to deal – with risk. First, EPA proposed to ban the manufacture (including import) of chrysotile asbestos.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 9, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a revision to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk determination for trichloroethylene (TCE), finding that TCE, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health when evaluated under its conditions of use. Today, the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Toxicologist Linda Birnbaum blames the nationwide struggle with emerging contaminants on the failings of three landmark federal environmental laws — the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act — that are supposed to keep pollutants out of our environment.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) June 2021 proposal of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reporting rule targeting manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sparked a major outcry from chemical manufacturers and article importers. Read the full story at the National Law Review.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 6, 2022

This Panel will focus on EPA’s development of a proposed rule to collect data to inform each step of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk evaluation and risk management … Continue reading EPA seeks small businesses’ input on development of proposed TSCA Data Reporting Rule.

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JULY 4, 2022

On June 22, 2022 , the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on “Toxic Substances Control Act Amendments Implementation.” Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) that amended TSCA. The only witness present was Michal Freedhoff, Ph.D.,

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a webinar on December 6, 2022 , to provide an overview to stakeholders about its November 16, 2022, supplemental proposed rule modifying and adjusting certain aspects of the fees rule established under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 19, 2022

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on February 23, 2023, that the New Chemicals Program will hold a webinar on February 28, 2023 , on EPA’s process for assessing the potential risks of new chemicals under Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the types of data EPA considers in this assessment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Carson’s book also helped prompt the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the main law that regulates chemicals today and requires the testing of new chemicals for safety.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Facilities “to which a permit has been issued by the United States or an authorized State” under RCRA, the CWA, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or the Safe Drinking Water Act. Facilities subject to RCRA corrective action or at which there has been a PCB release subject to remediation under TSCA.

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JULY 19, 2022

EPA states that it anticipates this outreach effort will be “particularly helpful” for Low Volume Exemptions (LVE), which constitute about 60 percent of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 5 submissions annually.

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MAY 30, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton On May 26, 2023, the U.S.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program will host a webinar on October 18, 2022 , on EPA’s process for assessing the potential risks of new chemicals under Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the types of data EPA considers in this assessment.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

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Nanotech

AUGUST 18, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued several significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN), including the chemical substance identified generically as multiwalled carbon nanotubes (PMN P-18-182).

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MARCH 15, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on February 25, 2022, the proposed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) New Chemicals Collaborative Research Program. As reported in our February 25, 2022, blog item , the U.S.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a webinar on requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the premanufacture notice (PMN) process for biofuels. Bergeson and Carla N. On February 23, 2022, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Room 205 Ryan Building starting at 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here. TODAY 9:30: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 925 (Rapp-R-Warren) and Senate Bill 211 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing standards for utility-scale solar energy facility decommissioning.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

According to the report, the eight top management challenges for EPA in FY 2023 include: Providing for the Safe Use of Chemicals: The public must be able to depend on the EPA’s ability to conduct credible and timely assessments of the risks posed by pesticides, toxic chemicals, and other environmental chemicals.

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Nanotech

MAY 1, 2023

Reporting criteria exempted nanoscale chemical substances already reported as new chemicals under TSCA and those nanoscale chemical substances that did not have unique or novel properties.

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Nanotech

MAY 31, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint with the Environmental Appeals Board on March 15, 2022, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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Nanotech

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN), including multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) (generic). On September 29, 2022, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

EST) to learn about requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the premanufacture notice (PMN) process for biofuels. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program will hold a webinar on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

The central takeaway of this book is that though Democrats controlled Congress throughout these years, “all environmental laws passed from 1964 to 1976 commanded huge bipartisan support” (p.

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MAY 26, 2022

Sellers outlined barriers and enablers to the circular economy, including practical challenges like supply chain limitations and industry frameworks; Dr. Engler highlighted how the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulates discarded substances used as feedstocks by others and articles that may contain contaminants that could affect how an article (..)

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 10, 2022, that it is requesting nominations of prospective candidates for membership on the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) established under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Individuals may also self-nominate.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program held a webinar on EPA’s process for assessing the potential risks of new chemicals under Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the types of data EPA considers in this assessment.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) made “crucial” reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) “that improve how the federal government protects Americans from dangerous chemicals, and now we must ensure those reforms are implemented effectively and honestly.”

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AUGUST 16, 2022

EPA has posted the meeting slides online. During the webinar, EPA presented an example of a rework case.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Furthermore, making a polymer by depolymerizing plastic is, according to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) nomenclature rules, different than the virgin polymer. One issue that GAO fails to consider is the regulatory status of depolymerized plastic.

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MAY 21, 2021

” 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.

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