On December 6, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its “Fall 2023” regulatory agenda detailing its upcoming rulemakings, including TSCA-related rules. While EPA has continued to release multiple proposed risk management rules under section 6 of TSCA, multiple planned regulatory actions are still delayed, including the remaining half of the TSCA risk management rules. EPA’s agenda continues to reflect the following priorities: advancing risk management regulations, clarifying procedures for new and existing chemical evaluations, data collection from companies for new and existing chemicals, addressing per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and substantially increasing fees from companies regulated under TSCA.
TSCA Risk Evaluation and Risk Management Rules for Existing Chemicals
EPA continues to have a large workload for evaluating and regulating existing chemicals under section 6 of TSCA. In addition to its work on risk management rules, summarized below, EPA is currently working on risk evaluations for 20 high-priority chemicals and three manufacturer-initiated risk evaluations (MREs), is considering a request for a fourth MRE, and has now begun the process…
