EPA Overhauls Rules For Evaluating Existing Chemical Risks: Three Key Takeaways For Downstream Users

Only six months after proposing to amend the procedures for risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the final rule was published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2024. A flurry of activity will soon follow on many reviews that were put on hold while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) made fundamental shifts in direction on how these evaluations will be conducted in the years to come.

There is plenty to digest in this rule, and Wiley will host a webinar on May 16 to discuss the changes in a comprehensive and thorough way. In the meantime, below are three key takeaways for companies to be thinking about if you process or use one or more existing chemicals for which TSCA risk evaluations are planned or are underway. For a full list of the chemicals under scrutiny, click here.