The EPA is expected to use its authority under TSCA to make
chemical manufacturers provide more information about toxicity,
exposure and other data about chemicals manufactured and imported
into the U.S. market. A wide range of industries ranging from
airplane and auto manufacturers to the oil, gas and rubber
industry, should prepare to turn over more information about
chemical releases into the environment, the presence of those
chemicals in consumer products, and worker exposure to industrial
and commercial substances. TSCA requires the EPA to determine
whether new chemicals' intended, known, or reasonably
foreseeable uses may put people's help or the environment at
undue risk of injury. The Biden administration's EPA is
expected to expand its views of what constitutes "reasonably
foreseeable" uses. A broader view of such uses almost
inevitable means consent orders or Significant New Use Rules
(SNURs) which can restrict new chemicals' production or
importation.
