Sen. Lautenberg released the 2011 version of the Safe Chemicals Act for TSCA Reform April 14 here. I’ve blogged about it before and posted a summary pdf here. The notable changes I see from last year’s version: – References to mixtures and articles have been deleted here and there. No PMNs by new mixture makers. [...]
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TSCA Reform: Safe Chemicals Act 2011
Posted in TSCA Reform, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TSCA – not as broken as claimed
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., HR 5820, Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Environment News Service continues the misinformation that current TSCA law is broken: “Under current policy, the EPA can only call for safety testing after evidence surfaces demonstrating a chemical is dangerous.” WRONG. Here’s what the law says today (highlighting mine): TSCA Section 4. Testing of chemical substances and mixtures (a) Testing requirements If the Administrator [...]
Safe Chemicals Act – New Uses
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing the review of Lautenberg’s Safe Chemicals Act (SCA), here’s how it appears to treat new uses of existing chemicals: New uses of chemicals are ones that have not been reported by the company manufacturing or processing the chemical to EPA under the new version of an inventory – the current activity declarations described in [...]
Safe Chemicals Act – New Chemicals
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing my review of Sen. Lautenberg’s Safe Chemicals Act bill, this blog covers the treatment of NEW CHEMICALS. Today’s PMNs will be converted to “safety declarations.” Any chemical not reported by a manufacturer or processor in the first round of the “current activity declarations” – see previous blog on the new TSCA Inventory - will [...]
Safe Chemicals Act – Tosses Out TSCA Inventory
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sen. Lautenberg’s Safe Chemicals Act (SCA) bill throws out the old TSCA Inventory and starts everything anew. What I think the bill would require is a quasi-”reset” of the TSCA Inventory – with all sorts of additional information well beyond the previous Inventory Update Rule. See the list below. Anyone not filing this report will [...]
Safe Chemicals Act – Initial Thoughts
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged action plans, EHS Strategies Inc., Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Lautenberg’s bill “Safe Chemical Act of 2010” sets up a whole new regime for both manufacturers and processors of chemicals that outreaches REACH. Companies must prove their chemicals and uses are “safe” by providing a minimum data set along with any other data EPA says it wants. EPA may issue by order any restrictions [...]
Lautenberg Introduces Safe Chemicals Act of 2010
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., Safe Chemicals Act, TSCA Reform on April 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Access a copy and summary of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 on Sen. Lautenberg’s site here. I’ll be reviewing it shortly. Devil’s always in the detail! Still slogging through this. Wow – this isn’t “reform” this is a total rewrite! It set up enormous data collection and review by companies and EPA. I worry [...]
