EPA Chemicals Rules Coming, but Later Than Expected

The Environmental Protection Agency aims to submit two proposed rules underpinning the new federal chemicals law to the Office of Management and Budget by Thanksgiving, a top agency official said Nov. 1.

The two Toxic Substances Control Act rules would address the procedures the EPA would use to determine which chemicals are a high or low priority for risk evaluation and how the agency will conduct that risk evaluation, Jim Jones, assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention, said during a webinar organized by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

The EPA continues to work ...