EPA Mulls Ordering Companies to Provide Chemical Data Earlier

The EPA is considering issuing orders that require companies making or processing chemicals to provide new toxicity or other data sooner in its risk evaluation process to make sure it receives the test results in time, an agency official said Monday.

The agency also plans to more carefully track companies’ compliance with deadlines in the Toxic Substances Control Act test orders, said Virginia Lee, team lead for the data gathering and analysis division within the EPA’s chemicals office.

Lee was among the Environmental Protection Agency officials who discussed lessons the agency has learned and ways it’s planning to revise chemical ...