Fees Companies Must Pay EPA to Oversee Their Chemicals Soar (3)

The EPA proposed Tuesday to significantly increase fees chemical manufacturers would have to pay it to evaluate chemical risks and would expand fees paid by companies that mix, but don’t make chemicals.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued an updated proposed rule (RIN: 2070-AK64) to revise the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fees that the agency set in 2018.

The revision, which replaces a fee increase the agency proposed in January 2021 in the final days of the Trump administration, would more than double the annual revenue the agency would collect from chemical manufacturers. It also would increase the pool of ...