TSCA Reform Continuing?

Below are several efforts showing that TSCA reform is still a topic of discussion.

Shimkus Open To Piecemeal TSCA Reform But Rejects Democrats' Efforts

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Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee's environment panel, says there may be sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that his subcommittee will consider reforming, but is rejecting outright using Democrats' TSCA reform legislation from the 111th Congress as a starting point in the debate.

Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Assessing the Effectiveness of U.S. Chemical Safety Laws

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Source: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On February 3, 2011, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health held a hearing entitled 'Assessing the Effectiveness of U.S. Chemical Safety Laws.' Subcommittee Chair Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) last year introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, a bill that would have reformed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by shifting the burden of proof to industry to show chemicals are safe, rather than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proving that they pose a risk.

American Chemistry Council (ACC) endorses cumulative impact assessment for all TSCA regulations!

By: Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist.
Environmental Defense on 03/14/2011

In what seemed a startling move, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) last week gave testimony at a Congressional hearing that included a full-throated endorsement of mandating that EPA be required to assess cumulative impacts when developing regulations addressing chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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