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May 13, 2024 · The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act: First Year Implementation Plan. The new law imposes a number of new responsibilities on EPA, with comparatively short deadlines to carry out these actions. The Agency takes these responsibilities and deadlines seriously.
6 days ago · Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, EPA evaluates potential risks from new and existing chemicals and acts to address any unreasonable risks chemicals may have on human health and the environment.
May 6, 2024 · This page provides an overview of how EPA conducts risk evaluations for existing chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act and the status of EPA’s ongoing risk evaluations and other assessment-related activities and documents.
May 3, 2024 · U.S. Senate Report on the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st... Guidance to Assist Interested Persons in Developing and Submitting Draft Risk... Safer Chemicals Healthy Families v US Environmental Protection Agency -...
6 days ago · These amendments, known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, were signed into law on June 22, 2016. Section 6 (h) specifically addresses Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) chemicals and provides the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with authority to take action to regulate them.
5 days ago · The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21 st Century Act, requires EPA to complete risk evaluations for chemicals designated as high priority within strict deadlines. If EPA concludes that “unreasonable risk” is associated with a chemical, it is authorized to take actions to ...
May 2, 2024 · H.R. 2576 (114. th. ): Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. The TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to expand the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate and regulate toxic chemicals.
