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Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act

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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) filed 1 comment on this docket between Mar 20, 2017 and Mar 20, 2017. 49 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 2098d ago.

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Mar 20, 2017· Comment submitted by Benard P. Dreyer, President, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0654-0010

As you consider comments to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed risk evaluation rule, required by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ("Lautenberg Act"), the American Academy of Pediatrics would like to resubmit our comments provided for the docket following the August 9, 2016 stakeholder meeting. These comments offered several recommendations to ensure that the unique vulnerabilities of children were taken into account and we hope that they will be included in any final rule.

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Abstract

As required under section 6(b)(4) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is proposing to establish a process by which the Agency will determine whether a chemical substance presents unreasonable risk on injury to health or the environment. This is to be done without consideration of costs or other non-risk factors, including an unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation, under the conditions of use. The draft rule establishes the steps that must be completed for a risk evaluation of either those chemicals identified as high priority or in an approved request from a manufacturer. The rule enumerates the components of an evaluation including scope, hazard assessment, exposure assessment, risk characterization, and finally a risk determination. Additionally, the draft rule provides the form and manner for which manufacturers may submit a request for an Agency conducted risk evaluation and how those requests will be evaluated by the Agency.

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