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Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act

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American Chemistry Council filed 2 comments on this docket between Jan 26, 2017 and Mar 24, 2017. 49 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 2098d ago.

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Mar 24, 2017· Comment submitted by Karyn M. Schmidt, Senior Director, Regulatory and Technical Affairs, American Chemistry Council (ACC)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0654-0052

Attached please find comments submitted by the American Chemistry Council on EPA's "Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act"

Jan 26, 2017· Comment submitted by Michael P. Walls, Vice President, Regulatory and Technical Affairs, American Chemistry Council (ACC)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0654-0005

Attached please find a letter from the American Chemistry Council requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency make a necessary technical correction in this rule, and issue an appropriate Federal Register notice to address the correction. Thank you.

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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