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Asbestos Part 2: Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos; Regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Activity
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) filed 1 comment on this docket between Sep 24, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026. 9 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 13d ago.
What National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) filed (1)
Abstract
This rulemaking will address the unreasonable risk of injury to health from asbestos, as a chemical substance, identified by EPA in a risk evaluation completed under TSCA section 6(b) that focused on legacy uses of asbestos and associated disposals, asbestos-containing talc, and types of asbestos fibers other than chrysotile. Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires that EPA, when it determines in a TSCA risk evaluation that a chemical presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, apply one or more requirements under TSCA section 6(a) by rule to the extent necessary so the chemical substance no longer presents an unreasonable risk. EPA has bifurcated the risk management of asbestos into two parts; Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos and Part 2: Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos. EPA completed its Part 1 risk evaluation and rulemaking activities for Chrysotile Asbestos. EPA’s Part 2 risk evaluation for asbestos, describing the conditions of use and presenting EPA’s determination of unreasonable risk, and related materials for that risk evaluation, are available in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2021-0254
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See everyone who commented →- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)THIS ORG1 filing · confidence 97%
- AFL-CIO2 filings · confidence 97%
- American Petroleum Institutetrade assoc.2 filings · confidence 97%
- AccuGuard Environmental LLCunverified attribution1 filing · confidence 70%
- American Association for Justicetrade assoc.1 filing · confidence 85%
- American Chemistry Counciltrade assoc.1 filing · confidence 97%
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)trade assoc.1 filing · confidence 97%
- National Education Associationtrade assoc.1 filing · confidence 85%
- North American Insulation Manufacturers Associationtrade assoc.1 filing · confidence 85%
- Nuclear Energy Institutetrade assoc.1 filing · confidence 85%