Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation of Use in Vapor Degreasing under TSCA §6(a)

Safer Chemicals Healthy Families (SCHF) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) submit the attached comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed rule to restrict use of trichloroethylene (TCE) in vapor degreasing under section 6 of the newly enacted Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA). SCHF is a coalition of national, state and local organizations committed to assuring the safety of chemicals used in our homes, workplaces and in the many products to which our families and children are exposed each day. SCHF and its partners took a leadership role during the LCSA legislative process, advocating the most protective legislation possible to reduce the risks of toxic chemicals in use today. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a SCHF coalition partner. NRDC is a national, non-profit environmental organization of lawyers, scientists, and other professionals. NRDC submits these comments on behalf of our over two million members and online activists. SCHF and NRDC do not have any financial interest in the topic of these comments. The following organizations have endorsed and are supporting the SCHF and NRDC comments: Alaska Community Action on Toxics Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Bayou St John Conservation Alliance Breast Cancer Action Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Center for Environmental Health Citizens for a Clean Pompton Lakes Clean and Healthy New York Clean Production Action Clean Water Action Clean Water for North Carolina Earthjustice Ecology Center Environmental Health Strategy Center Healthy Legacy Ithaca-SHIP.org League of Conservation Voters Learning Disabilities Association Maryland PIRG Midwest Environmental Justice Organization MountainTrue NC Conservation Network Oregon Environmental Council Physicians for Social Responsibility POWER Action Group Safer States SCA Associates Science and Environmental Health Network Toxics Free Future U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Utility Workers Union of America VPIRG WE ACT for Environmental Justice