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Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene); TSCA Review and Risk Evaluation

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 5 comments on this docket between Feb 6, 2017 and Jul 17, 2018. 39 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1457d ago.

What Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed (5)

Jul 17, 2018· Comment submitted by Eve C. Gartner, Senior, Attorney Earthjustice, Robert Stockman, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund, Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Liz Hitchcock, Acting Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732-0085

Attached please find a request for extension of the comment periods on the ten Problem Formulations for Risk Evaluations To Be Conducted Under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and on the General Guiding Principles To Apply Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluations, submitted by Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Safer Chemicals Healthy Families. The comment periods for all of these complex documents are set to end on July 26, 2018, a time period this is simply inadequate to providing meaningful review and comment for the reasons set out in the attached letter. We request an extension for a minimum of 46 days. With a 46-day extension, the comment period would close on Monday, September 10, 2018.

Sep 27, 2017· Comment submitted by Jennifer Sass, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732-0072

NRDC comments attached

Mar 20, 2017· Comment submitted by Jennifer Sass, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732-0009

Comments from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Tetrachloroethylene (PERC, CAS# 127-18-4) and Trichloroethylene (TCE, CAS# 79-01-6)

Mar 2, 2017· Mass Comment Campaign sponsored by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Sample attached (paper)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732-0004

Filed on regulations.gov — full text not in the inline record.

Feb 6, 2017· Comment submitted by Eve Gartner, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice; Elizabeth Hitchcock, Legislative Director, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families (SCHF); Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Mike Belliveau, Executive Director, Environmental Health Strategy Center (EHSC)· EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0732-0002

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Health Strategy Center submit this letter to request that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extend the public comment period to April 15, 2017 for receiving input and information to assist the Agency in its efforts to establish the scope of risk evaluations for the ten chemical substances designated on December 19, 2016 pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Abstract

The EPA has prioritized chemicals for risk evaluation to address risks of injury to health and the environment, including Tetrachloroethylene (CASRN 127-18-4). The EPA is requesting any information from the public on Tetrachloroethylene both domestically and internationally.

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