The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has issued its
proposed rule outlining the process by which it will conduct risk
evaluations on chemical substances under the recently amended
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to determine whether the
substances present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the
environment under the conditions of use.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on January
19, 2017. Comments on the proposed rule must be submitted to
US EPA by March 20, 2017. The amended TSCA requires US EPA to
promulgate the final risk evaluation rule by June 22, 2017.
