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5/24/2022
New TSCA Restrictions for Asbestos Proposed
Update: US EPA is extending the comment period on a proposed TSCA rulemaking to ban ongoing uses of asbestos. EPA will now accept comments until July 13, 2022.
4/13/2020
EPA Unveils TSCA Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
On March 30, EPA published its TSCA Draft Risk Evaluation for asbestos, one of the first 10 priority chemicals scheduled for review. EPA reviewed data on potential asbestos exposures and made several initial determinations on risk relating to the environment and occupational health.
1/14/2020
EPA Enforcement Roundup: Week of 1/14
In this week's Roundup, an oil refinery and a real estate development company must pay over $900,000 to resolve Clean Air Act violations. Plus, a Washington State port authority agrees to a $1.3 million settlement for alleged illegal stormwater discharges in violation of the Clean Water Act./First-10-TSCA-Risk-Evaluations-Move-Foward-EPA-Pr/asbestos_THUMB.jpg.aspx?lang=en-US&width=144&height=95&ext=.jpg)
6/11/2018
First 10 TSCA Risk Evaluations Move Foward, EPA Proposes Historic Asbestos SNUR
US EPA on June 1 released problem formulations for each of the first ten chemicals up for risk evaluation under the revised TSCA requirements. These documents “clarify the chemical uses that EPA expects to evaluate and describe how EPA expects to conduct the evaluations.”
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