Serial Lecture
Amendment of TSCA
Keywords:
Toxic Substances Control Act,
TSCA,
Chemical substance management,
Environmental Protection Agency
2017 Volume 90 Issue 4 Pages 148-153
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2017 Volume 90 Issue 4 Pages 148-153
The US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was amended in June last year (2016). Under the revision of the global chemical substance management policy, the revised law improved some of the problems of TSCA that had been pointed out in the past.
Under the revised law, amendments were made to strengthen the information gathering capability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the competent authority, and to change the triggering requirements of regulatory measures for harmful chemical substances, so that regulatory measures based on TSCA can be mobilized. Regarding the management of existing chemical substances pending issue of a new method was adopted to carry out inspection of safety according to priority. Furthermore, it is stipulated by the provisions of the law to utilize the TSCA Workplan, a voluntary chemical safety check program.
In this paper, I will explain the factors of the TSCA reform focusing on the above issues and points of revision as simply as possible.
