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  • 2025-01039 — Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management: Generic Information Collection Request for Surveys (Renewal)
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 4741
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted a request to extend the approval of its information collection practices related to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical risk evaluations and management to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This extension would allow the EPA to conduct surveys and collect information from various entities such as chemical manufacturers and users to help with risk assessments and regulatory actions. The request is open for public comment until February 18, 2025. The information collected is intended to aid in developing regulations and evaluating the risks associated with chemicals under TSCA.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA wants to keep asking people questions about how chemicals are used and if they're safe, but they need special permission to do so. They are checking if their plan is good enough to keep everyone safe and want people to give feedback about it.

  • 2020-28585 — Fees for the Administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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    Type:Proposed Rule
    Citation:86 FR 1890
    Reading Time:about 87 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to the fees charged under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for fiscal years 2022 to 2024. This proposal aims to adjust existing fees and introduce new fee categories to ensure the fees offset a portion of the costs of the EPA's responsibilities under TSCA. New exemptions are also proposed for certain manufacturers to reduce the burden on smaller entities and those engaged in specific activities, like research and development. EPA seeks to redistribute the fees more equitably among manufacturers based on production volume, aiming to refine the fee process from previous implementations and ensure industries that contribute to chemical manufacturing support EPA's oversight and evaluation efforts.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA wants to change how much companies pay when they make or bring in certain chemicals, to help cover the costs of checking if they're safe. These changes include some new types of payments and ways to help smaller companies pay less if they don't make a lot of these chemicals.

  • 2024-29406 — Certain Existing Chemicals; Request To Submit Unpublished Health and Safety Data Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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    Type:Rule
    Citation:89 FR 100756
    Reading Time:about 27 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers to submit unpublished health and safety studies on 16 specific chemicals. This rule, effective January 13, 2025, aims to collect important data to help the EPA understand potential risks associated with these chemicals and manage them appropriately under TSCA guidelines, especially for prioritization and risk evaluation purposes. The rule includes details on which studies need to be reported, exemptions, and how to submit the information; it is intended to address market failures by ensuring the EPA can make informed decisions based on actual data rather than assumptions.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA wants companies to share secret studies about 16 chemicals so they can learn if these chemicals are safe or not. This helps the EPA decide how to protect people, starting in January 2025.