U.S. EPA: Approaches to Identifying Potential Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization

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About

EPA is holding a meeting to update and engage with the public on implementation activities under the amended TSCA. The meeting will focus on possible approaches for identifying potential candidate chemical substances for EPA’s prioritization process under TSCA. As amended, TSCA required that EPA establish processes for prioritizing and evaluating risks from existing chemical substances. EPA will describe and take comment on a number of possible approaches that could guide the Agency in the identification of potential candidate chemical substances for prioritization.

Read the Federal Register Notice.

What will be covered at the event

At the meeting, EPA will describe goals, guiding principles, and possible approaches for identifying potential candidate chemicals for prioritization. Interested parties will have the opportunity to provide input on these and other approaches. In addition, EPA will accept questions from the public in advance of the meeting, and will respond to these questions at the meeting as time allows. The deadline to submit questions has been extended to November 27, 2017.

View the agenda.

Who should attend

This public meeting may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders including chemical manufacturers, processors and users, consumer product companies, non-profit organizations in the environmental and public health sectors, state and local government agencies, and members of the public interested in the environmental and human health assessment and regulation of chemical substances.

Written comments

Written comments are also being accepted on http://www.regulations.gov. The Docket ID number is EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0586. EPA will accept written comments and materials submitted to the docket for the Prioritization Candidate Identification meeting on or before January 25, 2018. When submitting comments, please be as specific as possible, and please include any supporting data or other information.

This event is hosted by the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.