Elizabeth Morrow

Dec 23, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Morrow

Two more chlorinated solvents have been wholly or partially banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Following the May 8, 2024 final rule on methylene chloride, EPA published final risk management rules restricting the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) on December 18 and December 17, respectively.

Dec 5, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mark N. Duvall |Ryan J. Carra |Robert Denney |Elizabeth Morrow

With the election of Donald Trump, the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 2025 will differ significantly from the pre-election expectations. Here are our projections on the likely developments in the coming year. TSCA and its obligations are not going away. The 2016 amendments imposed requirements on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that only Congress can alter. Further, EPA has adopted regulations that implement those amendments.