Scott Sherlock

Sep 24, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sara Watson |Martha Marrapese |Scott Sherlock

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently found, in what it described as a "question of first impression," that Section 5(b)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a provision requiring public disclosure of information on the receipt of new TSCA Section 5 filings and health and safety data, was a "freestanding right to information" obligation and independent of a TSCA regulatory function.