Environmental Protection Agency announced the submission period for the Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Data Reporting rule is from June 1 2024 to September 30 2024. More information will be made available in fall 2023.
EPA says if companies import, manufacture, or process a finished good for commercial sale, and that product is not a pesticide, not a firearm, not a tobacco product, and not a food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, they will need to know all chemicals contained.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule that would update and modify EPA’s 2018 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq.) “fee rule” (83 Fed. Reg. 52,694 (Oct. 17, 2018) (codified at 40 C.F.R. Part 700)), which was applicable to fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Section 26(b) of TSCA requires EPA, after consultation, to review and, if necessary, adjust applicable TSCA fees every three years. The proposed rule updates the Agency’s 2018 fee calculation methodologies and cost estimates for administering TSCA and proposes to modify fees and fee categories for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024.
The proposal seeks to create three new fee categories: (1)