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The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
TSCA as reformed by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act TSCA pre-reform Mandatory duty on EPA to evaluate existing chemicals with clear and enforceable deadlines: No duty to review, no deadlines for action Chemicals assessed against a risk-based safety standard: Risk-benefit balancing standard
Chemicals are regulated under various laws including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In 2010, Congress was considering a new law entitled the Safe Chemicals Act. [9] Over the following several years, the Senate considered a number of legislative texts to amend the TSCA.
Sandoval sued under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Two sections of Title VI would prove important to her lawsuit. The first was section 601, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "race, color, or national origin" by programs or agencies that receive federal funding, such as the Alabama Department of Public Safety. [3]
The inventory was first proposed in a 1985 New York Times op-ed piece written by David Sarokin and Warren Muir, researchers for an environmental group, Inform, Inc. [2] Congress established TRI under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), and later expanded it in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA).
Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals is a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). [1] It defines and regulates a process safety management (PSM) program for plants using, storing, manufacturing, handling or carrying out on-site movement of hazardous materials above defined amount thresholds.
The complaint, filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, cites the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors’ January approval of a 260,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution ...
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