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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.
Title: Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Made by: European Parliament and Council: Made under: Art. 95 (EC) Journal reference: L396, 30.12.2006, pp. 1–849: History; Date made: 18 December 2006: Entry into force: 1 June 2007 ...
Title 40 is a part of the United States Code of Federal Regulations. Title 40 arranges mainly environmental regulations that were promulgated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), based on the provisions of United States laws (statutes of the U.S. Federal Code). Parts of the regulation may be updated annually on July 1. [1]
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).
RoHS 2 also has a more dynamic approach to exemptions, creating an automatic expiration if exemptions are not renewed by requests from industry. Additionally new substances can be added to the controlled list, with 4 new substances expected to be controlled by 2019. All these mean greater information control and update systems are required.
Title VI prohibits racial discrimination by agencies such as the county as a condition of receiving federal money. Developed by Duke Realty, the project will require the demolition of two single ...
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Modernization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2576), passed the House of Representatives on June 23, 2015. [10] Revised legislation, which resolved differences between the House and Senate versions, was forwarded to the President on June 14, 2016. [11] President Obama signed the bill into law on June 22, 2016.
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