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EPA Advances TSCA Guide For industry-Led ( t nr il Pi> F/ <h
EPA has sent for White House review a guidance document for companies that want to conduct their own chemical risk evaluations of chemicals for EPA to consider in addition to or rather than the agency performing the reviews under its new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authority, a further step in the Trump EPA implementing the revised law.
Divisions Among Senators, Biofuels Groups Create Uncertainty O/et E15 Bill
Divisions among Republican and Democratic senators, as well as between advanced biofuels groups, are creating uncertainty over the fate of Senate legislation that would lift summertime restrictions on the sale of 15-percent ethanol (E15), with lawmakers downplaying prospects for the bill after a Senate hearing that highlighted the splits.
Groups Spar G/ct F Riel As EPA, Conger Sonsidet Lifting inchor
Ethanol industry groups and their oil sector opponents are clashing over a biofuels industry push to lift summertime restrictions on sales of 15 percent ethanol (E15) fuel, as EPA considers the legality of the move and the Senate's Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) debated the question at a June 14 hearing.
Pruitt Faces Questions Over Use Of Special SDWA Power To Speed Hiring
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been seeking to speed his hiring of senior personnel using a special statutory provision that allows a limited number of "administratively determined" (AD) hires under expedited procedures, but the effort is facing intensifying concern because the authority appears to allow these hires to be temporarily exempt from the Trump administration's ethics requirements.
Scopr Gt U a Ir if C A F>T /imoc Seen Driving New Industry Data-Sharing
If EPA opts to narrowly consider chemicals' "uses" when it reviews their safety under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), it could prompt manufacturers to enter data-sharing deals on how their products are used and disposed of, and even
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limit some uses, in order to ensure they stay within the assessments' scope, an industry attorney says.
EPA Urges District Court To Uphold Novel Anacostia River Trash TMDL
EPA is defending its approval of a novel total maximum daily load (TMDL) trash cleanup plan for the Anacostia River that flows through Maryland and the District of Columbia, urging a federal district court to uphold the TMDL because the approval is based on "a reasoned explanation with solid support in the administrative record."
F nr tons Control Makers Ready Voluntary Aftermarket Catalyst Prograin
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY -- Makers of aftermarket catalytic converters that cut vehicle emissions are preparing a voluntary industry program to improve the catalysts' performance in reducing emissions in the event that the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) fails in its push for EPA to issue stricter federal standards for catalysts.
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