TSCA Implementation Center
The TSCA Implementation Center tracks regulatory and litigation activities pertaining to the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as amended in 2016.
On June 22, 2016, after years of prior efforts, bipartisan TSCA reform legislation (H.R. 2576) was enacted as Pub. L. No. 114-182. This law made significant changes to TSCA and provides new authority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize, review, and regulate existing chemical substances. In addition to changes to EPA’s authority under TSCA, the legislation requires EPA to take a number of actions to implement modernized TSCA.
Keller and Heckman’s TSCA practice has earned a reputation as a leader in all aspects of TSCA implementation. In addition to our in-house scientific staff, most of whom are Ph.D. chemists, many of our attorneys have scientific academic backgrounds, including chemistry, chemical engineering, molecular biology, and environmental science. Equipped with this specialized expertise, we provide counsel on TSCA issues broadly implicated by the risk evaluation process, including Section 4 test rules and orders, chemical prioritization and management, chemical grouping issues, and reporting obligations.
Keller and Heckman’s lawyers have a comprehensive understanding of EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, its internal science and science policy apparatus, and its many organizational pieces that collectively are responsible for all aspects of TSCA implementation. We also host the popular monthly webinar, TSCA 30/30, a half-hour dialog covering current critical TSCA issues, as well as annual chemical control seminars of which countless TSCA practitioners have attended.
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