Prioritizing Chemicals for Risk Evaluation
Prioritizing Chemicals for Risk Evaluation.pdf
On January 17, 2017 (82 FR 8425), as required under section 6(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Environment Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a final rule to establish a risk-based screening process and criteria that EPA will use to identify chemical substances as either High-Priority Substances for risk evaluation, or Low-Priority Substances for which risk evaluations are not warranted at the time. The proposed rule describes the processes for identifying potential candidates for prioritization, selecting a candidate, screening that candidate against certain criteria, formally initiating the prioritization process, providing opportunities for public comment, and proposing and finalizing designations of priority. Prioritization is the initial step in a new process of existing chemical substance review and risk management activity established under recent amendments to TSCA. Comments must be received on or before March 20, 2017.
