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EPA Hits Another TSCA Milestone with High Priority DesignationsSince enactment, EPA has been hard at work effectively and efficiently implementing the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as Congress intended. The agency continues meet key TSCA deadlines and requirements, and marks another milestone in that process. Learn more.
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News Jan 16, 2020 Executives from U.S., Canadian, And Mexican Chemical Industries Reaffirm Support for New North American Trade Agreement Chemical manufacturers committed to leveraging duty-free trade to spur new growth, investment, and jobs while exploring ways to regulate chemicals more efficiently.
News Jan 16, 2020 American Chemistry Council Strengthens Federal Affairs Shop; Secures Top Talent From National Association of Manufacturers and Dow Ross brings deep expertise on issues that are vital to a thriving chemical industry and the broader manufacturing sector.
News Jan 14, 2020 NAFRA: Study’s Conclusions About Chemical Exposures and IQ Loss Published in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Not Consistent With the State of the Science The inaccurate and misleading claims made in this study are not supported by the very science and data cited within the research paper.
News Jan 02, 2020 Global Chemicals Output Improves in November Data collected and tabulated by ACC show that global chemicals production grew by 0.3 percent in November.
News Dec 24, 2019 Chemical Activity Barometer Is Stable In December The Chemical Activity Barometer was stable in December, following a 0.1 percent gain in November.
News Dec 23, 2019 NAFRA Responds to Recent Passage of SOFFA Legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives The ACC’s North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) issued the following comments in response to passage of HR 2647 — the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) — by the U.S. House of Representatives.
News Dec 20, 2019 ACC Statement Regarding EPA's Final Designation of 20 Chemicals as High Priority for Risk Evaluations under TSCA EPA’s final designation of the next 20 high priority substances for risk evaluations represents another milestone in the effective and efficient implementation of TSCA.
News Dec 20, 2019 U.S. Specialty Chemical Markets Continue Fourth Quarter on Mixed Note ACC reported that fourth quarter U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes continue on a mixed note, with a 0.3 percent decline in November following a 0.1 percent gain in October.
News Dec 20, 2019 U.S. Chemical Production Fell in November on Weaker End-Use Markets The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell by 0.8 percent in November after gains the previous three months.
News Dec 18, 2019 Plastic Bottle Recycling Strong Despite Challenges The domestic collection of plastic bottles for recycling rose 52 million pounds, or 1.8 percent, to reach nearly 2.9 billion pounds in 2018.
News Dec 16, 2019 2020 GlobalChem Registration Now Open Registration for the 2020 GlobalChem Conference and Exhibition, which will take place April 6-8, 2020 in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt, is now open at www.globalchem.org.
News Dec 13, 2019 Plastics Industry Stewardship Program to Manage and Contain Pellets Strengthens Requirements and Transparency The new requirements apply to companies that volunteer to become part of the enhanced operation clean sweep (OCS) blue program.
News Dec 12, 2019 Chemical Manufacturers Applaud Senator Kennedy’s Leadership to Improve Rulemaking Process for Transporting Hazardous Materials This legislation will require PHMSA to act quicker on regulatory requests and will help the Administration be more agile when it comes to safeguarding the shipment of hazardous materials.
News Dec 12, 2019 ACC Testifies in Support of Market-based Freight Rail Reforms American Chemistry Council joined with a long list of shippers urging the Board to move forward on long overdue regulatory reforms.
News Dec 10, 2019 Chemical Industry Outlook: Slower Growth Amid Near-Term Headwinds Due to slowing growth prospects across much of the globe and rising trade tensions, exports of chemicals and some chemistry-containing goods fell this year.
