Advancing product safety, sustainability and regulation based on sound science and innovation are the backbone of ACC.
We are deploying robust advocacy, education and scientific tools to secure long-term stability and predictability in TSCA implementation and chemical management at the state, federal and international levels.
ACC is working to develop a collaborative relationship with the new team at EPA, including meeting regularly on TSCA implementation to clarify Agency positions, highlight issues and identify workable solutions. We are actively leading the engagement on nine risk evaluations for TSCA high priority substances and are also leading efforts on two of the first-ever Manufacturer Requested Risk Evaluations.
We also launched several new testing consortia to successfully navigate implementation of the first-ever Test Orders under the new TSCA, including efforts to improve EPA’s policy regarding certain accredited laboratory practices. We continue to build on this work by exploring opportunities for more information sharing with EPA, scientific experts, other federal agencies and value chain stakeholders to refine risk evaluation exposure scenarios, industrial hygiene education and more.
EPA’s new chemical program has continued to face increased scrutiny, which has exacerbated delays in the review process. Despite this, we worked with EPA to complete publication of approaches for evaluating four critical chemical categories, which is expected to cover dozens of chemicals.
ACC worked to advance exemplary practices and improve EPA’s processes for reporting of chemical data by developing a Summary of Key Lessons Learned, Issues and Recommendations putting forward approaches to improve their Tiered Data Reporting Proposal. We also launched a blog series aimed at sharing constructive recommendations to improve federal agency chemical management and TSCA implementation.