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human and environmental health and
safety first, while also enabling America
to retain its place as the world's
leading innovator, " he adds.
Environmental groups have also
been generally supportive of the
law's intent to strengthen EPA's authority
to evaluate chemicals on a
safety basis, and improving the existing
TSCA law, which many have
viewed as weak. However, some
groups, including the public health
advocacy organization Environmental
Working Group (EWG; Washington,
D.C.; www.ewg.org), think the
law doesn't go far enough.
While it acknowledges that the law
makes significant improvements over
the previous TSCA law, the EWG argues
that the law " does not provide
EPA with the resources or clear legal
authority to quickly review and, if
needed, ban dangerous chemicals
linked to cancer and other serious
health problems. "
Whether or not the law succeeds in
its intent will be determined largely by
how the rules and regulations associCall
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ated with the law are developed, and
the process of collecting stakeholder
input for those rules is well underway.
ACC says it wants to ensure that the
rules developed under the LCSA are
" written in a way that encourages
effective and efficient implementation
of the nation's updated national
chemical regulatory system. "
The EWG calls
the
rulemaking
process for the LCSA " an unprecedented
opportunity to perform
robust risk evaluations and promulgate
strong regulations to protect
all Americans from the most toxic
chemicals in our society. "
EPA action
Immediately after the June passage,
the EPA issued its " First Year
Implementation Plan " for the LCSA.
EPA says it intends the plan to be a
" roadmap of major activities EPA will
focus on during the initial year of implementation, "
but stressed that the
plan would be a " living document "
that is subject to further development
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In an effort to engage stakeholders
early in the rulemaking process, EPA
held a series of stakeholder meetings
in Washington in August. One
of the meetings dealt with determining
which chemicals EPA would get
initial risk evaluations by the agency.
Another meeting focused on the
agency's general process and criteria
for identifying high-priority chemicals
for risk evaluation and how to prioritize
other chemicals in the future.
ACC says " A draft
prioritization
rule must: clearly define the criteria
for designating high and low priority
chemicals based on hazard and
exposure potential, conditions of
use and other factors; provide timeframes
for EPA to complete its work
and for manufacturers to provide
information to the Agency; outline
a prioritization methodology that allows
for the incorporation of new exposure
tools and methods over time;
and, include ample opportunities for
stakeholders to provide comments
and information to the Agency. "
The third stakeholder meeting had
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