On March 20, 2019, Bloomberg Environment spoke with Kathleen M. Roberts, Senior Regulatory Consultant, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C^®) and vice president of B&C^® Consortia Management LLC (BC-CM), for the article “Industry Advisers Back EPA Strategy on Chemical Vetting.”

Looking at several chemicals that serve a similar commercial function can help industry provide the EPA with what it needs to sort the 40 chemicals into the two categories […]

For example, the hazards and uses of chemicals in a group will tend to be similar […]

It also makes sense for the EPA to have a group of staff that are focused on similar chemicals, [said] Kathleen M. Roberts, vice president of B&C Consortia Management LLC, an affiliate of the law firm Bergeson & Campbell PC.

See - https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/industry-advisers-back-epa-strategy-on-chemical-vetting-2 (subscription required)