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Chemical Regulation under TSCATSCA Tutor® Overview: Enactment on June 22, 2016, of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg) has inspired renewed interest in and underscored the prominence of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Lautenberg significantly amends and modernizes TSCA, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began immediately to implement the law’s many new provisions. For more than 25 years, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) has offered clients an unparalleled level of experience and excellence in matters relating to TSCA, making it the premier Washington, D.C. law firm to provide companies with deep, experienced, and expert TSCA assistance. Our TSCA practice group includes nine former senior EPA officials, an extensive scientific staff, including six Ph.D.s, and a robust and highly experienced team of lawyers and non-lawyer professionals extremely well-versed in all aspects of TSCA law, regulation, policy, and litigation. One of the core aspects of our business is assisting clients with TSCA Section 5 new chemical notifications and with broadening their business reach with marketing the new products made possible by a successful Section 5 notification. In addition to implementing the many amendments to TSCA, EPA is exercising and interpreting its authority under TSCA in new, unprecedented, and creative ways. For instance, EPA is regularly issuing new regulations, many in the form of Significant New Use Rules (SNUR), among other game-changing initiatives, including the following:
It is imperative for companies whose businesses are implicated under TSCA both to understand clearly how these initiatives affect compliance and also to appreciate the competitive implications of these new and formidable regulatory challenges. As with any new law, challenges are matched only by the commercial opportunities that change offers. TSCA reform is a true game-changer, and opportunities in the commercial space abound.With a thorough understanding of TSCA, its implementing regulations, and the general principles underlying the federal system for managing TSCA-related products, B&C is well-suited to address these companies' needs. Our Experience: B&C's deep and expansive understanding of TSCA is reflected in the many publications that quote our professionals on TSCA developments and the many seminars that request our participation. It is also reflected in our books, such as New TSCA: A Guide to the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and Its Implementation, published by the American Bar Association. We regularly are asked to conduct training courses to facilitate TSCA compliance for clients, professional organizations, and industry groups. B&C legal professionals are unparalleled in their understanding of the law and policy of TSCA. Lynn L. Bergeson, Lisa M. Campbell, and Lisa R. Burchi have worked on virtually every aspect of the law and have achieved many successes for B&C clients over the years. Non-lawyer professionals Sheryl L. Dolan, Heather M. Collins, M.S., and Barbara A. Christianson provide invaluable TSCA chemical notification and submission support services. Our professionals include a number of high-level EPA alumni, including:
This impressive team offers clients an unmatched wealth of experience in TSCA regulatory and legislative matters. Because TSCA is so grounded in chemistry, B&C has a robust team of non-lawyer professionals who possess both scientific and regulatory backgrounds and are uniquely able to address science-based legal issues that arise under TSCA. Karin F. Baron, M.S.P.H., has spent more than 20 years in the chemical and personal care industry and has extensive experience with assisting companies to achieve TSCA compliance, including managing SNURs, polymer exemptions and Inventory issues, Section 12(b) export notifications, and Section 8(c) and 8(e) recordkeeping and reporting. Scott J. Burya, Ph.D., a Regulatory Chemist with a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, managed TSCA compliance programs and coordinated teams focused on commercializing new products for a multinational chemical corporation. Dr. Burya specializes in Premanufacture Notification (PMN) preparation, polymer exemption determinations, and import/export requirements. Lara A. Hall, M.S., RQAP-GLP, has been assisting clients for more than a decade in thinking through strategic and efficient chemical testing plans to support the introduction and maintenance of chemicals on a global scale. Karen L. Lorusso is a highly experienced product safety professional who has assisted companies with TSCA Inventory issues and polymer exemptions to achieve TSCA compliance. R. David Peveler, Ph.D., an organic chemist whose understanding of chemical substances and TSCA identification issues is unmatched anywhere, has spent decades consulting with chemical companies on a broad range of TSCA issues. Jane S. Vergnes, Ph.D., DABT®, a toxicologist with a Ph.D. in Human Genetics and more than 25 years of experience as a senior toxicologist and product steward with major global chemical companies, offers clients her expansive understanding of toxicological testing within the regulatory framework of TSCA, including study design, laboratory practices, and data requirements for new chemical introductions and existing chemical support. TSCA is just one piece of a global puzzle of chemical management laws that must be addressed thoughtfully and carefully; B&C’s global consulting affiliate, The Acta Group (Acta®), offers clients seamless access to European and Asian chemical professionals to address the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, The Act for the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals in Korea (K-REACH), China’s Order No. 12 and Decree No. 591, and other emerging chemical management laws in a coherent, strategic, and business-savvy manner. What We Do: TSCA law and lore is highly nuanced, and clients rely on B&C's decades of internationally recognized and acclaimed legal, regulatory, scientific, and business counsel. We assist clients on a wide range of areas, including product approval, product review, and general compliance measures. Areas in which we advise clients include the following:
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