In a June 22, 2016, blog post on The Hill‘s Congress Blog, Lynn L. Bergeson laid out four reasons why the American public has reason to celebrate the signing into law of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, “a comprehensive and vastly improved domestic chemical management law”:
- Reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) strikes the requisite balance between Congressional specificity and Agency discretion.
- Reformed TSCA addresses the law’s most celebrated deficits.
- Reformed TSCA gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority to do its job: manage chemical risks.
- Reformed TSCA ensures greater transparency and public engagement in the chemical evaluation process.
Read the full blog post at The Hill: TSCA reform: renewing public confidence in chemical control.