Title I of the original statute establishes the core program, directs EPA to control risks from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and bans certain activities with respect to elemental mercury. However, TSCA directs EPA to use the least burdensome option that can reduce risk to a level that is reasonable, given the benefits provided by the chemical product or process. TSCA provides a variety of regulatory tools to EPA, ranging in severity from a total ban on production, import, and use to a requirement that a product must bear a warning label at the point of sale. EPA may regulate the manufacture, importation, processing, distribution, use, and/or disposal of chemicals. If EPA identifies unreasonable risks associated with existing or new chemicals, TSCA requires the agency to initiate rulemaking to reduce risks to a reasonable level. commerce, TSCA requires pre-market screening and regulatory tracking of new chemical products. The act authorizes EPA to gather and disseminate information about production, use, and possible adverse effects to human health and the environment of existing chemicals, and to issue “test rules” that require manufacturers and processors of potentially dangerous chemicals to conduct and report the results of scientific studies to fill information gaps.
commerce that should be subject to federal control. TSCA authorizes EPA to identify potentially dangerous chemicals in U.S. In 2008, Congress added provisions to Title I, Section 6 and Section 12, banning certain activities with respect to elemental mercury (P.L. 110-140), and formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products in 2010 (Title VI, P.L. 102-550), environmental and energy issues in schools in 2007 (Title V, P.L. Subsequently, five titles were added to address specific concerns-asbestos in 1986 (Title II, P.L. President Ford signed TSCA into law on October 11, 1976. Issues related to TSCA implementation over time are addressed in CRS Report R元4118, The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): Implementation and New Challenges, by Linda-Jo Schierow.
This report summarizes the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the major regulatory programs dealing with chemical production and distribution in U.S.
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