Amendment of TSCA

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  • TSUJI Shinichi
    Department of Environmental Science, Fukuoka Women's University

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  • TSCA改正
  • 色材に関するレギュレーション講座(第6講)TSCA改正
  • シキザイ ニ カンスル レギュレーション コウザ(ダイ6コウ)TSCA カイセイ

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<p>The US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was amended in June last year (2016). Under the revision of the global chemical substance management policy, the revised law improved some of the problems of TSCA that had been pointed out in the past.</p><p>Under the revised law, amendments were made to strengthen the information gathering capability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the competent authority, and to change the triggering requirements of regulatory measures for harmful chemical substances, so that regulatory measures based on TSCA can be mobilized. Regarding the management of existing chemical substances pending issue of a new method was adopted to carry out inspection of safety according to priority. Furthermore, it is stipulated by the provisions of the law to utilize the TSCA Workplan, a voluntary chemical safety check program.</p><p>In this paper, I will explain the factors of the TSCA reform focusing on the above issues and points of revision as simply as possible.</p>

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