{"id":5848,"date":"2016-12-01T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:01:53","slug":"bipartisan-group-of-senators-urges-new-administration-to-ensure-strong-implementation-of-new-tsca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2016\/12\/01\/bipartisan-group-of-senators-urges-new-administration-to-ensure-strong-implementation-of-new-tsca\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan group of Senators urges new Administration to ensure strong implementation of new TSCA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D.,\u00a0<\/em>is a Lead Senior Scientist.<\/p>\n

Yesterday a bipartisan group of nine Senators who were deeply involved in passage of the Lautenberg Act wrote to President-Elect Trump\u2019s transition team <\/a>to urge that EPA under the next Administration \u201cvigorously implement the new law.\u201d\u00a0 The Lautenberg Act amended the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) and was signed into law by President Obama on June 22, of this year.<\/p>\n

The group went on to state that strong implementation \u201cincludes moving expeditiously to identify and address chemicals with the greatest potential impact on public health, especially those affecting vulnerable populations.\u00a0 … Successful implementation of this law will also help ensure there is certainty and restore confidence in the marketplace for manufacturers, consumer product producers, and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Senators urged that the transition team work with EPA \u201cto communicate on critical steps that are underway and to get a full appreciation of the new law\u2019s deadlines.\u00a0 We urge that you view appointments, funding and staffing to this office with the utmost importance.\u00a0 It is essential to maintain momentum during the Presidential transition and in the early months of the new Administration to ensure that this new law is successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The signatories to the letter are Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM), James Inhofe (R-OK), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tom Carper (D-DE), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D.,\u00a0is a Lead Senior Scientist. Yesterday a bipartisan group of nine Senators who were deeply involved in passage of the Lautenberg Act wrote to President-Elect Trump\u2019s transition team to urge that EPA under the next Administration \u201cvigorously implement the new law.\u201d\u00a0 The Lautenberg Act amended the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,114108],"tags":[68,56107],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-tsca","tag-epa","tag-lautenberg-act"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t