EPA Faces Fresh Criticism Over Two-Step Model For TSCA Exposure Limits

A former Trump administration official is warning that EPA’s latest reworking of how it sets existing chemical exposure limits (ECELs) under TSCA could be legally flawed, saying he does not believe the law “allows” the agency to craft stringent occupational exposure levels during risk evaluations but loosen the mandates in rulemaking. In remarks at two recent public events, David Fischer, who served as deputy chemicals chief at the Trump EPA and is now counsel with the law firm Keller and...