Industry Seeks To Narrow CCl4 Findings After Kigali Ratification, Data Petition

EPA’s draft changes to TSCA risk findings for the solvent carbon tetrachloride (CCl4 or CTC) have drawn renewed calls from industry to narrow its conclusions on the chemical’s risks to workers, in light of both a long-pending petition alleging flaws in the agency’s analyses and the recent Senate vote to phase out climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in favor of substitutes made with CCl4. Two trade associations made their cases for a narrower approach to CCl4 in comments filed ahead of a...