OMB Starts Review Of EPA Proposal Expected To Limit Workplace NMP Use

EPA has sent its proposed TSCA rule governing the solvent n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), likely teeing up renewed battles over the Trump-era risk evaluation and any workplace exposure limit based on it, after industry groups asked the agency to rewrite the review over alleged scientific errors. According to OMB’s website, OMB received the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) NMP proposal for review on Nov. 2. During that process, representatives of trade associations,...