Event overview
Topics Covered:
Section 4 Chemical Testing
EPA’s new more flexible and strengthened legal authority for testing and how it might be used to support:
- Section 5 needs and purposes
- Section 6 prioritization and Risk Evaluation (RE) processes
Effect of the animal welfare provision
Section 5 New Chemicals and Significant New Uses (NC/SNU)
Effect of changes to Section 5, including the requirements that EPA make an affirmative determination on all Section 5 notices
Explanation of the new Section 5 process to regulate NC/SNUs and associated legal/policy implications
Section 6 Prioritization, RE, and Risk Management (RM) of Existing Chemicals
Details of the process, approaches, and legal requirements that must be met for each of:
- Prioritization
- RE
- RM