Environmental Protection Agency EPA announced on December 29, 2021, the availability of the Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2: Supplemental Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos. 86 Fed. Reg. 74088.
On December 16, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency submitted to the Office of Management Budget a proposed rule under Section 6a of the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA on chrysotile asbestos.
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EPA Announces Univar Solutions USA Will Pay $165,000 For FIFRA Violations:EPA announced on April 19, 2021, that Univar Solutions USA, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, will pay a $165,000 penalty for violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) when it failed to label properly its “Woodlife 111” pesticide, which is used as a wood preservative. EPA notes that under FIFRA, “a pesticide is misbranded if, ‘
the labeling accompanying it does not contain directions for use which are necessary … to protect health and the environment’ and if ‘…
the label does not contain a warning or caution statement which may be necessary … to protect health and the environment.’” According to the press release, EPA alleged that between approximately January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2018, Woodlife 111 labels “omitted several required sections important for the protection of the handler and for the environment, including user safety requirement
Environmental Protection Agency EPA began environmental justice consultations regarding the development of risk management actions under Section 6a of the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos and Pigment Violet 29 PV29.