The Toxic Substances Control Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1976 that gives the Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate the manufacture, use, distribution, and disposal of industrial chemicals not otherwise regulated as drugs, food additives, or pesticides. It requires manufacturers to report information on chemical production and on health and environmental effects, and it authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to restrict or ban chemicals found to pose an unreasonable risk. The Act was substantially amended in 2016 by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which strengthened the agency's authority to evaluate and regulate existing chemicals.
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EraSourced to the subject's own accountPassed by Congress in 1976. 1 Promulgated BySourced to the subject's own accountUnited States Congress; administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1 Jurisdiction ScopeSourced to the subject's own accountUnited States federal law, nationwide. 1 Regulatory DomainSourced to the subject's own accountChemical substances not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including new chemical introduction. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Toxic Substances Control Act (Wikipedia)
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The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals. When the TSCA was put into place, industry had an opportunity to submit chemicals that were existing in commerce at that time. Such chemicals became the original TSCA Inventory, allowing each to remain commerce without EPA review. Its three main objectives are to assess and regulate new commercial chemicals before they enter the market, to regulate chemicals already existing in 1976 that posed an "unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment", as for example PCBs, lead, mercury and radon, and to regulate these chemicals' distribution and use.
1. Toxic Substances Control Act (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead paragraph (promulgated-by)Quote, Lead paragraph (promulgated-by)
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals. When the TSCA was put into place, industry had an opportunity to submit chemicals that were existing in commerce at that time. Such chemicals became the original TSCA Inventory, allowing each to remain commerce without EPA review. Its three main objectives are to assess and regulate new commercial chemicals before they enter the market, to regulate chemicals already existing in 1976 that posed an "unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment", as for example PCBs, lead, mercury and radon, and to regulate these chemicals' distribution and use.
1. Toxic Substances Control Act (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead paragraph (jurisdiction-scope)Quote, Lead paragraph (jurisdiction-scope)
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals. When the TSCA was put into place, industry had an opportunity to submit chemicals that were existing in commerce at that time. Such chemicals became the original TSCA Inventory, allowing each to remain commerce without EPA review. Its three main objectives are to assess and regulate new commercial chemicals before they enter the market, to regulate chemicals already existing in 1976 that posed an "unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment", as for example PCBs, lead, mercury and radon, and to regulate these chemicals' distribution and use.
1. Toxic Substances Control Act (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead paragraph (regulatory-domain)Quote, Lead paragraph (regulatory-domain)
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals. When the TSCA was put into place, industry had an opportunity to submit chemicals that were existing in commerce at that time. Such chemicals became the original TSCA Inventory, allowing each to remain commerce without EPA review. Its three main objectives are to assess and regulate new commercial chemicals before they enter the market, to regulate chemicals already existing in 1976 that posed an "unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment", as for example PCBs, lead, mercury and radon, and to regulate these chemicals' distribution and use.
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Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985In Legal System: Law of the United States
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