Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013

January 8, 2014
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held their fourth hearing on the federal Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), the long-awaited reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  During a nearly three-hour hearing, representatives from chemical companies, environmental groups, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...
August 14, 2013
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing earlier this month titled “Strengthening Public Health Protections by Addressing Toxic Chemical Threats,” with witnesses presenting testimony for and against the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA).  The bulk of the hearing was taken up by concerns about preemption of state law, as...
June 13, 2013
California officials have expressed concerns over some provisions of the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), which was introduced last month in Congress as a series of reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act.  A representative of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) stated these concerns in a letter to the Office of California...
June 5, 2013
U.S. Senators David Bitter (R-La) and the late Frank R. Lautenberg* (D-NJ) last month proposed new legislation that, if enacted, would modernize the 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA).  The proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 would ensure that all chemicals registered in the United States and all newly created chemicals are screened for safety to the...
August 1, 2013
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Attorneys General from eight other states sent a letter to Congress earlier this week to voice their opposition to the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), or S.1009, in its current form.  The CSIA was proposed last month as an amendment to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Attorneys General wrote to...