Understanding TSCA Reform: What is Being Proposed and How Will it Affect your Business?

Why Should You Attend:

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) arguably is in need of its first major overhaul in 40 years to improve the current beleaguered US chemical regulatory system. As such, the development and introduction of such potential legacy legislation has a long, storied and controversial history spanning a decade. The proposals before the US Senate and the US House of Representatives to reform TSCA pose a number of significant challenges to compliance, implementation and enforcement at all levels of government and industry. Despite these existing shortcomings, the conditions are such that the current Congress and President could establish TSCA reform legislation and usher in a new and arguably needed era of chemical product safety and assessment to better take advantage of the substantial recent technical and scientific advances.

Duties assigned to employees who work in regulatory affairs are not taught in college or vocational schools. One of the best ways to learn how to be effective in regulatory affairs roles is to learn directly from those doing it. This presentation, in addition to teaching you about upcoming regulatory compliance issues, will provide helpful hints and resources for all levels of experience. Small companies or those newer to the field may benefit particularly from the knowledge imparted during the presentation.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the background and history of chemical legislation reform in the United States
• Understand how current implementation and enforcement of TSCA works and how the proposed legislative changes this
• Identify the major revisions being proposed
• Understand the impacts of implementation of the proposal to the regulated community
• Have an increased awareness of the current legal and political climate surrounding the proposal
• Have an increased awareness of the federal regulatory process
• Have an increased awareness of how regulatory staff can interact with the government and others during the rulemaking process to effect positive change

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
• Regulatory Affairs
• Legislative History
• TSCA Reform Efforts
• Implementation and Enforcement
• Toxicity Testing
• Safety Assessment
• Animal Alternatives
• Regulation of Industrial Chemicals

Who Will Benefit:

• All employees from chemical manufacturers, producers, and distributors
• Trade associations and small businesses
• Chemical import and export businesses involved in compliance with the Toxic Substances Control Act
• Individuals from regulatory affairs, government affairs, scientific affairs, compliance and legal, testing and development, technical center staff involved in safety testing
• Small to moderate businesses that manufacture, store, process or distribute chemicals
• Trade associations that represent segments of the chemical industry
• NGOs and other special interest groups concerned with chemical regulation

Instructor Profile:

Erik R. Janus is the president of M³ Technical & Regulatory Services LLC, a consulting firm offering technical and analytical services in a wide variety of areas to support the future of chemical risk assessment.

Mr. Janus is an environmental health science, risk assessment and regulatory toxicology expert with over 20 years of experience in a wide variety of sectors, including roles in academia, state and federal government agencies, corporations and trade associations and non-governmental organizations. Mr. Janus specializes in the science and regulation related to pesticides (agricultural and antimicrobial) and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (i.e. Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, US EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program) and has actively advocated for reduction of animal use in the testing of chemicals for many years. He currently holds leadership roles in the Society of Toxicology, Society of Risk Analysis and the International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.

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