Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 12/3/2025
Formaldehyde; Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or "the Agency") is announcing the availability of and soliciting public comment on an Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum (or "Draft Memorandum") to inform a Revised Draft Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions of use (COUs). Consistent with statutory obligations and Executive Order 14303, Restoring Gold Standard Science, EPA remains committed to the highest standards of scientific integrity and reliance on the best available scientific information. To that end, and after further consideration of comments raised during the scientific peer review process, EPA is reconsidering the use of certain hazard values in the formaldehyde risk evaluation. This Notice, Draft Memorandum, and the materials included in the docket provide the sci