Chemical Safety

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EPA and petroleum refiners are urging a federal court to dismiss litigation seeking to force the agency to regulate hydrogen fluoride (HF) under TSCA, arguing that even with an amended complaint, environmental groups lack standing and that TSCA cannot regulate accidental chemical releases that could harm workers or residents.

Occupational medicine experts are decrying the Trump EPA’s proposed revisions to the calculation of risks from formaldehyde, saying the change in the way cancer risks are assessed will increase the number of preventable cancer cases for both workers and some residents.

OSHA is extending by four months compliance deadlines in its revised hazardous communications standard (HCS) because officials are still crafting guidance for both the regulated community and agency personnel, a move that is drawing praise from chemical distributors that have been pressing for the pending guidance.

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has amended regulations governing its operations, organization and management in order to improve their function, better reflect CSB’s mission and clarify procedures involving public meetings, according to a recent Federal Register notice.

EPA is proposing a revised occupational exposure value (OEV) for formaldehyde that shifts the focus from a chronic exposure scenario to one that aims to protect against acute effects as well as other long-term effects, such as cancer, although the revised OEV is still more stringent than OSHA’s 1992 permissible exposure limit (PEL).

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is opening an investigation into a fatal explosion at a munitions plant in Humphreys County, TN, where a team will be deployed to conduct an initial assessment of the incident location and other investigation efforts to determine the cause of the disaster.

Chemical industry groups are continuing their long-running effort to have Congress renew a lapsed chemical safety program, citing in part concerns over worker safety and security gaps that undermine the industry’s operational integrity and ability to remain secure from the threat of terror attacks.

The Trump EPA plans to expand its chemicals office “by at least 130 people,” the office’s top political appointee told staff earlier this week, which is expected to speed TSCA reviews of chemicals, including consideration of risks to workers, though the additional personnel are being moved from EPA’s gutted research office, a move that is drawing criticism.