EPA Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) Vision and Priorities Under TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA) & FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, & RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA) Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention U.S. Environmental Protection Agency March 4, 2019
TSCA and FIFRA Priorities • Delivering results and meeting statutory requirements • Maintaining transparency and engaging partners, stakeholders, and the public • Relying on the best available science • Increasing public confidence in chemical and pesticide safety • Ensuring environmental justice 2
TSCA Milestones: 2016-2018 Existing Chemicals Fee Program Alternatives Second Anniversary of First Anniversary of Lautenberg Inventory Update Strategic plan to Lautenberg Proposed prioritization Mercury reduce vertebrate Issued final strategy to reduce process rule animal testing vertebrate animal testing Transparency/CBI January 17 Published final risk proposed June 22 evaluation process rule March 12 Proposed risk evaluation process rule Expanded access to CBI Published scopes for the Published list of first 10 guidance published January 19 first 10 chemicals Public meeting on approaches chemicals for risk for identifying potential evaluation Active-inactive TSCA unique identifier policy Published final candidates for prioritization for inventory rule published Final fees rule prioritization process rule risk evaluation Scientific Advisory proposed published Committee on Chemicals December 11 CBI generic name guidance January 13 October 17 June 22 chartered published Public meeting on the new December 19 Final active-inactive June 22 chemicals review program inventory rule December 19 Final mercury inventory rule June 22 June 22 Section 6 rules for Public meeting on TCE, MC, and NMP Public meeting on risk evaluation proposed the strategic plan to Systematic review scoping efforts for reduce vertebrate Dec. ‘16-Jan. ‘17 approach published the first 10 animal testing Lautenberg Act proposed February 14 November 2 signed into law Problem formulations for the first 10 June 22 Fees rule Pre-prioritization published proposed approach published Mercury inventory Mercury inventory June 1 February 8 September 27 report published rule proposed October 26 March 29 2018 2016 2017
FIFRA ACCOMPLISHMENTS & PRIORITIES
2018 Accomplishments Under FIFRA & PRIA • Completed 99.7% of registration actions on-time • Registered 23 new active ingredients and 147 new uses of existing pesticides • Registration Review --As of end of FY18, OPP has completed: ü 477 draft risk assessments ü 385 proposed interim decisions ü 326 final or interim decisions • Worked collaboratively with state and Federal partners Critical in making 2018 decision to extend the “over the top” registrations of dicamba • • Advanced alternatives to animal testing • In FY18 alone, OCSPP prevented use of 16,500 test animals and saved the regulated community >$8.9 million in costs by waiving data requirements. 5
FY19 FIFRA Priorities • Continue to meet PRIA statutory deadlines and progress the registration review program • Complete proposed interim decisions for glyphosate, atrazine, neonicotinoids, and pyrethroids • Engage and collaborate with Federal partners on key science and policy issues including biotechnology • Implement relevant sections of the 2018 Farm Bill • Endangered Species Act (ESA) interagency working group & biostimulants 6
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