Policies, Procedures, and Guidance

No later than two years after the enactment of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21^st Century Act, the EPA must develop any policies, procedures, and guidance that are necessary to carry out the new requirements of this Act. Every five years after the start date of the Act, these policies and procedures will be reviewed and revised as necessary. Any policies relating to chemical testing must address how and when exposure levels of a chemical substance will be factored into decisions to require new testing, and describe how the EPA will determine that more information is needed to carry out the requirements of this Act. No later than one year after the start date of this Act, guidance must be developed to assist in developing and submitting draft risk evaluations. At a minimum, this guidance must address the quality of information submitted and the process to develop these draft risk evaluations. Within six months of the enactment of the new TSCA legislation, and every five years thereafter, the EPA must submit a report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Appropriations of the House, and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Appropriations of the Senate. This report must address:

• The capacity of the EPA to conduct and publish risk evaluations
• The resources needed to conduct risk evaluations
• The capacity of the EPA to promulgate rules under this Act
• The efforts of the EPA needed to increase the capacity of the agency to conduct and publish risk evaluations

Annually, the EPA must develop and publish a plan which identifies which risk evaluations are expected to be conducted, states the status of initiated risk evaluations, and includes updated schedules for risk evaluations where schedules have been revised.