Inyang Abril 20, 2023, ing US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) migmungkahi yang patakaran a mahigpit a magbawal keng pamaglalang, pamagprosesu, ampo ing pamikalat ning methylene chloride. Ing EPA gagamit yang awtoridad lalam ning Section 6(a) ning Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), na magpaintulut keng ahensya na mag impose kareng pamagbawal kareng kemikal. E makatuliran a panganib ning pangasugat o sitwasyun. Ing methylene chloride keraklan gagamitan de bilang solvent kareng adhesives ampo sealants, automotive products, ampo paint ampo coating removers, ampo deng industriya antimo ing automotive, pharmaceuticals, ampo chemicals malyari lang maapektuan keng patakaran ayni.
Ing proposal ning EPA mamaus yang pamagbawal keng pamangamit methylene chloride kareng keraklan a industrial ampo commercial a aplikasyun. Ing proposal kayabe nala reng exemptions, lalu na ing 10-banuang pamaglako keng pintura ampo coatings a gagamitan keng civil aviation sector para aiwasan ing seryosung pangasira ning seguridad ning bangsa ampo ing kritikal a imprastraktura. Ing EPA pepalawe ne ing exception ayni keng NASA's emergency a pamangamit ning dichloromethane lalam ning mapilan a kritikal o kritikal a kundisyun nung nukarin ala nang mas ligtas a alternatibung teknikal o ekonomiku.
Ing proposal ning ahensya paintulutan na ing pamangamit ning dichloromethane para makagawa yang hydrofluorocarbon-32 (HFC-32), metung a sangkap a malyaring gamitan para asikasu ing pamagbayu ibat kareng aliwang HFCs a sasabing atin lang mas matas a potensyal ning pamag-init ning yatu, a susuporta kareng upaya ning EPA para mabawas ing HFCs. agpang keng US Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020. Makanyan man, ing ahensya kailangan nala deng civil aviation manufacturers, NASA, ampo HFC-32 na tuki la keng methylene chloride workplace chemical protection plan na kayabe na ing kailangang limitasyun ning exposure ampo ing kaugnayan a exposure monitoring. keng pamangisnawa.
Potang mibulalag ne ing mumutus a tuntunan keng Federal Register, tanggapan ne ning EPA ing komentu ning publiko kilub ning 60 aldo keng rules.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0465.
Ketang Martes, Mayu 16, 2023, ing US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pepalwal ne ing draft ning metung a mumutus a tuntunan a magbayu kareng probisyon ning EPA a magpatupad king Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Ing EPA ing magmaintain keng TSCA Chemical Registry, na maglista kareng eganaganang kemikal a balu dang magagamit keng United States. King lalam ning TSCA, deng manufacturers ampo importers kailangan lang magsumite pre-notices para kareng bayung kemikal maliban mu nung atin yang exemption (eg research and development). Ing EPA kailangan yang kumpletu ing risk assessment para keng bayung chemical bayu ya gawan o i-import. Ing mipanukalang tuntunan ngeni papalino na ing EPA kailangan yang kumpletu ing risk assessment o apruban ing exemption notice para keng 100 porsyentu da reng bayung kemikal bayu la milub deng produktu keng palengki, agpang kareng pamagbayu ning 2016 TSCA.
Inyang Abril 21, 2023, ing US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pepalwal ne ing draft ning National Plastic Pollution Prevention Strategy na malyaring mika maragul a epektu kareng regulated a komunidad kayabe na ing packaging industry, retailers, plastics manufacturers, solid waste management ampo recycling facilities, atbp. Agpang keng draft, ing EPA metung yang laim a pamagluwal kareng basura a makabasi keng gabun ampo pamaglako kareng aliwang basura keng gabun keng kapaligiran keng 2040 kareng tutuking partikular a layunin: mabawas ing polusyun keng pamaglalang plastic, mas masanting ing pamaniakup kareng materyales kaybat dang gamitan, pigilan ing pamaglub da reng debris ampo micro-/nanoplastics kareng dalan ning danum, ampo ilako la reng makatakas a debris keng kapaligiran. Kareng goals a reni, ing EPA makikilala yang miyayaliwang pamagaral ampo regulatory actions na atyu keng lalam ning konsiderasyun. Kayabe kareng regulatory actions a kukunsidera, ing EPA sinabi na magaral yang bayung regulasyun lalam ning Toxic Substances Control Act para kareng advanced recycling facilities na gagamit pyrolysis para iprosesu la reng mebawi a raw materials para maging recycled a plastics. Ing ahensya mamaus ya para keng pamag-ratify ning Basel Convention, na ing United States mebisa ya pero e na me-ratify kanitang 1990s, bilang metung pang paralan para arapan ing internasyunal a problema ning plastic waste.
Inyang Nobyembre 16, 2022, ing US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) migmungkahi yang dagdagan ing kasalukuyan nang Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) fees, a ding mapilan kareti migit lang dobli. Ining karagdagang pabalu ning mipanukalang pamaglalang patakaran magbayu ya keng panukalang EPA, epektibo keng Enero 11, 2021, para dagdagan ing TSCA fees para keng inflation. Ing TSCA paintulutan ne ing EPA na singilan la reng manufacturers (kayabe nala reng importers) para kareng aktibidad ning ahensya agpang kareng Section 4, 5, 6 ampo 14 ning TSCA. Agpang keng TSCA, ing EPA kailangan yang mag adjust kareng bayad "nung kailangan" balang atlung banua. Inyang 2018, ing EPA pepalwal ne ing 40 CFR Part 700 Subpart C collection rule na magtakda keng kasalukuyan a bayad.