Basic Practice Series: TSCA

Get the facts quickly on environmental, energy, and resources law issues with the Basic Practice Series, published by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. This series is an essential library that provides essential information in an easy-to-use format. Whether you`re a new or seasoned environmental practitioner, you`ll find these books to be a quick and necessary resource for understanding the legal fundamentals of these areas. Useful appendices include:

- Acronym list
- Frequently asked questions
- List of key cases (with a sentence describing each case)
- Glossary
- Bibliography

This is a handy resource to the Toxic Substances Control Act, the law governing chemical products, which is among the oldest of environmental statutes. This book provides a basic understanding of TSCA, its implementing regulations, and the general principles underlying the federal system for managing TSCA-related products. Among the chapters in this book are:

- Scope of activities subject to TSCA
- Procedure for developing test data
- Premanufacture notification procedures
- New chemical substances exempt from PMN requirements
- Regulation of chemical substances and of existing chemicals
- Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Inspection authority
- Chemical substance imports and exports
- Confidential information
- Enforcement penalties
- Citizen`s petitions