ACC Notes Passing of President's Executive Order Deadline, Looks Forward to...
Cal Dooley, CEO and President of the American Chemistry Council, issued the following statement today, the deadline under a January executive order issued by President Obama for federal agencies to...
View ArticleACC Welcomes Bipartisan Vote in House to Require Cumulative Economic...
ACC today welcomed passage by the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee of a bill that would require analysis and reporting of the cumulative economic impacts of certain U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleACC Calls for Overhaul of EPA's Chemical Safety Assessment Program
In testimony today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology during a hearing examining a program used to assess chemicals...
View ArticleACC Welcomes Changes to Key EPA Chemical Reporting Program
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced important changes to how the agency will collect information on the chemicals in commerce under the new Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule.
View ArticleDioxin Risk Assessment Receives Harshest Criticism Yet as Key Scientist Calls...
EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) released its final report which criticized EPA for deficiencies in its most recent draft assessment on dioxin. In its report, SAB panel member Dr. Karl Rozman, with...
View ArticleACC Commends Business Leaders for Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Strategy
CEOs of America’s leading companies today urged Congress to implement a comprehensive plan to reform the federal regulatory process. The strategic plan, released Wednesday by executives of Business...
View ArticleAmerica's Chemical Manufacturers Welcome U.S. House Passage of the TRAIN Act
ACC Supports Bill to Require Cumulative Economic Assessments of Major EPA Regulations.
View ArticleACC Welcomes House Energy & Commerce Hearing on Chemical Risk Assessments
The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy scheduled a hearing entitled “Chemical Risk Assessment: What Works for Jobs and the Economy?”
View ArticleACC Welcomes Passage of Bipartisan Regulatory Reform Bill by U.S. House...
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) welcomed passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of bipartisan legislation to reform the process by which federal agencies analyze and formulate new...
View ArticleACC Applauds Congressional Action to Improve Chemical Risk Assessments
With today’s bipartisan vote requiring improvements to EPA’s IRIS program and NAS review of two parts of the 12th Report on Carcinogens, Congress has taken an important step to improve the science used...
View ArticleACC Welcomes Latest GAO Report on EPA Chemical Risk Assessments
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released its report on the progress of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The...
View ArticleEPA Must Correct the Flaws in the Dioxin Reassessment and Inform Stakeholders...
ACC supports the strong regulation of dioxin based on sound science and urges the EPA to work with the Administration and other agencies to publish a complete dioxin reassessment that addresses the...
View ArticleACC Explains to House Committee How the Quality of Science Used to Review...
In testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, American Chemistry Council’s Vice President of Regulatory and Technical...
View ArticleACC and SOCMA Announce Agenda for 2012 Global Chemical Regulations Conference
This year’s Global Chemical Regulations Conference and Expo returns to Baltimore, MD, and will take place March 5-7, 2012. The event is an ideal venue to bring chemical industry professionals up to...
View ArticleACC Welcomes Hearing on Report on Carcinogens
ACC issued the following statement regarding comments submitted to the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology concerning a joint subcommittee hearing examining how the National Toxicology...
View ArticleACC is Committed to Chemical Regulation Policies That Promote Safety and...
ACC’s advocacy work is conducted in an open and transparent manner and is grounded in scientific evidence. We are committed to responsibly engaging in public policy discussions so that regulatory...
View ArticleACC Comments on EPA's Draft Ammonia Assessment
The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month the launch of its draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment for ammonia. In response, the following holding...
View ArticleACC Comments on Draft TMB IRIS Assessment
The Hydrocarbon Solvents Panel of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today released the following statement about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) draft Integrated Risk Information System...
View ArticleACC Comments on EPA Peer Review Plans for Chemical Assessments
While EPA has provided basic information regarding its peer review plans, we think the Agency must also address several key areas in order to strengthen and improve the peer review process....
View ArticleNew Report Aims to Improve the Science Behind Regulatory Decision-Making
Scientists and policy experts from industry, government, and nonprofit sectors reached consensus on ways to improve the rigor and transparency of regulatory decision-making in a report being released...
View ArticleHouse Science Committee Proposes Common Sense Reform To EPA Scientific...
Members of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, led by Committee Chairman Ralph Hall (R-Tx.), have introduced legislation to reform the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
View ArticleACC Urges Stronger Scientific Foundation in Comments on Latest Draft of...
Comments also cite growing concern about lack of economic analysis by DTSC and failure to “give any indication of potential costs to businesses throughout California”
View ArticleACC Commends EPA on Releasing Draft Risk Assessments for Public Comment
The Environmental Protection Agency released draft risk assessments for public comment on five chemicals. In response, the following holding statement can be attributed to the American Chemistry Council.
View ArticleACC Encourages Newly-Announced NAS Committee to Evaluate All Relevant Science...
ACC supports a robust review of formaldehyde that evaluates all the relevant scientific information, including information relating to: potential modes of action, human relevance, and responses at...
View ArticleACC Comments on WHO/UNEP Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Report
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report today entitled “State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals” regarding the health...
View ArticleACC Submits Comments on EPA’s Work Plan Chemical Assessments
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement in conjunction with its review and public comment on five draft work plan chemical risk assessments announced in the U.S....
View ArticleACC Supports Passage of Legislation to Improve EPA Science
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology approved H.R.1422, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013, introduced by Environment Subcommittee Chairman Chris Stewart (R-Utah). The bill...
View ArticleACC Welcomes Review of EPA Draft "Low Dose" State of the Science Evaluation...
Draft affirms that evidence is, at best, very weak.
View ArticleACC: IRIS Enhancements Necessary to Strengthen Chemical Risk Assessment
ACC issued the following statement in response to the rollout of new “enhancements” to the EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
View ArticleACC Supports Bipartisan Senate Legislative Reforms to Strengthen EPA's Peer...
A strong peer review process is the hallmark of a scientifically sound chemical assessment program and critically important to instilling confidence in the EPA’s decisions.
View ArticleACC Announces New Principles to Enhance Chemical Hazard and Risk Assessments
ACC today introduced a set of comprehensive principles for improving chemical hazard and risk assessment programs (“Principles”).
View ArticleNew Report Notes Progress, Recommends Additional Improvements to Strengthen...
We welcome this important report and are particularly encouraged that the NAS has recognized the need for EPA to address fundamental issues with the IRIS program.
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