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The bill protects repair markets and gives regulated parties greater legal certainty by limiting EPA authority over replacement-part chemicals and prescribing a long transition period, but that protection comes at the cost of delayed public-health protections, slower regulatory action, and potential higher repair costs for consumers.
Manufacturers of replacement parts (and small repair businesses) retain access to necessary chemicals and can continue production, preserving supply and repair services for homeowners and small businesses for at least a 10-year transition period.
Owners and users of complex durable goods (homeowners, small businesses) get a predictable multi-year transition that reduces immediate repair costs and helps preserve product service life.
Regulated parties (manufacturers and state governments) gain stronger procedural safeguards and clearer legal certainty because EPA must meet higher evidentiary standards before regulating replacement parts and rules excluding replacement parts are final agency actions.
Local communities and homeowners could face prolonged exposure to hazardous chemicals because a mandatory 10-year transition delays any restriction on replacement-part chemicals, postponing protective actions.
Local and state governments and the public may see slower regulatory action and cleanup because tightened procedural and evidentiary standards increase EPA's legal and scientific burden, making it harder and slower to restrict hazardous replacement-part chemicals.
Homeowners and small repair businesses may face higher repair costs and reduced competition if the bill limits manufacture/import of replacement-part chemicals to a narrow set of manufacturers, raising prices and constraining supply.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Narrows EPA authority under TSCA to regulate replacement parts for older complex goods, requiring a strict risk finding and at least a 10‑year transition before any restriction.
Introduced January 21, 2026 by Richard Hudson · Last progress January 21, 2026
Creates a narrow exemption in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that protects replacement parts for previously designed complex durable and consumer goods from EPA regulation unless the agency first completes a high‑burden risk evaluation and finds the part itself "contributes significantly" to population risk. It also restricts EPA actions on chemicals needed for those exempted replacement parts, requires a minimum 10‑year transition period before any restriction, and makes certain EPA decisions about exclusions immediately reviewable. Two minor grammatical edits to TSCA definitions are included.