Chemicals/Chemical Industry

Clean Air Issues

Toxic Substances Control Act Reauthorization

Improving new chemical reviews for battery related chemicals.

Chemical approval submissions.

Inform and educate officials on the development and production of domestic graphene and its battery composite, advanced concrete, and sensor applications across the federal government; advocate for supportive policy and incentives for graphene production and battery supply chains manufactured domestically.

Supporting the refining of cobalt and other critical minerals.

Cleanup and reclamation of waste sites.

H.R. 7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act

H.R. 3838, S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. S. 4784, H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2027, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. H.R. 9497, Water Resources Development Act of 2026, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. Discussion Draft of Legislation to Modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, including provisions related to updating EPA's TSCA review process. H.R. 1267, Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act, including provisions related to CERCLA exemptions for PFAS liability. H.R. 8632, PFAS Cleanup Act, including provisions related to a tax on the manufacturing of PFAS to help fund the cleanup of contamination. H.R. 1415, S. 623, No IRIS Act, including provisions related to the use of assessments generated by the IRIS program. S. 4949, The Water Resources Development Act of 2026, including provisions related to funding for the assessment, monitoring and remediation of PFAS. H.R. 7502, the Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026 (RMAA), including provisions related to establishing a national standard for recycled content claims. H.R. 6832, the Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act), including provisions related to establishing a national standard for claims of recyclability. S. 5182, the Tracking Plastic Act, including provisions related to an interagency working group charged with developing recommendations on how to improve the measurement and traceability of post-consumer recycled content in products and the increased use of post-consumer recycled resin. H.R. 9987, the Recycling Infrastructure and Data Accountability Act, including provisions related to an EPA study to examine the feasibility of a national recycling database. Potential Senate legislation directing EPA to regulate PFAS in certain sectors and environmental media, and exemptions to CERCLA liability. Potential Senate legislation to reform TSCA Section 5 requirements for significant new use notices. EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category. EPA's Rule on TSCA 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS Substances. EPA's New Chemical Review process under TSCA, including the process to approve new chemicals, low volume and polymer exemptions from TSCA's pre-manufacture notice requirements. EPA's final rule on National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS, including PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, PFHxS and PFBS. EPA's final rule on designations of PFAS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances. EPA's proposed Toxic Substances Control Act risk management rule for Trichloroethylene (TCE), EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0642-0026, 88 Fed. Reg. 74,712 (Oct. 31, 2023). EPA's proposed rule on Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0496, 88 Fed. Reg. 74,292 (Oct. 30, 2023). EPA's final revised risk determination for 1,4-dioxane under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0723, 89 Fed. Reg. 89,993 (Nov. 14, 2024). EPA's draft scope of the risk evaluation for vinyl chloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0448, 90 Fed. Reg. 4,738 (Jan. 16, 2025). EPA Pesticides Registration, Product code DV 5-26762 (Actizone), Reg. No. 4564-27. EPA draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6), EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0946, Apr. 2, 2026, including provisions related to PFAS compounds and microplastics.

Issues related to plastics policy and advanced recycling, including H.R. 6566, The Recycling Technology Innovation Act and H.R. 7502, The Recycled Materials Attribution Act.