IPC Submits Comments on EPA’s Proposed Significant New Use Rule

Earlier this week, IPC submitted comments to the U.S. EPA on their proposed rule on Certain Polybrominated Diphenylethers; Significant New Use Rule and Test Rule. IPC’s comments address the potential undesirable precedent this rule would set because it expands the U.S. chemicals management policy to include chemical substances and mixtures in articles. In our comments, we encourage EPA, if they deem the regulation of chemical substances and mixtures in articles necessary, to implement a comprehensive policy framework that would be used by EPA when regulating chemicals substances and mixtures in articles.