Laws & Regulations

Register for the February 18 Webinar on Proposed Revisions to the TSCA Fees Rule

Listserv announcing a webinar on proposed revisions to the TSCA Fees Rule

EPA Announces Supplemental Proposed Rule to Modify Toxic Substances Control Act Fees Rule

Label Review Training: Module 3: Special Issues, Page 37

This module further describes and provides strategies for reviewing some of the label parts introduced in Module 2 of the pesticide label training, such as precautionary statements, directions for use, worker protection labeling, and more.

I use/used vermiculite to enhance my potting soil. Should I be concerned?

EPA's investigation ( https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/protect-your-family-asbestos-contaminated-vermiculite-insulation ) into these products indicates that consumers face only a minimal health risk from using vermiculite products at home or in their gardens. To further reduce the risk associated with the occasional use of vermiculite products during gardening activities, EPA recommends that consumers: Use vermiculite outdoors…

Last published: January 29, 2026

Frequent Questions on EPA’s April 2019 Final Rule on Asbestos

The following factsheet provides answers to frequent questions on the Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) EPA proposed in June 2018.

Letter on Active and Inert Ingredients in Minimum Risk Pesticides

This EPA letter informs states about an issue where an ingredient listed on a minimum risk product as the active ingredient is actually an inert and not eligible for use as an active ingredient.

Individual Pesticides in Registration Review

You can used the Chemical Search database to search pesticides by chemical name and find their registration review dockets, along with Work Plans, risk assessments, interim and final decisions, tolerance rules, and cancellation actions.

Water Quality Data Submissions for Registration Review

EPA's pesticide program uses water quality data in our periodic reevaluation of pesticides. We have guidance on what data to submit and how to submit it. Learn about this process.

TSCA Screening Level Approach for Assessing Ambient Air and Water Exposures to Fenceline Communities

Fenceline Screening Methodology

Pesticides that have Completed Product Reregistration

These product reregistration cases have been completed. Case number, case name (name of the pesticide), and completion date are listed. Products include DEET, alachlor, bromine, and xylenol.

Endangered Species Case - Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA

This Web page provides information on the Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA case, related to protection of Pacific salmon and steelhead, and links to the biological opinions issued by the NMFS and EPA’s responses.

Endangered Species Case – Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides v. EPA

EPA is reinstating streamside no-spray buffer zones to protect endangered or threatened Pacific salmon and steelhead in California, Oregon and Washington State, which were originally established in prior litigation brought against EPA by WTC and others.

TSCA Fees and Small Businesses

Information for small business owners about TSCA Administration Fees

Frequent Questions about TSCA Fees for EPA-Initiated Risk Evaluations

This page addresses questions and concerns raised by stakeholders during the rulemaking process and provides basic information about the fees rule.

New Chemicals Program under TSCA Chemical Categories Document

The categories included in this compilation represent chemicals for which sufficient assessment experience has been accumulated so that hazard concerns and testing recommendations vary little from chemical to chemical within the category.

Combinations of Two or More Substances: Complex Reaction Products on the TSCA Inventory

This paper explains the policies that are applied to listings of reaction product combinations of two or more substances for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory.

Chemical Substances of Unknown or Variable Composition, Complex Reaction Products and Biological Materials (UVCB Substance) on the TSCA Inventory

: This paper a compendium of information related to the broad class of chemical substances referred to as UVCBs for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory.