[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TSCA MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2015

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                               speech of

                          HON. ROBERT E. LATTA

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 2016

  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment 
to H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st 
Century Act, specifies that the Administrator, in selecting among 
prohibitions and other restrictions for chemical substances that 
present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, 
shall consider an evaluation of alternative substances. In evaluating 
alterative substances, the Administrator, ``shall consider, to the 
extent practicable, whether technically and economically feasible 
alternatives that benefit health or the environment, compared to the 
use so proposed to be prohibited or restricted, will be reasonably 
available as a substitute when the proposed prohibition or other 
restriction takes effect.''
  Additionally, the Administrator may grant an exemption from a 
prohibition or other restriction on a chemical substance if the 
``specific condition of use is a critical or essential use for which no 
technically and economically feasible safer alternative is available, 
taking into consideration hazard and exposure.''
  A technically feasible alternative substance is intended to mean a 
chemical for which: the technical knowledge, equipment, materials, and 
other resources available in the marketplace are expected to be 
sufficient to develop and implement the alternative, and to meet 
consumer demand after a phase-in period; the product that contains the 
alternative substance can continue to comply with all applicable legal 
requirements; the product that contains the alternative substance can 
continue to comply with all applicable safety standards and regulatory 
approval or certification requirements applicable to the product; and, 
the consumer accepts the product as made with the alternative 
substance.

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