The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) will be reorganizing at the end of September 2020.  OCSPP currently consists of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), and the Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP).  According to reporting in Bloomberg Environmental, EPA is reorganizing within OPPT and OPP, as well as reorganizing at the OCSPP level. EPA has recently completed its first risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and begun to concentrate on risk management activities.  The reorganization reflects this by taking the current risk management divisions, the National Program Chemicals Division (NPCD) and the Chemical Control Division (CCD), and the Risk Assessment Division (RAD) and reorganizing them to focus separately on existing chemicals and new chemicals.  Read the full memorandum for Bergeson & Campbell P.C.’s commentary on the reorganization.

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