EPA Shifts Staff Away From ‘Safer Choice’ Chemical Labeling Program (1)

A third of the EPA’s pollution prevention staff in the chemicals office is being transferred to other responsibilities in the same office.

EPA’s pollution prevention staff—which run its Safer Choice product labeling program that has proven popular with companies—will be cut from 15 to 10 people to boost the number of staff working on other chemical programs, including the many new responsibilities the agency has under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) amendments of 2016, sources said.

Transferring staff to focus on TSCA makes sense given the agency’s heavy workload in implementing ...