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Announcements
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EPA has received a petition requesting that EPA promulgate a rule relating to animal welfare under the Toxic Substances Control Act, July 7, 2005 Voluntary Health, Safety Testing for Chemicals to be Expanded, December 21, 2000 EPA, the American Chemistry Council, and Environmental Defense announced today
that 403 companies, acting individually or through 148 consortia, have committed to provide basic toxicity and fate information to the public on 2011 high volume industrial chemicals by the year 2005, as part of the HPV Challenge Program. EPA has received a petition under section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA) requesting that EPA take regulatory action under section 8 of TSCA that could affect the HPV Challenge Program and the HPV test rule. Testimony of Dr. William Sanders, Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, June
17, 1999 EPA/OPPT/High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program Joint Announcement of a Cooperative Program for High Production Volume U. S. Industrial Chemicals, October 9, 1998