{"id":6469,"date":"2023-01-26T01:15:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T01:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/2023\/01\/regulatory-updates-acma-insider-january-26-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T01:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T01:15:26","slug":"regulatory-updates-acma-insider-january-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/regulatory-updates-acma-insider-january-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory Updates – ACMA Insider – January 26, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
Workplace Data May Drive Styrene Regulation<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Because risk is a function of exposure, EPA will need reliable data on workplace exposures to set the risk-based regulatory requirements for styrene under the Toxic Substances Control Act. A lack of exposure data will likely cause the agency to use highly precautionary estimates or models that could result in unwarranted regulation of styrene-using industries. EPA invited ACMA to participate in an ongoing series of stakeholder meetings to assess methods the agency could use to collect workplace exposure data, and ACMA hired a consulting firm to collect and evaluate readily available exposure information from both public sources and industry members. Contact <\/span>John Schweitzer<\/span><\/a> for more information.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n IRS Asked to Impose Superfund Taxes on Epoxy Imports<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a Jan. 19 <\/span>notice<\/span><\/a>, the Internal Revenue Service reported that it has received a petition to list <\/span>bisphenol A epoxy<\/span><\/i> resin<\/span><\/i> as a \u201ctaxable substance\u201d under Section 4672(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Importers of a substance listed under Section 4672(a) are required to pay the Superfund tax when the substance is later sold or used. More information about Superfund taxes is <\/span>available here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Workplace Data May Drive Styrene Regulation\u00a0 Because risk is a function of exposure, EPA will need reliable data on workplace … <\/p>\n