EPA Requests Public Comments on Candidates for Membership on the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals
Released January 31, 2024
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is opening a public comment period to request input on candidates currently under consideration for membership on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC). This public comment period follows a November 2023 call for nominations of scientific experts to be considered for appointment to the SACC.
The SACC serves as a scientific peer review mechanism of EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. It provides independent scientific advice and recommendations to EPA on the scientific basis for risk assessments, methodologies and pollution prevention measures and approaches for chemicals regulated under TSCA.
Currently, there are 18 SACC members, with eight membership terms that will soon expire. The expiring membership terms are eligible for reappointments. Therefore, up to eight new appointments or a mix of reappointments and new appointments are possible during this membership cycle. Comments received will be used to assist EPA in making SACC membership decisions by June 2024.
Biographies for all interested and available candidates under consideration are available via docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0521 and through the SACC website. In addition, biographies for current SACC members are available on the TSCA SACC website.
The public comment period will be open for 30 days after the biographies post to the docket. Comments should be submitted to docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0521 on www.regulations.gov. When providing comments, do not submit any information you consider to be confidential business information or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Members of the public should also be aware that personal contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted on the internet.
Prospective candidates for membership on the SACC are asked to submit confidential financial information to fully disclose, among other financial interests, the candidate's employment, stocks and bonds, and where applicable, sources of research support. EPA evaluates the candidates' financial disclosure forms to assess whether there are financial conflicts of interest or an appearance of a loss of impartiality before the candidates are considered further.
For further information, please contact, Tamue L. Gibson, MS, Executive Secretary, gibson.tamue@epa.gov.