EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Reporting Requirements for Nanoscale Materials

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting on July 11 in Washington, D.C. to discuss proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for manufacturers, importers and processors of nanoscale materials, it said (here). Under the agency’s April 6 proposed rule, importers of covered nanomaterials would be subject to one-time reporting of manufacturing and safety data 135 days prior to importation, and reporting would also be required for any nanomaterials imported during the three years prior to the effective date of the final regulations (see 1504030023). The public meeting will “provide an opportunity for further discussion of the proposed requirements and is intended to facilitate comments on all aspects of that proposed rule,” said the EPA. Requests to participate in the meeting are due by June 1.