Number: 1984-12
WHEREAS, there is ample evidence that the threat to human health and the environment from exposure to man-made toxic chemicals is on the increase; and
WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 1976 to address important aspects of this problem; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not utilized many of TSCA’s broad pollution abatement powers, and consequently a number of serious environmental hazards are not being adequately addressed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 15-18, 1984, in Atlanta, Georgia, urges the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to utilize more aggressively its existing authorities under TSCA to control hazards to the environment caused by exposure to toxic substances; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Federation urges EPA to aggressively seek reinstatement of the huge reductions in budget and manpower that have seriously undermined the effectiveness of EPA’s Office of Toxic Substances over the past three years; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Congress should amend TSCA to fill loopholes in the pre-market screening process and other gaps in the existing Act, and to compel EPA to implement more aggressively its existing TSCA authority.