TSCA
Proper noun
Meaning
TSCA
(US) Initialism of Toxic Substances Control Act.
Anagrams
Examples
Listed on TSCA (US Toxic Substances Control Act), DSL (Canadian Domestic Substances List), MITI (Japanese Handbook of Existing and New Chemical Substances) and IECSC (Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China).
The illegal dumping is believed to have been motivated by the passing of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which became effective on August 2, 1978 and increased the expense of chemical waste disposal.
Ward was acquitted of state charges in the dumping, but was sentenced to 18 months prison time for violation of TSCA.
Complies with USA (TSCA), Canada and China.
The regulation was promptly challenged and ultimately tossed out by the courts, which ruled that EPA had not met its burden of proof under TSCA that asbestos poses an “unreasonable risk.”