The head of EPA’s chemicals office, facing multiple lawsuits and an aggressive pushback campaign, complimented the industry’s increased communication.
It’s a significant shift from last year, when Michal Freedhoff, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, criticized the industry’s lack of early engagement.
“I actually credit last year’s meeting as a real breakthrough for our engagement with industry,” Freedhoff said Thursday morning at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s chemistry solutions summit.
“What I kept saying was, give us the data. We’re going to get sued. We need a legally defensible basis for retaining a use, but we’re open to talking to you,” Freedhoff continued. “And I’m hoping that now … you’ll see that it was worth coming in. We did listen. We did make adjustments when adjustments were warranted.”
