The next Office of Advocacy environmental roundtable will be held virtually on October 15, 2025, at 2 PM EST on the Microsoft Teams platform. The discussion will focus on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed procedures for TSCA chemical risk evaluations.
Date: October 15, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Meeting Platform: Microsoft Teams
On September 23, 2025, the EPA issued a proposed rule revising the procedures for conducting TSCA chemical risk evaluations. When conducting an existing chemical risk evaluation under TSCA, the EPA must determine whether a chemical presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors. This includes unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations.
Advocacy is an independent government office responsible for advancing the views of small businesses in the regulatory policy across the federal government. We conduct roundtables to hear the experiences, challenges, and recommendations of small businesses, and identify alternative approaches for policy development at federal regulatory agencies. Our roundtables are largely held online to facilitate the attendance of stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds, industries, and geographic regions.
Roundtable meetings are open to all interested persons and are intended to facilitate an open and frank discussion about issues of interest to small business. These meetings are off the record and not intended for press purposes. Direct quotations of presenters or attendees may not be used without direct written approval of the person(s) making the statement. All press inquiries should be sent to Chandler Baxter at chandler.baxter@sba.gov. Agendas and presentations are available to all. If you need accommodations for a disability to participate in the roundtable, please contact Nick Goldstein for assistance at nick.goldstein@sba.gov.