Links & Resources
Federal Issues
NAMC/NMA Comments on Pre-Prioritization and Consideration of Existing Chemical Substances for Future Prioritization Under TSCA (October 31,2024)
NAMC Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Regulation of Lead for Wheel-Balancing Weights under TSCA (May 2, 2024)
NAMC/NMA Comments on Proposed Amendments to Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation under TSCA (December 14, 2023)
NAMC Co-Sponsored Comments on EPA's Approach to Cumulative Risk Assessment (April 28, 2023)
NAMC Co-Sponsored Comments on EPA's TSCA Fees Rule (January 17, 2023)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Draft Staff Handbook for Developing IRIS Assessments (March 1, 2021)
NAMC Comments on OSHA Preparations for the 39th UN GHS of Classification and Labelling Chemicals (December 3, 2020)
NAMC Comments on EPA's IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds (September 23, 2020)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule for 2020 NPDES MSGP (June 1, 2020)
NAMC Comments on EPA's SNPRM to Strengthen Transparency in Regulatory Science (May 18, 2020)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule on PBTs (October 28, 2019)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule to Amend TSCA Section 8(a) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) and Small Manufacturer Definition Update (June 24, 2019)
Metals Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) Reports and Supporting Documents
Adams. W. J. and Garman, E. R. Recommended updates to the USEPA Framework for metals risk assessment: aquatic ecosystems, IEAM, (4):924; and
Boreiko, C. 2024. Modelling of Local and Systemic Exposure to Metals and Metalloids After Inhalation Exposure: Recommended Update to the U.S. EPA Metals Framework. IEAM, 20(4): 951.
Older Federal Issues 
NAMC Comments on Draft Copper Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Toxicological Profile (July 26, 2022)
NAMC/NMA Comments on EPA Prioritization Working Approach (November 18, 2018)
NAMC Comments on Alberta Environment's Decision to Adopt British Columbia Aquatic Life Guidelines for Selenium (Se) (July 3, 2018)
NAMC/NMA Comments on User Fees for Administration of TSCA (May 24, 2018)
NAMC Comments on Order Adding Toxic Substances to Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (April 23, 2018)
NAMC Comments to ECCC on Proposed Risk Management Approach for Se (February 14, 2018)
NAMC/NMA Comments on Possible Approaches for Identifying Potential Candidate Chemical Substances for EPA's Prioritization Process under TSCA (January 25, 2018)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Proposed Rulemaking on Mercury Reporting Requirements for the TSCA Mercury Inventory (January 11, 2018)
NAMC Comments on the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee) for Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Requirements for Inorganic Byproducts (December 4, 2017)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Draft Updated Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Aluminum in Freshwater (October 25, 2017)
NAMC Comments on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Draft Toxicological Profile (Tox Profile) for Molybdenum (September 11, 2017)
NAMC/NMA Comments to EPA on Its TSCA Framework Rulemakings: Proposed Rulemaking for Notification of Chemical Substances Listed on the TSCA Inventory as "Active" or "Inactive" (March 14, 2017)
NAMC Comments to EPA on Its Draft Technical Support Materials for the Final Freshwater Aquatic Life Selenium Criterion (February 7, 2017)
NAMC Letter to EPA Requesting to Be on the CDR Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (January 17, 2017)
NAMC Comments to EPA on the Revised Numeric Criteria for Selenium for the San Francisco Bay and Delta (October 28, 2016)
NAMC Comments to EPA on the Draft Aquatic Life Ambient Estuarine/Marine Water Quality Criteria for Copper (September 27, 2016)
NAMC Comments to EPA on the TSCA Section 6 Risk-Based Screening Process (August 24, 2016)
NAMC Comments to EPA on the Risk Evaluation Procedural Rule under TSCA Section 6(b)(4) (August 24, 2016)
NAMC Comments to EPA on the Decision to Discontinue Notifying the Public of Draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessments (April 29, 2016)
NAMC Comment to EPA on the Draft Technical Support Regarding EPA's Biotic Ligand Model (April 18, 2016)
NAMC Comments to DOE Request for Information on Rare Earth Elements and Other Materials Used in Energy Technologies (April 11, 2016)
NAMC Comments to EPA on the External Review Draft of Its Guidelines for Human Exposure Assessment (March 22, 2016)
State Issues
NAMC Comments on DTSC's Proposal to Regulate Motor Vehicle Tires Containing Zinc as a Priority Products under the Safer Consumer Products Regulations (August 6, 2021)
NAMC Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule to Withdraw Certain Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Washington (October 7, 2019)
Older State Issues 
International Issues
NAMC Comments on the Draft Federal Water Quality Guideline for Copper, Canada Gazette (July 17, 2019)
Older International Issues 
Ecological Soil Levels: Next Steps in the Development of Metal Clean-up Values Workshop Publications
Regulatory Considerations for the Potential Development and Application of Metal Cleanup Values
Next Steps in the Development of Ecological Soil Clean-up Values for Metals
Furthering the Derivation of Predictive Wildlife Toxicity Reference Values for Use in Soil Cleanup Decisions
Recommendations to Improve Wildlife Exposure Estimation for Development of Soil Screening and Cleanup Values
Deriving Site-specific Soil Clean-up Values for Metals and Metalloids: Rationale for Including Protection of Soil Microbial Processes
Deriving Site-specific Clean-up Criteria to Protect Ecological Receptors (Plants and Soil Invertebrates) Exposed to Metal or Metalloid Soil Contaminants via the Direct Contact Exposure Pathway
Agencies & Organizations
The Battery Man® Magazine
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Environment Programme
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Health Canada
European Chemicals Agency
International Council on Mining and Minerals
Eurometaux
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