DTSC Green Chemistry Regulations

Notwithstanding a legislative deadline of January 2011, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) has yet to finalize its “  It recently released 811 pages of informal comments to its informal draft regulations that were issued in October 2011.  The draft regulations propose a system to identify chemicals of concern and target consumer products that contain those chemicals.  Manufacturers and distributors would be obligated to obtain data on the chemicals or products and may be required to identify safer substitutes.