U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

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environmental regulatory office federal government office

The U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is a federal office responsible for evaluating and managing chemical risks, promoting safer chemicals, and implementing key U.S. chemical safety laws.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention	2
EPA to develop and implement a pollution prevention strategy	1
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics	1
U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental regulatory office ⓘ federal government office ⓘ
collaboratesWith	academic researchers ⓘ industry stakeholders ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ state environmental agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOn	chemical information collection ⓘ chemical information disclosure ⓘ existing chemicals ⓘ industrial chemicals ⓘ new chemicals ⓘ pollution prevention ⓘ risk assessment of chemicals ⓘ risk management of chemicals ⓘ safer chemical alternatives ⓘ safer product design ⓘ
formerName	Office of Toxic Substances ⓘ
goal	encourage pollution prevention at the source ⓘ promote safer chemical design and use ⓘ reduce environmental exposure to hazardous chemicals ⓘ reduce human exposure to hazardous chemicals ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	OPPT ⓘ
implements	Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 ⓘ surface form: Pollution Prevention Act Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ aspects of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act related to certain chemicals ⓘ sections of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington D.C.
oversees	Design for the Environment program ⓘ Safer Choice program ⓘ TSCA Inventory of chemical substances ⓘ surface form: TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory TSCA confidential business information claims for chemicals ⓘ asbestos regulation under TSCA ⓘ certain chemical reporting rules such as Chemical Data Reporting ⓘ existing chemical risk evaluations under TSCA ⓘ existing chemical risk management actions under TSCA ⓘ formaldehyde emissions standards for composite wood products ⓘ lead-based paint hazard reduction regulations ⓘ new chemical premanufacture notices under TSCA ⓘ pollution prevention grant programs ⓘ polychlorinated biphenyls regulation under TSCA ⓘ
parentAgency	U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
partOf	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
responsibleFor	evaluating chemical risks ⓘ implementing U.S. chemical safety laws ⓘ managing chemical risks ⓘ promoting safer chemicals ⓘ
website	https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-chemical-safety-and-pollution-prevention ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TSCA Inventory of chemical substances → administeredBy → U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics ⓘ

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 → requires → U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics ⓘ

this entity surface form: EPA to develop and implement a pollution prevention strategy

U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics → parentAgency → U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

public TSCA Inventory → regulatoryAuthority → U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award → administeredBy → U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention