﻿EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Modernizing the Process and Bringing Innovative Science to Evaluate New Chemicals Under TSCA
Agenda for Virtual Public Meeting (April 20 and 21, 2022)
 (Agenda May Change)
Time (Eastern Daylight Time, EDT)
April 20, 2022 (Day 1) 
11:00 AM
Opening Remarks from Keynote Speaker 
11:10 AM
Overview of Day 1 by Moderator
11:20 AM
TSCA New Chemicals Program: Current Approaches and Opportunities 
11:40 AM
Overview of Research Proposal 
12:10 PM
Remarks from Collaborators: National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for Evaluation of Alternative Methods (NICEATM) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 
12:20 PM
Remarks from Collaborators: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
12: 30 PM 
BREAK
All Registered Individuals Will Have an Opportunity to Comment on All Five Research Areas
12:45 PM 
Attendees will be assigned to a breakout room. All breakout rooms will discuss Research Areas 1 and 3 
Break-out Session 1
Research Area 1: Update and Refine Categories, and
Research Area 3: Develop and Refine QSAR and Predictive Models for Physical-Chemical Properties, Environmental Fate and Transport, Hazard, Exposure, and Toxicokinetics
1:45 PM 
Attendees will be assigned to a breakout room. All breakout rooms will discuss Research Areas 2 and 5
Break-out Session 2 
Research Area 2: Develop and Expand Databases containing TSCA Chemical Information, and 
Research Area 5: Develop a TSCA New Chemicals Decision Support Tool to Modernize the Process

2:45 PM
BREAK
3:00 PM 
Public Comment Session (Note: Each speaker is limited to 5 mins.)
~5:00 PM 
Closing Statement and Adjournment by Moderator 

Time (EDT)
April 21, 2022 (Day 2)
11:00 AM
Opening Remarks from Keynote Speaker
11:10 AM
Overview of Day 2 by Moderator
11:20 AM Attendees will be assigned to a breakout room. All breakout rooms will discuss Research Area 4
Break-out Session 3: 
Research Area 4: Explore Ways to Integrate and apply NAMs in New Chemical Assessments

12:20 PM 
Attendees will be assigned to a breakout room. All breakout rooms will discuss this topic.
Break-out Session 4: 
Are there other Research Areas or information that EPA should consider adding to the Collaborative Research Program?


1:20 PM 
BREAK
1:30 PM
Public Comment Session (Note: Each speaker is limited to 5 mins.)
~3:30 PM
Closing Statement and Adjournment by Moderator 

