US FDA Offers Clarity On UV Filter Environmental Impact Statement, GRASE Implications
Executive Summary
Federal law requiring agencies to weigh and document potential environmental impacts of major regulatory actions does not dictate what happens next. Neither does it endow federal agencies with authorities beyond their statutory purviews, FDA/CDER leadership says.
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