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Asbestos timeline

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2012

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA schedules peer review of its Libby asbestos assessment

2013

  1. Final ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA addresses New Hampshire’s oversight of asbestos disposal sites

2016

  1. Agency actionEPA

    EPA selects an asbestos cleanup plan for Libby and Troy

2018

  1. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA addresses New Hampshire’s asbestos management and enforcement authority

  2. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes a significant new use rule for asbestos

2019

  1. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA explains its response to a petition concerning asbestos under federal law

  2. Final ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA requires review before certain discontinued asbestos uses can resume

2020

  1. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes removing the former Libby export plant from its Superfund list

2021

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA releases its final evaluation of chrysotile asbestos risks

  2. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes correcting Kentucky’s air plan for asbestos requirements

  3. Final ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA corrects Jefferson County asbestos provisions in Kentucky’s air plan

  4. Agency noticeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes the scope of its review of legacy asbestos uses

2022

  1. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes asbestos reporting and recordkeeping requirements

  2. Agency noticeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA sets the scope of its evaluation of legacy asbestos uses

2023

  1. Proposed ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA considers New Hampshire’s rules for asbestos disposal sites

  2. Final ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA finalizes asbestos reporting and recordkeeping requirements

  3. Agency noticeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes a cleanup cost settlement for the Frankfort asbestos site

2024

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA proposes recovery of cleanup costs at New York’s Frankfort asbestos site

  2. Final ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA finalizes restrictions on specified uses of chrysotile asbestos

  3. Final ruleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    EPA authorizes New Hampshire to enforce its amended asbestos disposal rule

  4. Proposed ruleU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA proposes standardized asbestos testing for cosmetics containing talc

2025

  1. Proposed ruleU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA withdraws its proposal for asbestos testing of talc-containing cosmetics