How can a company participate in the HPV Challenge Program?
Participating in the Challenge Program involves sponsoring HPV chemicals from the list published on the EPA’s Chemical Right-to-Know web sitehttp://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/pubs/update/hpvchmlt.htm Sponsors pledge to evaluate the adequacy of existing data and to conduct tests where needed to fill the gaps in the data. A company need not have already performed a detailed review of existing data before making a commitment; this would be provided by sponsoring companies at a later date along with a more detailed testing plan. Companies wishing to participate in the HPV Challenge Program can do so by submitting (on paper, or electronically) a letter of commitment to EPA which identifies the chemicals they will test and a planned start year for the testing. The mailing address for this letter is: Administrator, US EPA, PO Box 1473, Merrifield, VA 22116, Attn: Chemical Right-to-Know Program. The process for electronic submission of commitments is being finalized, and will soon be made pu
