美国环保局在2025年将有害物质积压量削减9%,目标是在2026年年中之前清除。 EPA cuts hazardous substance backlog by 9% in 2025, aiming to clear it by mid-2026.

环境保护局(环保局)从2025年7月至9月将其危险物质申请积压量减少了9%,将排队人数减至87人,是2022年初以来最低的。 The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) reduced its hazardous substance application backlog by 9% from July to September 2025, lowering the queue to 87—the lowest since early 2022. 它在2025-26年第一季度批准了21份申请,并启动了季度执行情况报告,以提高透明度。 It approved 21 applications in the first quarter of 2025-26 and launched quarterly performance reports to improve transparency. 新的工作人员、快速评估路径和最新风险模型是到2026年年中减少积压工作的一部分,重点是新的活性成分和具有经济或环境效益的物质。 New staff, rapid assessment pathways, and updated risk models are part of efforts to cut the backlog by mid-2026, with focus on new active ingredients and substances offering economic or environmental benefits. 改革与2024年的规章审查相一致,目标是使1996年《危险物质和新生物法》现代化,预计随着改革的实施将取得进一步进展。 Reforms align with a 2024 regulatory review and aim to modernize the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, with further progress expected as changes are implemented.