These things seem very simple when you go through them, yet, 

 after 18 years it doesn't seem like the EPA has gotten the message 

 on how to deliver those simple solutions. 



You're hearing today what we will do in the House, and I think 

 it's going to be very critical as we review this. I will close as I 

 opened: as you said, there's probably not a more important environ- 

 mental subject which has received less attention. 



Senator Reid. Congressman Synar, I have worked for over 3 

 years on a lead bill. It has been one of the most frustrating, time- 

 consuming efforts of my political career. If you work something out 

 with industry here, something else pops up over there. We now 

 have a bill, and I hope by the first of the month to get it on the 

 Senate floor, but it has been extremely difficult. I can imagine how 

 it will be with TSCA. 



I think it's commendable, I repeat, that you're one of the leaders 

 in the House on this. You've got a lot of other things to work on, 

 things that in this modem media-driven world you could be work- 

 ing on. It speaks well of you as a person and as a public servant 

 to be working on something like this. There is going to be all oppo- 

 sition and very little support, and so I pledge my time and that of 

 this subcommittee to do what we can. I think, realistically, we're 

 not going to get a bill this year, but I think we should make a com- 

 mitment to get one during the next Congress. Let's change TSCA, 

 and I think we can do that. You've held five hearings, we have a 

 GAO report that you and I have asked for that should be out soon, 

 and that should be a big help to us. My staff has reviewed your 

 previous hearings, which have really laid the foundation for this 

 one. 



So, again, for the third time today, I congratulate and applaud 

 you for the work that you've done, and look forward to working 

 with you and the House on this most important matter. 



Mr. Synar. Thank you, Harry. 



Senator Reid. We'll now hear from Dr. Lynn Goldman, the As- 

 sistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for 

 Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances. 



Dr. Goldman, we welcome you to the committee and look forward 

 to your testimony. 



STATEMENT OF LYNN GOLDMAN, ASSISTANT ADMINIS- 

 TRATOR, PREVENTION, PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUB- 

 STANCES, EPA; ACCOMPANIED BY MARK GREENWOOD, DI- 

 RECTOR, OFFICE OF POLLUTION PREVENTION AND TOXICS 



Dr. GrOLDMAN. Thank you very much. 



I have some written testimony that I'm submitting for the record, 

 and with me hei^^ is Mark Greenwood who is the director of the 

 Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. 



I'm truly pleased to have the opportunity to participate in today's 

 hearing about TSCA. I'm encouraged by your interest in TSCA in 

 making it a more effective and current statute. After all, it has 

 been 18 years since TSCA was passed, and there have been no 

 changes to the original statute since that time. Quite frankly, we've 

 become frustrated by its limitations. In general, all of us involved 

 in environmental work now have come to realize that the time has 

 come for a new generation of environmental protection, new ap- 



