--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | asbestos description: asbestos | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [EPA announces final phase-outs of commerce in remaining asbestos-containing products](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-final-phase-outs-of-commerce-in-remaining-asbestos-containing-products) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, May 20, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Face_mask.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-final-phase-outs-of-commerce-in-remaining-asbestos-containing-products) On March 28, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published phase-out schedules leading to a ban on the remaining permissible uses of chrysotile no later than December 31, 2037. EPA applies expanded authority provided as part of amendments adopted to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 2016; EPA first attempted to ban asbestos products in 1989 but was partially blocked by litigation. These rules finalize a proposal from April 2022 (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-proposes-new-bans-on-asbestos-containing-products)). The remainder of this note discusses the rule, and the history of this round of rulemakings since 2016. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-final-phase-outs-of-commerce-in-remaining-asbestos-containing-products) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-final-phase-outs-of-commerce-in-remaining-asbestos-containing-products#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [tsca](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/tsca), [Toxic](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/toxic), [Toxics Release](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/toxics-release), [asbestos](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/asbestos) ## [EPA proposes new bans on asbestos-containing products](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-proposes-new-bans-on-asbestos-containing-products) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, May 02, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/asbestos-new.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-proposes-new-bans-on-asbestos-containing-products) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to ban a number of longstanding uses of chrysotile asbestos, using expanded authority provided as part of amendments adopted to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 2016. This proposal is EPA’s latest step to apply its expanded authority to review and restrict uses of asbestos, renewing agency efforts from the 1980s that were blocked by litigation. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-proposes-new-bans-on-asbestos-containing-products) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-proposes-new-bans-on-asbestos-containing-products#comments-listing) Tags: [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Climate](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate), [asbestos](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/asbestos) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved