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flag EPA cuts hazardous substance backlog by 9% in 2025, aiming to clear it by mid-2026.

flag 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. flag It approved 21 applications in the first quarter of 2025-26 and launched quarterly performance reports to improve transparency. flag 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. flag 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.

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