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EPA cuts hazardous substance backlog by 9% in 2025, aiming to clear it by mid-2026.
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.
It approved 21 applications in the first quarter of 2025-26 and launched quarterly performance reports to improve transparency.
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.
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.
EPA reduce la acumulación de sustancias peligrosas en un 9% en 2025, con el objetivo de eliminarla a mediados de 2026.