Feb. 22 is the deadline for submitting comments and more data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys ongoing preliminary risk assessment of medium- and long-chain chlorinated paraffins. The risk assessment forms the bulwark that supports EPAs impending ban on manufacture and import of MCCPs and LCCPs, slated for implementation by mid-2017. For more information, read the Dec. 30 Lube Report article, EPA Reveals its Thinking on Chlorinated Paraffins.