Hazardous Substances

D.C. Seeks to Finalize Rules Aimed at Preventing and Eliminating Lead Hazards

by Amy L. Edwards | Holland & Knight LLP on 5/15/2013

For several years, the District of Columbia has been working toward regulations designed to prevent and eliminate lead hazards. It came one step closer on April 26, 2013, when the District's Department of the Environment...more

Superfund Liability for the Repair of a Useful Product

by Robert S. Sanoff | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 5/14/2013

A few months ago, I blogged on the decision in Duke Energy Progress Inc. v. Alcan Aluminum Corporation where a court held that a company would not be held liable for selling used transformers to a recycling facility for...more

DynCorp's 'Strategic' Defense In Drug Crop Spraying Suit [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/14/2013

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Eric Lasker, partner at Hollingsworth LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck about successfully defending DynCorp International Inc. in U.S. federal court litigation with several thousand...more

Ashley II Holdings Require Caution

by Larry Burke | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/13/2013

On April 4, 2013, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a much anticipated decision in PCS Nitrogen, Inc. v. Ashley II of Charleston LLC, No. 11-1662 (4th Cir. April 4, 2013) (Ashley II). ...more

Vapor Intrusion -- EPA Offers Guidance For Comment, But Now More Issues Than Ever

by Kenneth Gray | Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/8/2013

After being taken to task by states and its own Inspector General for lack of final guidance on Vapor Intrusion, EPA has just released draft guidance documents for hazardous substances and petroleum products for comment. The...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 12: Gun Bills, Budgets and Medicaid

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/7/2013

Last week, legislators turned their attention to the weightiest and most controversial issues, including debate and passage of several gun bills. Now, with only three legislative days remaining, both budgets will take...more

Asbestos Exposure Is Often Deadly

by Law Office of Paul B. Genet on 5/7/2013

According to a study by the Environmental Working Group, Florida has one of the highest rates of asbestos-related deaths in the nation. Florida is ranked second and follows closely behind the top spot, California....more

Missouri To Pilot Reforms To Corrective Action Clean-Up Program

by Adam Troutwine | Polsinelli on 4/29/2013

Businesses involved in clean-up of environmentally contaminated sites often face a time-consuming and expensive process. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Environmental Protection Agency will pilot reforms...more

EPA Issues Long-Awaited Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Public Comment

by John Gregory | Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/23/2013

More than ten years after issuing draft guidance regarding the increasingly significant subject of vapor intrusion (VI), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released for public comment drafts of two...more

Massachusetts Packaging Plant Pays Nearly $485K Penalty For Environmental Violations

by Philip Ahrens, John M. Formella, Kenneth Gray, Dixon P. Pike | Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/17/2013

A packaging company in Dudley, MA has agreed to pay $484,900 in penalties to settle EPA claims that the company violated numerous federal and state regulations. The violations occurred at the company’s liquid and aerosol...more

Revised Hazard Communication Standard: December 1st, 2013 Deadline for Training and the Basic Training Requirements that You Need...

by Michael Mallen | Miller & Martin PLLC on 4/10/2013

OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Two significant changes contained in the revised standard...more

Oklahoma Court Addresses Time Element Pollution Exclusion

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 3/29/2013

In its recent decision in Colony Insurance Company v. Bear Products, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43716 (E.D. Okl. Mar. 26, 2013), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma had occasion to consider...more

Some clarification regarding challenges to REACH candidate listing

by Raminta Dereskeviciute, Vanessa Edwards, Scott Megregian | K&L Gates LLP on 3/28/2013

In a series of recent judgments the EU General Court has given some guidance to companies considering challenging the inclusion of their substances in the REACH Candidate List. In summary, it is now clear that the listing of...more

EPA Continues to Ignore the Dangers of Lead for Children

by Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 3/22/2013

In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set hazard standards for levels of lead, the measure of which is critical to children’s health. Despite calls from the agency’s science advisors, says USA Today, the federal...more

FMSCA Will Begin to Use a New Method to Calculate the Threshold Crash Rate and Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials (HM) and...

by Begam & Marks on 3/22/2013

The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMSCA) reports that a notice of amendment was published in the Federal Register explaining the details of a new methodology that they will use in order to calculate the threshold...more

Maine DEP Publishes Revised Remedial Action Guidelines On Hazardous Substances For Comment

by Thomas Doyle, Kenneth Gray, Dixon P. Pike | Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/18/2013

The Remedial Action Guidelines (RAGs) are useful – if conservative – default cleanup guidelines used by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). DEP proposed changes in 2012, and has just proposed changes...more

Unstated Rule on Superfund Liability for Sale of a Usable Product — One Year Later

by Robert S. Sanoff | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 3/1/2013

Exactly a year ago, I posted a blog that argued that the decisions on Superfund liability for the sale of usable product could be distilled down to an ”unstated rule” — a party will be held liable as having intended to...more

EPA Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance Regarding Tenant Liability Under CERCLA’s Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Provision

by Douglas Eilender | Cole Schotz on 2/27/2013

Late last year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued Revised Enforcement Guidance Regarding the Treatment of Tenants under the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...more

Sudden and Accidental Pollution in Massachusetts — Not Always Fatal To Coverage

by Robert S. Sanoff | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 2/22/2013

In some jurisdictions, an environmental claim under a liability policy with a “sudden and accidental” pollution exclusion has the same prospect of success as a due process claim under the strict scrutiny standard — strict in...more

Proposition 65 Activity Heats Up On Flame Retardant

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/24/2013

Tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) is a chemical used as a flame retardant by the furniture industry to meet flammability standards, including California’s TB 117. TDCPP is found in the polyurethane foam used in...more

Disposing Of Pharmaceutical Waste: Some Progress

by William J. Walsh | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/22/2013

In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seemed to be on the road to providing some much-needed clarity to hospitals and other medical facilities concerning the disposal of pharmaceuticals by proposing that...more

RoHS 2: New Obligations for Manufacturers, Importers and Distributors from 2 January 2013

by Siobhan Hayes, Indeg Kerr, Nicholas Rock | Reed Smith on 1/16/2013

On the 2nd of January 2013, the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (RoHS 2) came into force in the UK. As previously reported on our blog of 18 May...more

EPA Releases 2012 Enforcement Results

by Elizabeth Partlow | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/16/2013

Under the headline “EPA Enforcement in 2012 Protects Communities from Harmful Pollution,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 17, 2012, released its annual report of enforcement activities for the 2012...more

Maryland's Property Owners Beware: Proposed New Hazardous Substance Reporting Requirements The Most Stringent In The Country

by Randall M. Lutz | Saul Ewing LLP on 12/5/2012

On December 4, 2012, the Maryland Department of the Environment ("MDE") held a stakeholders meeting to obtain preliminary comments on MDE's new draft proposed regulations....more

OSHA Modifies Hazard Communication Standard

by Howard Sokol | Holland & Knight LLP on 7/24/2012

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) groundbreaking revisions to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) are now final. OSHA’s central purpose in making its major modifications is to align the HCS with...more

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D.C. Seeks to Finalize Rules Aimed at Preventing and Eliminating Lead Hazards

Superfund Liability for the Repair of a Useful Product

DynCorp's 'Strategic' Defense In Drug Crop Spraying Suit [Video]

Ashley II Holdings Require Caution

Vapor Intrusion -- EPA Offers Guidance For Comment, But Now More Issues Than Ever

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 12: Gun Bills, Budgets and Medicaid

Asbestos Exposure Is Often Deadly

Missouri To Pilot Reforms To Corrective Action Clean-Up Program

EPA Issues Long-Awaited Vapor Intrusion Guidance for Public Comment

Massachusetts Packaging Plant Pays Nearly $485K Penalty For Environmental Violations

Revised Hazard Communication Standard: December 1st, 2013 Deadline for Training and the Basic Training Requirements that You Need...

Oklahoma Court Addresses Time Element Pollution Exclusion

Some clarification regarding challenges to REACH candidate listing

EPA Continues to Ignore the Dangers of Lead for Children

FMSCA Will Begin to Use a New Method to Calculate the Threshold Crash Rate and Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials (HM) and...

Maine DEP Publishes Revised Remedial Action Guidelines On Hazardous Substances For Comment

Unstated Rule on Superfund Liability for Sale of a Usable Product — One Year Later

EPA Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance Regarding Tenant Liability Under CERCLA’s Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Provision

Sudden and Accidental Pollution in Massachusetts — Not Always Fatal To Coverage

Proposition 65 Activity Heats Up On Flame Retardant

Disposing Of Pharmaceutical Waste: Some Progress

RoHS 2: New Obligations for Manufacturers, Importers and Distributors from 2 January 2013

EPA Releases 2012 Enforcement Results

Maryland's Property Owners Beware: Proposed New Hazardous Substance Reporting Requirements The Most Stringent In The Country

OSHA Modifies Hazard Communication Standard

DynCorp's 'Strategic' Defense In Drug Crop Spraying Suit [Video]

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