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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - April 2019

California Readies for Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility for Pharma Waste - The sale of needles (sharps) and pharmaceutical drugs in California is estimated to be on the order of $50 billion per year. Significant...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California Readies for Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility for Pharma Waste

The sale of needles (sharps) and pharmaceutical drugs in California is estimated to be on the order of $50 billion per year. Significant concerns have been raised about adverse impacts of wastes generated from the use of...more

Burr & Forman

Coal Ash Regulation Update

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The U.S. EPA’s efforts to develop a new regulatory path for coal ash (“Coal Combustion Residuals” or “CCR”) by regulating the material either as a hazardous waste or as a solid but non-hazardous waste, are nearing a...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

RCRA Developments - What’s Hot, What’s Simmering?

EPA’s efforts to regulate certain types of wastes as hazardous wastes -- some decades in the making -- are starting to see the light of day. Ranging from “very hot” to “simmering,” a number of EPA’s rules under the Resource...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Who Knew? Hazardous Waste Management by Retail Stores

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a “pre-publication” Notice of Data Availability for Hazardous Waste Management in the Retail Sector (the “Notice”), to be published in theFederal Register. The Notice...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

EPA's New Solvent Wiper Rule Wipes Out Maine's Policy

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For many years, both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have wrestled with the practical question of how solvent-contaminated wipes should be...more

Jackson Walker

EPA Conditionally Excludes CO2 Geologic Sequestration from RCRA Regulation

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On December 19, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule revising the definition of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), to conditionally exclude carbon dioxide...more

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What to Expect From EPA in 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is likely to spend more time and effort on promulgating new regulations than pursuing enforcement during 2014. The agency has acknowledged that budget cuts will affect the number of...more

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Disposing Of Pharmaceutical Waste: Some Progress

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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

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