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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

EPA Finalizes Revisions to Risk Management Program (RMP) Regulations, with Special Focus on Petroleum and Chemical Manufacturers

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 5/6/2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that substantially expands its Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations aimed at preventing chemical accidents. The Rule takes effect on...more

EPA Finalizes Changes to the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program

ArentFox Schiff on 3/13/2024

On March 1, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced finalized amendments to the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program (RMP) through the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule (Final Rule). ...more

Big Money: OSHA and EPA Civil Penalties Increase Again for 2024

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/11/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2024 increases to civil penalties....more

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 12.15.23

Allen Matkins on 12/18/2023

A group of 18 California children – ranging in ages from 8 to 17 – has filed a new constitutional climate case in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...more

Whistleblower Complaint/Safe Drinking Water Act: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Addresses Alleged North Dakota...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/30/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an August 23rd news release summarizing the results of a whistleblower investigation that it undertook regarding the North Dakota Department of Environmental...more

More Big Money: OSHA and EPA Civil Penalties Increase for 2023

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/16/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2023 increases to civil penalties....more

Risk Management Program/Clean Air Act: American Chemistry Council Comments on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/8/2022

The American Chemistry Council (“ACC”) submitted October 31st comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its proposed revisions to the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations....more

What Does a Case About the EPA Have to Do With Title IX?

TNG Consulting on 7/19/2022

Title IX practitioners are accustomed to thinking that EPA means “education program or activity,” but this time we mean the actual federal agency charged with environmental regulations. West Virginia v. Environmental...more

Five Administrative Law Takeaways From Recent Supreme Court Decisions

ArentFox Schiff on 7/7/2022

The US Supreme Court’s decisions of late have been consequential. While headline-grabbing decisions deal with religious liberties, privacy, and gun control, the Court’s impact on administrative law will have major...more

Supreme Court’s EPA Decision May Spell Trouble for Other Agencies: An Employer’s Perspective

Fisher Phillips on 7/6/2022

Given the consequential nature of many of the issues decided by the Supreme Court this year, employers can be forgiven for overlooking the Supreme Court’s June 30 opinion in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, a...more

Update: Supreme Court Issues Opinion in West Virginia v. EPA

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/5/2022

The Supreme Court rejected EPA’s Obama-era Clean Power Plan in a decision that has significant implications both for future attempts by EPA to regulate CO2 emissions and for other agencies attempting to promulgate rules that...more

Supreme Court Requires Clear Congressional Authority for GHG Regulations Intended to “Remake the Energy Sector”

ArentFox Schiff on 7/5/2022

One of the US Supreme Court’s final opinions this term addressed US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). The decision in West Virginia v...more

Big Money: OSHA and EPA Civil Penalties Increase for 2022

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/20/2022

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2022 increases to civil penalties....more

A Court-Side Seat: OSHA, Air and Waters

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 11/22/2021

The courts have issued several new and significant rulings on environmental and administrative law the past few weeks. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT - Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association,...more

[Webinar] Growing Greener: Navigating Environmental Laws in the Cannabis Industry

Vicente LLP on 10/11/2021

Cannabis and hemp operators work hard to remain compliant with industry-specific laws and regulations, but compliance with long-standing environmental laws hasn’t been an issue of concern for most. Recently, environmental...more

Surprise! (Not Again) – OSHA and EPA Release Civil Penalty Increases for 2021

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/19/2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL and U.S. EPA have published their 2021 increases to civil penalties....more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, November 2020

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 11/25/2020

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - ABA SEER Article -- “The Essentials Of TSCA Practice”: We are pleased to announce that the ABA SEER published an article written by Lynn L. Bergeson and Eve C. Gartner entitled “The essentials of TSCA...more

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Factual Update on TPC Group Port Neches Facility

Bracewell LLP on 10/30/2020

Today, the CSB issued an interim factual update on its investigation of the November 27, 2019 explosion at TPC Group's Port Neches facility in Texas. The November 2019 explosion resulted in millions of dollars of estimated...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2020

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 10/20/2020

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA States TSCA Section 21 Petition For Risk Management Rule Not Valid, Treats It As An APA Petition: In a letter dated July 28, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acknowledged the receipt...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, September 2020

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 9/18/2020

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson, “Feeling The Pinch: Who Pays TSCA Risk Evaluation Fees?,” Financier Worldwide, September 2020: Ordinarily, government fees command little interest in corporate finance and board-level...more

A Court-Side Seat: O Little Landfill of Bethlehem, Nothing Fishy at the Aquarium and the Downside of Living Downwind

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 7/22/2020

Our latest look at the judiciary is focused mainly on the federal appeals system, with a side of regulatory development thrown in for good measure....more

The Regulation of Medical Waste During COVID-19

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/18/2020

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has generated new interest in the regulation of medical waste. The COVID-19 crisis is generating a significant amount of regulated medical waste....more

The CSB Adopts Final Accidental-Release Reporting Regulations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/25/2020

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) adopted regulations on February 21, 2020, under the Clean Air Act requiring the reporting of certain accidental releases. Their purpose is to enable the CSB to...more

Future Environmental Rulemaking Proceedings Listed in the Spring 2019 Unified Federal Agenda

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 5/31/2019

The latest federal regulatory agenda has been released, which, among other matters, lists proposed and projected environmental regulatory proceedings being considered by different departments and agencies. ...more

What to Expect in Environmental Regulation for 2019

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/5/2019

Deregulation was one of the primary promises of President Trump’s campaign, and in 2018, the administration continued to roll back environmental regulation. The recent shutdown of the federal government has slowed...more

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