TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Announces New Resource Portal And Reporting Tool Improvements Before CDR Reporting Begins On June 1, 2024: On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the creation of CDR...more
On May 26, the Illinois legislature passed comprehensive carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) legislation. CCUS involves the capture of carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or uses processes to separate...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association And USGS Partner For Joint Research Into 6PPD Alternatives: On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) announced that it will partner with the...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an August 28th letter the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) applicable to the maintenance of Department of...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Posts Resources On Rule To Accelerate Use Of PIPs: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 4, 2023, that it is providing resources to help biotechnology developers exercise...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda Includes Proposed And Final TSCA And TRI Rules: EPA’s spring 2023 Unified Agenda, published on June 13, 2023, includes a number of proposed and final rulemakings under TSCA...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - ARTICLE -- Lynn L. Bergeson, “Toxics Release Inventory Reporting: What is New This Year?,” Chemical Processing, June 9, 2023: Each year about this time, companies are focused on the deadline to submit Toxics...more
On May 4, 2023, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) titled “Pipeline Safety: Gas Leak Detection...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Announces Rule Proposal To Update The Pesticide Application Exclusion Zone Requirements Under The 2015 Agriculture Worker Protection Standard: On March 13, 2023, EPA issued a proposed rule that would...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Updates TSCA Inventory, Plans Next Update In Summer 2023: On February 16, 2023, EPA announced that the latest TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory is now available on its website. The TSCA Inventory is a...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - CSB Recommends EPA Initiate Prioritization Under TSCA To Evaluate Whether Hydrofluoric Acid Is A High-Priority Substance: On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its final...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - PODCAST -- TSCA New Approach Methodologies — A Conversation With James W. Cox: Lynn L. Bergeson and James W. Cox, M.S. discuss New Approach Methodologies (NAM), their significance in chemical risk assessment...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - How Does A Recent Supreme Court Ruling Apply To EPA’s Implementation Of TSCA?: Since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its blockbuster ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, 597 US _ 2022 WL 2347278 (June 30, 2022),...more
The United States Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a July 28th interpretation response a question involving application of the Hazardous Materials...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson Authors “EPA Targets Asbestos,” Chemical Processing:On May 6, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for asbestos under...more
Congress and the Biden Administration recognize hydrogen’s potential to address the clean energy imperative. This past year, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriated $8B of spending to build out clean hydrogen...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - PODCAST - FIFRA Hot Topics — A Conversation With Jim Aidala: James V. Aidala and Lynn L. Bergeson sit down to discuss EPA and Congressional initiatives involving the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...more
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) has issued a final rule that, for the first time ever, expands certain federal pipeline safety requirements to all onshore gas gathering pipelines,...more
Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards - Associated Press – November 18 - The Biden administration took action this Thursday to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams,...more
Just as global leaders convened in Glasgow for COP26, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a prepublication copy of its new rule (Final Rule) on November 2, 2021 that significantly expands...more
On November 2, 2021, President Biden released the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan, calling for substantial reductions in U.S. methane emissions, was announced in tandem with an...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson Authors “TSCA: A change of course,” In May/June 2021 Issue Of Specialty Chemicals Magazine: Just as the industrial chemical community was getting into a predictable, somewhat comfortable...more
While news stories and campaign rhetoric can frequently create expectations of immediate shifts after a change in administration, most changes happen slowly in the federal government, and constraints on resources means that...more
Recent news that the Democrats flipped both U.S. Senate seats in Georgia’s run-off election means that the Democrats have enough votes to add the Congressional Review Act (CRA)[1] to the tools that could be used to advance...more
Hydrogen has over the last century enjoyed repeated bouts of interest as a fuel source. Though these have repeatedly fallen flat, hydrogen-based production has recently enjoyed a renaissance, due to a trifecta of improving...more