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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 6. In This Month’s E-News: June 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) - Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more

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EPA Proposes to Limit Consideration of Scientific Research From Non-Public Data

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Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a supplemental proposed rule to give preference to scientific studies developed from publicly available underlying data when promulgating new regulations,  a move...more

Polsinelli

DOJ’s False Claims Act Recoveries Rise to More Than $3 Billion in FY2019, With Continued Emphasis on Health Care Fraud Cases

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On January 9, 2020, the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it recovered over $3 billion from civil False Claims Act (FCA) judgments and settlements in the fiscal year ending September 30,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Science Advisory Board Agrees With Me!

At the end of the December, the EPA Science Advisory Board posted the text of a letter that the SAB intends to send to Administrator Wheeler concerning the administration’s proposed revision to the WOTUS rule. The SAB’s...more

Hogan Lovells

Release of Implementation Plan in response to independent scientific panel inquiry into hydraulic fracture stimulation in Western...

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On 8 July 2019, the Western Australian State Government (State Government) announced that it had released a new Implementation Plan (Plan). The 18-month transitional Plan is the State Government's response to the Final...more

Perkins Coie

Notable Ruling: Glyphosate Verdict—Implications for Food Litigation

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As you all know, the Northern District of California jury found earlier this week that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide product was a “substantial factor” in causing a plaintiff’s non Hodgkin lymphoma. The defendants and industry...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - December 2018 #2

Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States" - Proposed Rule - "The agencies' proposal is the second step in a two-step process to review and revise the definition of 'waters of the United States' consistent with...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Harmonize EPA-specific Regulations in Revised Common Rule

On December 6, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it was proposing a rule (83 Fed. Reg. 62760) to harmonize the EPA-specific regulations regarding research involving human subjects conducted or...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Science Transparency: Not a New Concept for EPA

“Science and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions … The public must be able to trust the science and the scientific process informing public policy decisions.”...more

Williams Mullen

EPA Proposes Increased Transparency For Scientific Studies

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EPA has proposed a major change in how it uses and relies upon scientific data and analysis for its rulemakings. The proposed rule would increase the transparency and availability of such data and analysis “pivotal to [EPA’s]...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - May 2018 #5

In an Internal Memo, the White House Considered Whether to Simply 'Ignore' Federal Climate Research - "The document, drafted September 18 by Michael Catanzaro, President Trump's special assistant for domestic energy and...more

Polsinelli

Animal Testing to Decrease with New EPA Rules

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency made two moves recently to reduce the use of animals in chemical testing and pesticide registration: One under FIFRA and one under TSCA. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Into the Light or Fade to Black? EPA Administrator Pruitt’s Proposed Secret Science Rule

On April 30, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a controversial proposed rule seeking to restrict the types of scientific research and findings that the EPA can consider in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - October 2017 #4

EPA to Restrict Scientific Advisers Who Get Agency Grants - "Pruitt did not say how restrictive the policy would be. But it has the potential to greatly reduce the body of expert scientists who could serve on the boards...more

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EPA Releases Final Report on Impacts on Drinking Water from Hydraulic Fracturing

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With significant objection from Industry, EPA has issued its Final Report on whether hydraulic fracturing activities can impact drinking water resources under certain circumstances. The U.S....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Ethanol Mandates under RFS and EPA’s Lifecycle GHG Analysis

In a settlement with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the American Petroleum Institute (API), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to set renewable fuel obligations for calendar...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA’s Office of Inspector General Orders New Ethanol Emissions Study

In a memorandum dated October 15, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) stated that it plans to begin preliminary research on the lifecycle impacts of EPA’s renewable fuel...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2015

On October 15, 2015, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center) issued a report, "The DNA of the U.S. Regulatory System: Are We Getting It Right For Synthetic...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Science Advisory Board Finally Weighs In on Waters of the U.S.

The Science Advisory Board has at last released its peer review of EPA’s draft report on Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis, the technical support for the proposed rule on...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Scientists Weigh In On Biogenic Carbon Accounting Debate

On June 19, 2014, over 90 scientists sent a letter to EPA urging the Agency to move forward under its Tailoring Rule by "1) moving beyond the flawed assumption that bioenergy is inherently carbon neutral; 2) rejecting the...more

BakerHostetler

U.S. EPA Announces Peer Review Panel For Hydraulic Fracturing Study

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On Monday, March 25, the USEPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) announced that it has formed an independent body of experts to peer-review the agency’s ongoing hydraulic fracturing research. Specifically, the Hydraulic...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Hydraulic Fracturing - Studies Without End

I recently “googled” the word “fracking” and got back 14,900,000 hits. Every few days you can find an article in a major newspaper or magazine alerting the public to the potential threat to drinking water or harm to the...more

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