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EPA Extends Deadline for PFAS Reporting Under TSCA

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadline for reporting on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Product Importers: Are You Ready for the New PFAS Reporting Requirements Under TSCA?

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Impact of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Product Compliance

I recently had the opportunity to visit with Cally Edgren, a Senior Director of the Regulatory Expert team at Assent, who has nearly three decades of experience in manufacturing and has dedicated her career to helping...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Beware of the Looming Supply Chain Challenges for PFAS Reporting Under TSCA

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Welcome back to The WELL. Let’s begin with an adaptation of the “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” when they met this summer on a field. The Grasshopper was relaxing because the final Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances...more

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2BInformed: The EPA’s Impact on Supply Chains and Climate Change, and Defining “Unreasonable Risk”

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On this week’s episode of 2BInformed, Erik Baptist and Charlotte Bertrand discuss critical supply chains, climate change, and the meaning of “unreasonable risk” under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Erik and...more

King & Spalding

EPA Issues Expansive Proposed PFAS Reporting Rule for Manufactured and Imported Goods

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Is This a “PBT 2.0” Scenario in the Making? On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed rule for collecting information about manufactured and imported goods containing any chemical...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

PBT Regulations Update - No Action Assurance for PIP (3:1) Articles and New Request for Comments

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After a recent flurry of concerns over the potential for widespread supply-chain interruptions, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a 180-day No Action Assurance (NAA) regarding the new...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EPA’s Wide-Ranging Rule on Perfluoroalkyl Substances

EPA continues its regulation of PFAS by shifting focus to the importation of certain PFAS-containing articles. - EPA goes for the low-hanging fruit by using TSCA to restrict the importation of long-chain PFAS that already...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

TSCA Amendment: Upcoming Inventory Rule

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On June 22, 2016, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (the Amendment), which amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), was signed into law. Under this amendment, EPA was authorized, amongst...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

EPA's First Regulation of Nanomaterials May Impact Supply Chains

On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a controversial rule requiring all persons who propose to commence manufacturing or processing certain nanoscale materials, or who have done so in the...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Impacts of the 2016 U.S. Election on Environmental Law, Policy, and Enforcement

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The 2016 election results will have wide-ranging impacts on the future direction of environmental law, policy, and enforcement in the U.S. With 100 lawyers in offices around the U.S. focused on environmental and natural...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Congress Overhauls 1976 Federal Chemical Regulation Law

Gives EPA Broad Mandate to Evaluate Safety of All Chemicals and Practical Authority to Ensure Safe Use - On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that, for the first time in...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The UK Modern Slavery Act and Supply Chain Responsibility

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In October 2015, the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) became effective, which requires all companies doing business in the UK with worldwide turnover of at least £36 million (or approximately $51 million as of the date of this...more

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