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TCE Rule Takes Effect but Ultimate Fate Is Still Unknown

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule to regulate trichloroethylene recently went into effect, triggering compliance deadlines for implementing the prohibition and Workplace Chemical Protection Programs even...more

US Congress Employs Congressional Review Act to Target EPA Final Rule on TCE

Republican lawmakers introduced on January 22, 2025 a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn a US Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting the use of trichloroethylene (TCE) under the Toxic Substances...more

EPA Releases Final National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 21 published the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (the Strategy). Through the Strategy, EPA aims to address plastic pollution and its effects on human...more

DC Circuit Makes Clear Loper Bright Did Not End Deference to Agency Factual Determinations

In a decision on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s risk assessment of a chemical included in its Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (MON) rule, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...more

Risk Evaluation Rule Tees Up Litigation on How EPA Considers Chemical Use in Commerce

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 3, 2024 released its final amendments to its Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation (or the Risk Evaluation Rule), the procedural framework for evaluating the health and...more

Recent EPA Actions Show Why Companies Must Understand Products’ Individual Chemical Constituents

Historically, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has generally declined to regulate manufactured goods or finished products―known as “articles”―under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This long-standing...more

Reduce, Reuse, Regulate: The Current State of Plastic Waste Legislation in the United States

Three hundred million tons of plastics are produced each year worldwide. Less than 10% of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year. With projections showing that plastics production is expected to triple over...more

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