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On January 4, 2021, EPA determined that community-specific warnings regarding ethylene oxide (EO) risks need not be made immediately. EPA has now committed to making notifications by May 31, 2021 and...more
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• What: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has revised its policy on calculating monetary penalties for administrative enforcement actions.
• Who Is Affected: Entities with...more
It’s no secret that President Biden plans to prioritize action on climate change. During his presidential campaign, Biden identified climate change as one of his top four priorities, and announced he would seek to put the...more
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• What: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s scientific work on ethylene oxide (EO) has been central to the basis of claims in recent toxic tort suits based on EO exposures; the Biden...more
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What: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has developed a “Find It and Fix It” program for oil and gas facility air compliance....more
Comments are due November 19, 2020, on a proposed revision to Brazil’s technical standard on chemical labeling and hazard communications, NBR 14725: “Information on Health, Safety, and Environment – General Aspects of the...more
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• What Happened: TCEQ issues draft Penalty Policy and plans to propose Compliance History Rule revisions...
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• What Happened: EPA urges self-audits for facilities subject to RCRA Parts 264/265 Subparts AA, BB and CC air emission standards to avoid potential for substantial penalties and injunctive relief
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• What Happened: EPA finalized new procedures for issuing, identifying, and maintaining Agency guidance documents....more
If Joe Biden is elected President, and the Democrats win control of both the House and Senate, the new Administration could potentially use the Congressional Review Act (“CRA” or “Act”) to reverse recent and still-to-come...more
On August 12, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final “residual risk and technology” (RTR) rule for the Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (MON) source category (Final Rule or MON...more
Late last week four Colombian agencies—including the ministries of health (Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social), labor (Ministerio del Trabajo), commerce (Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo), and the environment...more
On August 31, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will terminate its March 26, 2020 policy that provided enforcement discretion for certain types of violations due to impacts from COVID-19. The policy identified...more
EPA has recently confirmed that it is reviewing its March 26, 2020 guidance that provided enforcement discretion for certain types of violations due to impacts from COVID-19. The policy, described in a prior Beveridge and...more
On March 26, 2020, EPA issued new guidance addressing a range of issues relating to environmental compliance and enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Agency sets expectations for the regulated community to continue...more
On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a self-audit program that will be available to existing owners of upstream oil and gas facilities for a limited sign-up period of twelve months....more
Led by the Center for Biological Diversity, a group of 364 environmental and other non-governmental organizations have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise standards applicable to...more
The definition of a “source” is the foundation of air permitting. Yet for many years, one of the most vexing questions has been how to determine which air emission sources located near each other and under common ownership or...more
Nearly three years after adopting extensive amendments to its rules on accidental release prevention under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted a final rule rescinding nearly all of the...more
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Law No. 27492 modifies Law No. 26.473 to ban the import and marketing of halogen lamps as of December 31, 2019....more
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Chamber of Deputies Bill No. 7195-D-2018 would establish minimum provisions for identifying and recording environmental liabilities arising from any anthropogenic activity, as well as...more
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The Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development published the 2017 State of the Environment Report....more
This month’s tracker reflects key initiatives from August 16 – September 15, 2018.
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Chamber of Deputies Bill No. 5438-D-2018 would create the Program Promoting the Production and Sale...more
This month’s tracker reflects key initiatives from July 16 – August 15, 2018.
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Chamber of Deputies Bill No. 4536-D-2018 would promote and incentivize the use, construction, and installation of...more
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Chamber of Deputies Bill No. 3847-D-2018 would prohibit, as of December 31, 2019, the production, import, and sale of cosmetic and oral hygiene products for dental use that contain...more