Chemical Engineering Trends, Intellectual Property Litigation, & Industry Predictions – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 50
What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
In case you missed it, new limits were introduced on formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products imported into, sold or manufactured in Canada....more
Data, machine-to-machine communication, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are buzzwords describing the fourth industrial revolution. In the past few years, there have been claims that the chemical industry is falling behind on...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a February 5th news release announced that the federal agency and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) have entered into...more
TDY Holdings v. United States, et al., 872 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2017) - TDY brought suit for contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) against the U.S. government...more
The Environmental Due Diligence section of the blog Commonground addresses a variety of issues associated with environmental and/or due diligence assessments of improved and unimproved real properties. A March 9th post...more
EPCRA § 313 requires certain facilities manufacturing or “processing” more than 25,000 lbs. or otherwise using 10,000 lbs or more of a listed toxic chemical to file a Form R annually on or before July 1. In the last two...more
EAB Reverses Epic Penalty In Elementis Case, But Affirms EPA's "Continuing" TSCA Section 8(e) Interpretation: On March 13, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) reversed the...more
In a rare bipartisan gesture, on December 11, 2014, the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 4007, the “Protecting and Securing Chemicals Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014” (“Act”), which the Senate...more