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
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued on November 15th a document titled: The EPA’s Fiscal Year 2024 Top Management Challenges (“Report’) See Report No....more
Division Y – Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 was signed into law by President Biden on March 15. Highlights of the Act include: ...more
In September, EPA set forth its latest draft plan for setting guidelines for PFAS limitations in industrial wastewater in certain industries, and October brought public comments on the draft. Among EPA’s next steps in its...more
While news stories and campaign rhetoric can frequently create expectations of immediate shifts after a change in administration, most changes happen slowly in the federal government, and constraints on resources means that...more
EPA Issues Direct Final Rule On Significant New Use Notification Electronic Reporting: On July 20, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a direct final rule amending the Toxic Substances Control Act...more
MassDEP issued a fact sheet in June identifying special considerations for responding to releases of 1,4-dioxane (“dioxane”), which was primarily used as a stabilizer and corrosion inhibitor as an additive to chlorinated...more
The 84th Texas Legislature ended June 1, 2015. This was the first legislative session under Republican Governor Greg Abbott, and while over 6,000 bills were filed, approximately 1,300 were enacted. For your review, we have...more
This is the third and final installment of Frequent Questions related to Form R Reports due July 1. The Frequent Questions are published by EPA or researched to aid compliance with this complicated regulatory program....more