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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Penalties Toxic Chemicals

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EPA Releases PFAS Reporting Rule

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TCSA-Based Requirement Covers Manufactured and Imported Items - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring reporting of historic...more

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Understanding EPA’s PBT Rules and Actions Is Vital for Compliance

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Under the authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rules for five persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals on January 6, 2021. These...more

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Failure to Voluntarily Self-Report is a "Non-starter" under the FCA

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On July 5, 2019, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a qui tam lawsuit against several chemical manufacturers that set forth a unusual theory of liability: the relator alleged that the manufacturers...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - August #2

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Focus - EPA will not approve labels that say Roundup chemical causes cancer - U.S. News & World Report – August 8 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Thursday that it will not approve...more

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Firearms Manufacturer...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Smith & Wesson Corp. (“Smith & Wesson”) entered into an April 27th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of: . . . Section...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Chemicals, Compliance and the Toxic Substances Control Act

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) required the compiling of a national register of chemicals that were manufactured in or imported into the United States for a non-exempt commercial purpose, and the first TSCA Inventory...more

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Environmental Compliance Basics - The Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

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Does your business use or handle chemicals? If so, then read on. EPA recently released its 2015 enforcement report, noting thousands of enforcement cases, tens of thousands of inspections, and hundreds of millions of...more

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