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TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Receives TSCA Section 21 Petitions Seeking Reconsideration Of Exemption Conditions In Final Trichloroethylene Rule: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently updated its website to include...more
Having adopted stringent air emission controls on commercial sterilizers that use ethylene oxide (EtO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now adopted further controls on workplace exposure to EtO, including...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Issues Final Risk Management Rules For TCE, PCE, And CTC: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released final risk management rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for...more
Alongside rapid advances in biotechnology that are improving fine-tuned genetic engineering in plants, regulation for such plants is also rapidly evolving, including several important updates in the past year....more
On July 6, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the availability of a draft Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) that would resolve a claim in U.S....more
February and March were busy months for the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Arkansas State Plant Board (“ASPB”). On February 20, 2019, the State Plant Board voted to approve regulatory changes for in-crop, over-the-top...more
TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/NTP/TRI - EPA Extends Comment Period On Chlorinated Paraffins Risk Assessments: On February 22, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period on the draft risk...more
In a November 2, 2015, Federal Register notice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final rule revising the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Worker Protection Standard (WPS). ...more
Against a backdrop of higher-profile rules, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a new Worker Protection Standard (WPS) on September 28 that imposes additional requirements on farm owners to protect farmworkers...more
On June 24, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notification that the EPA Administrator has forwarded to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the...more