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Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

In April 2025, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act. The Act, if it is enacted, would convert current voluntary standards ANSI/CAN/UL...more

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Compliance and Safety: Look to Both When Evaluating the Compositions of Your FDA-Regulated Products

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The composition of FDA-regulated products is coming under increasing scrutiny from FDA, state governments, consumer watchdog groups, and the plaintiff’s bar. ...more

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Transportation/Hazardous Materials; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued a January 10th interpretive Letter addressing the application of the Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to the combustible liquid...more

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CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Sport Nets

On December 19, 2024, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) unilaterally issued a warning to consumers to stop using Sport Nets 4’ x 8’ portable soccer goals. According to CPSC, an exposed metal tip at the top of the...more

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Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Lithium...

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 1st Interpretive Letter the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”): …to determine...more

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Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing...

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a September 25th Interpretive Letter the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to the definition of...more

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Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Aerosols

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in an October 9th interpretive letter the application of federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to limited quantities of compressed gas and how...more

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Federal Railroad Administration Updates Civil Penalty Schedules and Guidelines

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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced that it has doubled all of its rail safety civil monetary penalty (CMP) base amounts for violations of rail safety and hazardous materials regulations. The changes are...more

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PHMSA Issues Final Rule on Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities Safety

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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA’s) long-awaited final rule on the minimum safety standards for underground natural gas storage facilities (UNGSFs) was published in the February 12 Federal...more

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President Trump Jumpstarts LNG Development and Transportation

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On April 11, 2019, President Trump signed an Executive Order on Promoting Energy Infrastructure on Economic Growth which included provisions related to updating regulations linked to facilities which handle liquefied natural...more

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