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Ethylene Oxide Alert: Deliberative Process Privilege Found To Not Justify Withholding EtO Data in Texas

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Our blog recently reported on the first jury verdict concerning alleged ethylene oxide exposure and has previously reported a number of times here generally about ethylene oxide (EtO).  Ethylene oxide is a gas commonly used...more

BakerHostetler

Emerging Chemical Issues – Ethylene Oxide (Part 5 of 5): OIG, EPA and the Consequences of Premature Public Disclosures

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U.S. EPA has recently come under fire from its quasi-independent auditor, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which has issued multiple reports accusing EPA of not moving with sufficient speed or transparency to...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

EPA to Cease Issuing Notice of Deficiencies for TSCA

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As of August 15, 2019, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) will no longer issue notice of deficiencies to affected businesses that manufacture and/or process chemicals covered under the Toxic Substances...more

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Chemical Disaster Rule: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Addresses EPA Authority to Conduct Reconsideration Proceedings

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) addressed in an August 17th opinion whether the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) had the authority to delay the...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

OEHHA Issues Further Modification of Warning Website Regulations

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On September 4, 2015, the California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) provided notice of additional changes to its proposal to establish a website, operated by OEHHA, which would provide...more

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Wyoming Supreme Court Remands Fracking Chemical Disclosure Case to District Court for Reconsideration

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On March 12, 2014, the Wyoming Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling in a case concerning the scope of trade secret protection available to exempt certain fracking chemical information—which Wyoming requires to be...more

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