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TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Releases Final Supplement To The Risk Evaluation And Revised Unreasonable Risk Determination For 1,4-Dioxane: On November 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Proposes To Add 16 PFAS And 15 PFAS Categories To The TRI List Of Chemicals: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on October 8, 2024, to add 16 individual per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Releases Draft Risk Evaluation For 1,1-Dichloroethane And Draft Hazard Assessment Of 1,2-Dichloroethane For Public Comment And Peer Review: On July 2, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...more
Companies in a wide range of industries are subject to the oversight of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA enforces numerous environmental laws, environmental regulations, and executive orders to...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Issues Asbestos Part 2 Draft Risk Evaluation, Preliminarily Determines That Asbestos Poses Unreasonable Risk To Human Health: On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Extends Submission Deadline For Polymer Exemption Reports And Accompanying Claims: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule on February 16, 2024, amending the Toxic...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 27, 2023, published its Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, which is intended to update the public about the agency's plan to review, propose and issue regulations over the...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Receives TSCA Section 21 Petition To Phase Out GHG Pollution: EPA received a petition on June 16, 2022, under Section 21 of TSCA from Daniel M. Galpern on behalf of Donn J. Viviani, John Birks, Richard...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Reopens Dockets For 20 High-Priority Substances: EPA has reopened the online dockets for 20 high-priority substances. According to the December 9, 2021, memorandum authorizing the re-opening of the...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson Authors “Supply-Chain Aid — EPA Proposes PIP 3:1 Compliance Extension” For Chemical Processing: EPA announced on October 21 that it intends to move further back the compliance dates...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Proposes To Add 12 Chemicals To List Of TRI Chemicals: On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add 12 chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - TSCA Reform Reform? — A Conversation With Dennis Deziel: In the recent All Things Chemical® episode TSCA Reform Reform? — A Conversation with Dennis Deziel, Lynn L. Bergeson and Dennis R. Deziel, Senior...more
Cannabis and hemp operators work hard to remain compliant with industry-specific laws and regulations, but compliance with long-standing environmental laws hasn’t been an issue of concern for most. Recently, environmental...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Are You A TSCA Newbie?: If you are among the recently minted class of “TSCA newbies,” help has arrived. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has long been relegated to the unique province of industrial...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI PFAS - Podcast: A thorough discussion of EPA’s proposed PFAS rules is available now on our All Things Chemical™ podcast episode New PFAS: Is anything NOT reportable? — A Conversation with Richard E. Engler,...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Webinar -- “U.S. Chemical Regulation: What’s New, What’s Hot” On July 28, 2021, 11:00 a.m. EDT: Join B&C Managing Partner Lynn L. Bergeson and Director of Chemistry Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. for Mondaq’s...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson Authors “TSCA: A change of course,” In May/June 2021 Issue Of Specialty Chemicals Magazine: Just as the industrial chemical community was getting into a predictable, somewhat comfortable...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Announces Univar Solutions USA Will Pay $165,000 For FIFRA Violations: EPA announced on April 19, 2021, that Univar Solutions USA, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, will pay a $165,000 penalty for violating the...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson Publishes “The importance of regulatory diligence in funding,” In Financier Worldwide, April 2021: Lawyers counselling companies in the biotechnology, biopesticide, and related crop...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - “Environmental Justice: Operationalizing TSCA to Fulfill Its Destiny,” By Lynn L. Bergeson For The American College Of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) Blog: The Biden Administration has embraced environmental...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Seeks Comments On Draft Compliance Guide Addressing Surface Coatings Under PFAS SNUR: On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of a draft...more
Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration on January 20, 2021 as the forty-sixth President of the United States could usher in a sweeping period of environmental regulatory changes vastly eclipsing those of his immediate predecessor...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Proposes SNURs For Certain Chemical Substances: On November 16, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) for certain chemical substances...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - ABA SEER Article -- “The Essentials Of TSCA Practice”: We are pleased to announce that the ABA SEER published an article written by Lynn L. Bergeson and Eve C. Gartner entitled “The essentials of TSCA...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA States TSCA Section 21 Petition For Risk Management Rule Not Valid, Treats It As An APA Petition: In a letter dated July 28, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acknowledged the receipt...more