What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
2BInformed: The EPA’s Impact on Supply Chains and Climate Change, and Defining “Unreasonable Risk”
2BInformed: Understanding the EPA’s New PFAS Strategic Roadmap and Upcoming PBT Regulations
2BInformed: Overview of PFAS and Related EPA Regulations; EPA’s New Chemical Program Under Amended TSCA
2BInformed: How TSCA Amendments Impact Industries and Managing the EPA’s Risk Evaluations
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Wiley Biotech Briefings – An Advanced Course for the Regulatory Professional: TSCA and Industrial Biotechnology
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the second Trump Administration has begun to shift the Biden Administration's policies related to the review of existing chemicals under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances...more
On April 28, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a long-anticipated suite of actions aimed at PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Closely watched by stakeholders across industries,...more
In a consequential policy shift, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration announced its intent to reevaluate a cornerstone of modern chemical regulation: the risk evaluation framework rule...more
Much has been written about the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which Congress can use to repeal qualifying federal agency actions. The CRA was enacted as part of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996...more
The White House revealed its latest strategy to address PFAS, and the EPA extended the reporting deadline for its PFAS reporting rule....more
On Monday, March 18, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a ban on the use of chrysotile asbestos in the United States, including in products imported into the U.S....more
Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era water rule, for now Bullet Associated Press - April 6 The Supreme Court this Wednesday reinstated a Trump-era rule curtailing the power of states and Native American tribes to block...more
All the pressure Congress is all of a sudden exerting on the Executive Branch of our Federal Government when it comes to PFAS brings to mind a great line by one of the great comics of my youth. Steve Martin exclaimed "you...more
On this episode of 2BInformed, Erik Baptist and Charlotte Bertrand give an overview of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) before diving into the regulatory and congressional activity surrounding PFAS, how the...more
Like everything else today, the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) ebbs and flows depending on which political party holds office. However, while the Biden Administration gets...more
Until recently, individual states led the initial push to comprehensively regulate Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (collectively, “PFAS”), a group of man-made persistent and bio-accumulative chemicals that includes...more
The first 100 days of the Biden Administration saw a flurry of activities at the federal level seeking to address PFAS, a class of thousands of manmade chemicals notoriously known as Forever Chemicals because they don’t break...more
With the arrival of a new US presidential administration, companies are anticipating potential shifts in enforcement priorities by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the areas of climate change, the National...more
The year ahead promises to be a busy one for regulation of new and existing chemicals under the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA gives EPA expanded authority to regulate both new and existing...more