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
On December 11, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking a rule under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act...more
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (Plastic Pollution Strategy), a comprehensive document that outlines voluntary measures and regulatory...more
On September 30, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice seeking comment on the manufacture of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during the fluorination of high-density...more
Companies that manufacture, use, distribute, and dispose of fluorinated plastic containers should take note that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted a petition from several environmental groups...more
On May 17, 2024, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH) gave notice of intent to sue under section 20(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This notice...more
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) sent a May 17th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to File Suit to Compel Performance of a...more
Inhance Technologies, a Texas-based plastic and chemical transformation company, went head-to-head with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year. The Court’s...more
As our Earth Week blogging event continues with our theme of Planet versus Plastics, today we will cover the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Inhance Technologies, L.L.C. v. U.S. Environmental...more
Inhance Technologies is a company that has been fluorinating plastic containers using the same process since 1983. The fluorination process creates a barrier that keeps dangerous substances from leaching out of their...more
On June 20, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 18 chemicals derived from the recycling of plastic wastes. 88 Fed....more
On June 20, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 18 chemicals that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN)...more
Forty-eight Democratic Congressmen sent a February 9th letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Regan asking that the agency address what they argue are needed efforts regarding plastic...more
Two developments this week got me thinking about how our government deals – or fails to deal – with risk. First, EPA proposed to ban the manufacture (including import) of chrysotile asbestos...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) industry (manufacturers, processors, distributors, users and so-called disposers of fluorinated polyolefin containers)...more