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The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing on a discussion draft of S.__, the Toxic Substances Control Act Fee Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2026 (Discussion Draft) on March 4, 2026....more
On March 4, 2026, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a legislative hearing to examine a discussion draft of the Toxic Substances Control Act Fee Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2026....more
On March 4, 2026, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) will hold a hearing on a discussion draft of S.__, the Toxic Substances Control Act Fee Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2026....more
The Trump administration this Thursday announced the repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding — a conclusion based on decades of science that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare....more
As reported in our January 27, 2026, memorandum, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a legislative hearing on January 22, 2026, focused on a draft bill entitled Discussion Draft of Legislation to...more
The release of a discussion draft to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) offers an early window into how chemical policy may evolve in Congress, even as the legislative path forward remains uncertain. ...more
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Richard E. Engler, Director of Chemistry for B&C and The Acta Group (Acta®), our consulting affiliate, and Ryan N. Schmit, Of Counsel with B&C and Senior Regulatory...more
Companies using formaldehyde in their manufacturing processes, and those that sell products incorporating formaldehyde-containing components from upstream suppliers, should be aware of a potential shift in the evolving...more
Monthly newsletter Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern keeps clients informed on the latest legal, regulatory and scientific developments related to substances of emerging concern....more
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on January 22, 2026, on “Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America’s Chemical Safety Law, Strengthen Critical Supply Chains, and Grow Domestic...more
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce posted a Hearing Memorandum on January 20, 2026, for the January 22, 2026, hearing entitled “Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America’s Chemical Safety Law,...more
On January 15, 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment announced it will hold a legislative hearing on January 22, 2026, entitled “Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America’s...more
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment will hold a legislative hearing on January 22, 2026, entitled “Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America’s Chemical Safety Law, Strengthen...more
As the 2026 election cycle comes into sharper focus, Congress is entering a period of unusual transition. A growing number of Republican lawmakers as well as some Democrats have announced retirements, resignations, or...more
At the end of October, the attorneys general of five states—Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska and Montana—issued letters to three pro-recycling organizations raising concerns that the groups’ recycling initiatives may violate...more
EPA recently issued a proposed rulemaking, here, which would significantly modify 2023 PFAS reporting regulations under TSCA Section 8(a)(7), introducing several industry-requested exemptions and narrowing who must report....more
Recent documents obtained through an environmentalist nonprofit group’s Freedom of Information Act request reveal EPA’s intent to review and rollback effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) for asbestos manufacturing,...more
On December 8, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) finalized its PFAS-in-Products program rules in response to an Administrative Law Judge order requiring the Agency to reduce fees, among other changes. Under...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed amendments to simplify its Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule, first released in 2023. Compliance deadlines have been...more
On Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, 2025, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requested input from interested parties on federal policy updates “that aim to accelerate the American scientific...more
As foreshadowed in EPA’s most recent Unified Agenda, EPA has proposed to add four significant categories of exemptions to the TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule (Rule), citing burdensomeness of the existing Rule. Under the Proposed...more
On November 13, 2025, EPA published its proposed rule amending the agency’s 2023 Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting rule. The proposed changes, which would “incorporate certain exemptions and other...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed revisions to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) PFAS Reporting Rule that would add six exemptions and shorten the reporting window to three months, beginning 60 days...more
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Ryan N. Schmit, Of Counsel with B&C, and Senior Regulatory Consultant with The Acta Group (Acta®). Ryan joined us a few weeks ago and we wanted to show off our newest Toxic...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 10 released a proposal aimed at improving the scope of its perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act...more