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USEPA Seeking to Obtain Information on Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Mixtures
Posted on 28 May 2014 by Babst Calland

By Meredith Odato Graham The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has announced the availability of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public comments on “the information that should be reported or disclosed... Read More

Jenner & Block: EPA, OSHA and ATF Issue Ammonium Nitrate Chemical Advisory
Posted on 12 Sep 2013 by E. Lynn Grayson

EPA, OSHA and ATF have issued a chemical advisory that provides information on the hazards of ammonium nitrate (AN) storage, handling and management. This action supports the goals of President Obama's August 2013 executive order on "Improving... Read More

EPA is Considering Amendments to its Chemical Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule that Would Impose Burdensome Additional Requirements on both Covered Facilities and Facilities Not Currently Covered by the RMP Rule
Posted on 8 Sep 2014 by Keller and Heckman LLP

On August 1, 2013, reacting to a number of high-profile incidents and the constant drumbeat from the Chemical Safety Board, President Obama signed Executive Order 13650, entitled Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, [ enhanced version available... Read More

Safer Chemicals: Protecting Employees and the Earth at the Same Time
Posted on 11 May 2015 by Jenner & Block Corporate Environmental Lawyer

By Andi S. Kenney Chemicals, natural and synthetic, are all around us. We can’t live life without them--and we wouldn’t want to. But some chemicals are toxic to humans and the flora and fauna with which we share the earth. Replacing... Read More

TSCA Reform Dead for 2014?
Posted on 14 Oct 2014 by Steven M. Siros

By Steven M. Siros Recent actions by Senator Barbara Boxer may have sounded the death knell for TSCA reform in 2014. On September 18, 2014, Senator Boxer unveiled what she characterized as revisions to a TSCA reform bill that had been being worked... Read More

EPA TSCA Penalty Struck Down
Posted on 28 Apr 2015 by Steven M. Siros

By Steven M. Siros On March 13, 2015, the Environmental Appeals Board ("EAB") struck down a landmark $2,751,800 penalty that had been imposed on Elementis Chromium for its alleged failure to comply with the Toxic Substances Control Act's... Read More

Green Chemistry – The State of the States
Posted on 11 May 2015 by Keller and Heckman LLP

By Sheila A. Millar and Nathan A. Cardon From one corner of the country to the other – literally, from California to Maine – industry is facing a growing number of green chemistry initiatives, each giving states varying degrees of authority... Read More

California Seeks to Amend Proposition 65
Posted on 19 Mar 2015 by Steven M. Siros

By Steven M. Siros , Partner, Jenner & Block On January 12, 2015, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment ("OEHHA") proposed modifications to California's controversial Proposition 65 regulations. As any... Read More

World Health Organization (WHO) Issues Life Stage Guidance for Risk Assessment
Posted on 9 Jan 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block According to WHO, a significant challenge exists with monitoring and assessing individual and population level exposure and risk to environmental chemicals associated with how to consider age and life... Read More

WHO Announces Second Meeting On Global Collaboration In Chemical Risk Assessment
Posted on 23 Jan 2012 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson, Partner, Jenner & Block The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced its second meeting focused on strengthening global collaboration in chemical risk assessment to be held 29-30 March 2012 in Bonn, Germany. The first... Read More

California's OEHHA Adds New Chemical to Proposition 65 List, Setting up Product Manufacturers/Distributors as Targets to Eager Plaintiffs' Bar
Posted on 4 Mar 2014 by GreenbergTraurig

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it will add diisononyl phthalate (DINP) to the list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act... Read More

California Proposes Enhanced Prop. 65 Warnings and Possible Online Disclosures - Dietary Supplements and Foods Specially Targeted
Posted on 29 Apr 2014 by GreenbergTraurig

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced that it is considering implementation of the most significant changes to Prop. 65 regulations in more than two decades. OEHHA has posted the draft regulation and Initial... Read More

Senate Committee Passes Amended TSCA Reform Bill, S. 697
Posted on 22 Jul 2015 by Keller and Heckman LLP

On April 28, 2015, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed an amended version of the bipartisan bill S. 697, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this bill: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical... Read More

House Passes TSCA Modernization Act, What's Next
Posted on 28 Jul 2015 by Keller and Heckman LLP

The House of Representatives passed the TSCA Modernization Act (H.R. 2576), [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this bill: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], by an overwhelming majority of 398-1, on June 23, 2015. The alternative Senate bill, the... Read More

U.S. EPA 2013 TRI Preliminary Dataset Now Available
Posted on 25 Aug 2014 by Jenner & Block Corporate Environmental Lawyer

EPA has released the 2013 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) preliminary dataset, which contains toxic chemical release and pollution prevention data reported by facilities for the 2013 calendar year. The currently available dataset includes reporting forms... Read More