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Chemical Transporters Face Ongoing Challenges from EPA's Focus on "Transit-Related" Activity

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Chemical transport, tank cleaning and transportation depot operators breathed a sigh of relief in March 2024 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dropped provisions from a proposed rule when it issued its final...more

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EPA Issues Enforcement Alert Targeting BWON and QQQ Noncompliance at Refineries and Chemical Manufacturers

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Civil Enforcement recently published an Enforcement Alert with the purported objective of “reminding” companies of their compliance obligations under the Benzene...more

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EPA Leverages Controversial IRIS Value for Ethylene Oxide to Fast-Track Overhaul of Clean Air Act Regulations of Chemical...

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Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a 444-page pre-publication summary of new proposed rules intended to reduce hazardous air emissions from chemical manufacturers in the Synthetic Organic...more

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Litigation Minute: Ethylene Oxide—Where Regulators Are Going and How We Got Here (Ethylene Oxide Series: Part Three of Four)

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What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - While ethylene oxide (EO) has long been subject to federal regulation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently sharpened its focus on EO emissions. Despite...more

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The $363 Million Dollar Question: Are Your Ethylene Oxide Emissions a Litigation Target?

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On 19 September 2022, a Cook County, Illinois jury awarded US$363 million to a plaintiff who alleged that her breast cancer was caused by emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) from a Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook, Illinois....more

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