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Communication is Key: OSHA’s Amended Hazard Communication Standard

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OSHA is amending its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) regulations which require chemical manufacturers and importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import and to provide their employees information...more

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EPA Takes Another Step in Regulating Chemical Manufacturers and Article Importers

On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule under Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) to require all manufacturers and importers to report unpublished health and...more

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EPA’s Noncomprehensive List of PFAS Subject to the TSCA Reporting Rule

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In 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) which requires manufacturers, including importers, of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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Superfund Chemical Taxes Reinstated

Section 80201 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58, reinstates the long-expired federal excise taxes that are imposed on specified chemical substances used in common industrial applications...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Holds Public Webinar on Development of Proposed TSCA Data Reporting Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a public webinar on July 27, 2021, to engage with stakeholders on the development of a proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to implement a tiered...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Manufacturers and Importers of 20 High-Priority Chemicals and 30 Organohalogen Flame Retardants Must Submit Data to EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule on June 29, 2021, that requires manufacturers (including importers) of 50 specified chemical substances to report certain lists and copies of unpublished...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Four Considerations for Companies that Manufacture, Import, or Process Chemicals Subject to Section 4 Test Orders

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GlobalChem 2021, which just wrapped up last month, was as important as ever for the chemical industry with a number of important announcements and excellent panel presentations. I recently had a chance to look back at my...more

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Manufacturers Should Prepare For OSHA’s New And Altered Proposed Hazard Communication Requirements

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Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and importers have often struggled with communicating product hazards to downstream employees and users, due to complex hazard communication requirements in international standards, as...more

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OSHA Issues Proposed Rule to Update Its Hazard Communication Standard

Employers have been on the lookout for a temporary emergency standard for COVID-19 from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), but what they have thus far received is a proposed rule to update the...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Issues TSCA Section 4 Test Orders for Nine Chemicals Undergoing Risk Evaluation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 15, 2021, that it has issued test orders under Section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to obtain additional data on nine of the next 20...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Proposes Updates To TSCA Fees Rule

On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication notice of proposed updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fees Rule. Specifically, the proposed updates to the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

‘Pragmatic and Proportionate’ Enforcement Expected for Future Chemical Regulation in the United Kingdom Post-Brexit

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Following years of negotiations and missed deadlines, the United Kingdom reached agreement with the European Union on post-Brexit trade on December 24 2020. A sigh of relief for industry as we move into 2021 as there will be...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Manufacturer and Importer Liability under the TSCA Fees Rule for EPA-Initiated Risk Evaluations: An Opaque and Evolving Story

Under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 26(b), as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to collect...more

Downey Brand LLP

UPDATE: EPA May Exempt Certain Manufacturers and Importers from TSCA Fees Rule

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On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its plan to consider a proposed rule that may exempt many manufacturers and importers from its new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fees Rule... The...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Plans to Provide Additional Clarification on Self-Identifying as a Manufacturer or Importer of a High-Priority Chemical

Given the considerable industry stakeholder confusion and angst that has arisen related to the January 27, 2020, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Register notice on identifying the preliminary lists of...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA May Extend March 27 Deadline to Self-Identify as a Manufacturer or Importer of a High-Priority Chemical

On February 24, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a conference call to review certain provisions of the final rule on fees for the administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Requirements for South Korean Manufacturers and Importers of Chemicals Continue to Change

The latest revisions to the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals [Act No. 15844, October 16, 2018] in South Korea (K-REACH) entered into force on January 1, 2019. Its first significant compliance deadline...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Updated TSCA Inventory: What You Need to Know Now to Avoid Business Disruption*

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In 2016, after decades without any changes, Congress amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (the “TSCA”) with an eye towards updating and modernizing the regulatory regime for chemical substances. One of the elements of the...more

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Reminder on the Upcoming June 30, 2019, Registration Deadline for Existing Chemical Substances in South Korea

The South Korea amendment to the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) came into effect on January 1, 2019. All existing chemical substances (i.e., substances that are listed on the...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Chemical Data Reporting Rule: 2019 is the Principal Reporting Year

Every four years, domestic manufacturers and importers of chemicals must report to the Environmental Protection Agency under the Chemical Data Reporting rule (CDR). The next reports are due in 2020, with 2019 as the principal...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Information on the Upcoming Registration Deadline for Chemical Substances in South Korea -- June 30, 2019

The South Korea amendment to the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) came into effect on January 1, 2019. All existing chemical substances (i.e., substances that are listed on the existing...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General Project Notification: Evaluation of Importers' and Manufacturers'...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued an August 22nd Project Notification titled: Evaluation of Importers’ and Manufacturers’ Chemical Data Reporting Under the Toxic Substance Control Act. ...more

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The TSCA Inventory Reset Begins

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Virtually all manufacturers and importers of chemicals for the past 11 years are now subject to a new TSCA reporting requirement known informally as the TSCA Inventory Reset. Reports are due by February 7, 2018. All...more

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Toxic Substances and Control Act Overhaul

Under the recently amended Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA), EPA is bound by new requirements and enforceable timetables to complete risk assessments for chemicals manufactured, distributed and imported to the United...more

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New TSCA Requirements for Chemical Importers

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Companies planning to ship chemical-based products to the United States should have a basic understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the key U.S. chemicals law. That law was substantially amended in June...more

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