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EPA’s Final Rule Enhances Risk Evaluations Process For Scrutiny of TSCA Chemicals

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On May 3, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Rule that amends the risk evaluation process for chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the steps chemical manufacturers and...more

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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

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Major Updates to OSHA's Hazard Communication (Chemical Right-to-Know) Standard - June 20th, 1:00 pm ET

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On May 20, 2024, OSHA published its long-in-the-making revision to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). OSHA’s revised its standard to better align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] EPA Risk Evaluations Under TSCA: What’s at Stake and How to Prepare - May 16th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule on procedures for chemical risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was published in the Federal Register. In the words of EPA’s...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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PFAS Update: EPA Kicks Off the New Year with TSCA and TRI Actions

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) started the new year by finalizing two rules involving per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) and the Toxic...more

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EPA's PFAS Reporting Rule Requires Broad Retroactive Disclosure of PFAS Data

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The Situation: In 2019, Congress amended the Toxic Substances Control Act ("TSCA") to require the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to promulgate a reporting rule on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"). EPA...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EPA Publishes Comprehensive PFAS Reporting Rule Under TSCA

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and enormously important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured...more

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Maine Proposed Rule Provides Further Reporting Clarity for Products and Product Components Containing PFAS

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On February 14, 2023, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) issued a proposed draft rule that provides guidance on reporting requirements and sales prohibitions for products and product components containing...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Effective January 1, 2023, Numerous States Begin to Impose Notification Requirements and Prohibitions on Products Containing...

Multiple states have enacted laws that impose prohibitions or notification obligations on the commercial distribution of PFAS-containing products, with requirements under the laws of three states (California, Maine and New...more

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EPA Proposes Retroactive PFAS Reporting

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On June 28, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule that would require a one-time report from companies that manufactured or imported per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in any...more

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OSHA Proposes Changes to Align Hazard Communication Standard with GHS Revision 7

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On February 16, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)....more

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European Chemicals Agency SCIP Database is launched and ready for use

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At the end of October, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched the SCIP database. When populated, the database will ensure that information on articles in the EU that contain substances of very high concern (SVHCs) is...more

Wiley Rein LLP

TSCA Cost Sharing Consortias Are Broken Due to EPA Rule – Can They Be Fixed?

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Under the EPA fee rule for TSCA (40 C.F.R. § 700.45), manufacturers (including importers) of chemicals undergoing risk evaluation are subject to the TSCA fee of $1.35 million. Following publication of a preliminary list of...more

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EPA Modifies Classes of Manufacturers and Importers Subject to TSCA Fees Rule for High-Priority Substances in the U.S.

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One of the hallmarks of the 2016 United States TSCA reform bill was the creation of a risk evaluation process for certain chemical substances. To implement this risk evaluation process, EPA promulgated regulations regarding...more

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The Long Reach of Proposition 65

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According to the Center for Accountability in Science, since 2010, businesses have spent over $182 million to settle Prop 65 lawsuits. What most companies do not realize is that 75% of settling businesses were headquartered...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 “TCSA”) with an eye towards updating and modernizing the regulatory regime for chemical substances. One of the elements of the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Chemicals Legislation Faces New Reforms in the UK, Europe and US post Brexit

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Barack Obama signed the bipartisan Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act on 22 June of this year. This Act, which came into immediate effect, amends the core provisions of the Toxic Substances Control...more

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