Nanotech

MARCH 20, 2024

(B&C®), the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health for a day-long conference reflecting on the challenges and accomplishments since the implementation of the 2016 Lautenberg Amendments and where the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) stands today.

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Nanotech

JULY 9, 2024

This hybrid conference marked the eighth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Annual Conference, reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges since the implementation of the 2016 Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) and where TSCA stands today.

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Nanotech

MAY 21, 2024

The conference focuses on Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) implementation challenges and accomplishments since the enactment in 2016 of the Frank R. (B&C®), the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the regulations that govern the Agency’s review of new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to improve efficiency and align with the 2016 bipartisan TSCA amendments under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

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Brag

JULY 7, 2023

(EDT) on its recent final procedural rule for submitting confidential business information (CBI) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The final rule increases transparency, modernizes the reporting and review procedures for CBI, and aligns with the 2016 amendments to TSCA.

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Brag

MAY 21, 2021

” For decades, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been regarded as a “chemical producer” law that retailers, product manufacturers, and other “article” manufacturers could, for the most part, comfortably ignore. TSCA was significantly amended in 2016, and the U.S. Not anymore.

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Brag

AUGUST 2, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period on proposed amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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Acoel

JANUARY 27, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg).

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Brag

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 23, 2021, legally mandated changes to the fee requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to EPA, as a result of this and other factors, TSCA fees collected since the 2016 amendments have covered only half of the 25 percent target.

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Brag

MAY 27, 2021

” This complimentary virtual conference marks the fifth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Annual Conference, reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges since the implementation of the 2016 Lautenberg Amendments and where TSCA stands today.

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Brag

MAY 30, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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The Energy Law

JULY 18, 2016

On June 29, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its first year implementation plan for the recently-enacted amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”). This is Part II of our TSCA update following the recent changes to the TSCA legislation.

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The Energy Law

JULY 12, 2016

On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21 st Century Act (the “Act”), which significantly amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”). A follow-up article will explore the EPA’s recently released plan for implementing these changes. See [link].

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Vermont Law

APRIL 29, 2018

It wasn’t until the introduction of the Clean Air Act in 1970 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was able to legally regulate asbestos, specifically the use of spray-on asbestos products. In late 2016, the EPA formally. that would be examined under the Lautenberg Act, one of which was asbestos. Since then, a.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 27, 2023

The risk evaluation is being conducted under amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act that were signed into law in 2016. Public comments are being accepted through June 20. Nominations are due April 24. Submission guidelines are in the above link. Federal Water Tap is a weekly digest spotting trends in U.S.

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Acoel

JANUARY 25, 2022

It is ironic, however, that EPA is applying the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in ways that are counterproductive to achieving these goals. Since enactment in 2016 of the Frank R. Key to the analysis is the “reasonable” foreseeability of that use.

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Brag

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to EPA’s rule list , the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) is working on the following rulemakings under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). More information on EPA’s 2016 proposed rule is available in our July 29, 2016, memorandum.

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Brag

JUNE 17, 2021

Freedhoff also served on the staffs of the House Science Committee, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the House Natural Resources Committee.

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Legal Planet

MAY 29, 2024

Indeed, the PFAS disaster points once again to the failure of our laws regulating toxic chemicals, which were intended to avoid just these sorts of problems. But even after twenty years of effort, basic safety information is still missing for the vast majority of chemicals sold in the EU.

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A key force propelling reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act through Congress in 2016 was a bipartisan belief, shared by the business and environmental communities alike, that the Environmental Protection Agency needs more information to do its job of protecting the American public from adverse effects caused by chemical exposures.

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Acoel

JANUARY 29, 2025

Bergeson * It has been almost nine years since Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) stakeholders celebrated President Obamas enactment on June 22, 2016, of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg). Posted on January 29, 2025 by Lynn L.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. that restrict mercury, arsenic, lead, and other poisonous emissions by coal- and oil-burning power plants; narrowing the scope of a 2016. law mandating safety assessments for potentially toxic chemicals, like dry-cleaning solvents and paint strippers; and eliminating two programs.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA finalized a risk management rule for decaBDE and four other PBT substances in early January. 21-70168, 21-70670 (9th Cir. June 30, 2021).]]

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. Chemical Importers Agreed to Pay Penalties for Violations of 2016 Chemical Data Reporting Rule. EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct. 6, 2021).]]

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

EPA’s efforts to regulate vinyl chloride as a hazardous air pollutant under section 112 of the Clean Air Act also went on for more than a decade and was ultimately a big part of the reason why Congress overhauled that section of the statute in the 1990 amendments.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA said specific identities of the 390 chemicals were reported as non-confidential in the 2012, 2016, or 2020 reports submitted under the Chemical Data Reporting rule.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA Published Final Risk Management Rules for Five Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Substances; Biden Administration to Review. 16, 2016); 82 Fed.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Regulatory determinations under SDWA trigger EPA's process for developing national primary drinking water regulations (NPDWRs), which are enforceable drinking water standards in contrast to the health advisories EPA established for PFOA and PFOS in 2016.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The grant program ended in 2016 due to a lack of funding. The House Transportation and Infrastructure approved the Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound (PUGET SOS) Act ( R. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Amphibians in Decline Conservation Fund. 1144 ) from by Rep. Comments are due Apr.

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