March 10, 2021 CARB Approves Phased-In Agricultural Burning Ban in San Joaquin Air Quality Management District Farmers and ranchers in the San Joaquin Valley (Valley) must now implement alternatives to agricultural burning to comply with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved “near-complete phase-out” of agricultural burning by January 1, […]
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Mar 8, 2021
EPA Proposes to Cancel FIFRA Registration for Pentachlorophenol – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
On March 5, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that “[i]n support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to making evidence-based decisions to protect human health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step by proposing the cancellation of the registration of pentachlorophenol.” Pentachlorophenol, a well-recognized wood preservative in […]
In a 2-1 decision in New Jersey v. EPA, released on March 5, 2021, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals (DC Circuit) held that EPA did not act “arbitrarily and capriciously” in setting the “reasonable possibility” standard that triggers additional NSR recordkeeping. In reaching this conclusion, the DC […]
COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES APRIL 19, 2021 March 5, 2021 Jill Hyman Kaplan, Esq. and Megan A. Elliott, Esq. MGKF Special Alert The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced proposed rulemaking to modify the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification […]
Mar 5, 2021
Federal Opinion is a Case of First Impression in the Sixth District – Update from McMahon DeGulis, LLP
On March 1, 2021 Chief Judge Marbley of the SD of Ohio issued an opinion in FIP Realty v. Ingersoll-Rand, et.al., a case of first impression concerning CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B) and the Ohio Voluntary Action Program, ORC Section 3746.23. The FIP case concerns an industrial warehouse in Columbus, which was […]