Category: News

Aug 21, 2019

Manko Gold Lawyer, Bart Cassidy Named the Best Lawyers® 2020 Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Philadelphia

Bart Cassidy Named the Best Lawyers® 2020 Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Philadelphia 15 Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox Attorneys Included in Best Lawyers 2020 Philadelphia, PA (August 19, 2019) –Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF) is proud to announce that Bart Cassidy has been named the […]

Aug 21, 2019

EPA Begins Comment Period on Manufacturer Requests for Risk Evaluation of DIDP and DINP – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA announced on August 16, 2019, that it has opened the public comment periods for manufacturer requests for the risk evaluations of two chemicals used in plastic production, diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP).  EPA notes that the manufacturer-requested risk evaluations of DIDP and DINP “are among the first […]

Aug 16, 2019

Recent Federal Developments – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Product Stewardship 2019, September 10-12, 2019, Columbus, OH: Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), has served as president-elect of the Product Stewardship Society (PSS) since 2017 and will begin her term as the PSS President during the Product Stewardship Conference. Scott J. Burya, Ph.D., Regulatory Chemist, B&C, will present […]

Aug 16, 2019

Biobased Products News and Policy Report – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Biobased and Renewable Products Update August 15, 2019   Federal DOE Issues SBIR/STTR FOA   On August 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Phase I Release 1 funding opportunity for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. […]

Aug 15, 2019

EPA Proposes to Designate 20 Chemical Substances as Low-Priority Substances – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On August 13, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the list of 20 chemical substances that it proposes to designate as low-priority substances for which risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is not warranted at this time.  The pre-publication version of EPA’s proposed rule provides a summary […]