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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Tribal Sovereign Immunity: Ninth Circuit Dismisses Environmental Challenge to Navajo Coal Mining In a decision with potentially far-reaching implications for future litigation affecting tribal property, the Ninth Circuit dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds an environmental challenge to reauthorization of coal mining activities on land reserved to the Navajo Nation. The […]