Biobased and Renewable Products Update August 23, 2018 Federal Genetically Engineered Food Labels: Center For Food Safety Files Suit On August 1, 2018, the Center for Food Safety filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for its delay in the establishment of a […]
EPA Releases Details of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule Thu Aug 23rd, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday released the details of its proposed rule updating the greenhouse gas emission regulations for coal-burning power plants. The proposal, titled the Affordable Clean […]
EPA Clarifies “New” Unit for PAL Purposes August 20, 2018 | Eric L. Hiser Anna Marie Wood, Director, Air Quality Policy Division of the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards issued a June 14, 2018 letter clarifying which units are treated as “new” for purposes of establishing baseline actual emissions (BAE) for a […]
August 22, 2018 Environmental Protection Agency Must Regulate Currently Unpermitted Stormwater Discharges in Two Los Angeles Waterways On August 10, 2018, a federal district court judge in the Central District of California found that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must regulate — either by permitting or prohibiting — certain currently […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update August 16, 2018 Federal Trump Administration Lifts Ban On Biotechnology Crops In Wildlife Refuges On August 2, 2018, the Trump Administration’s Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gregory J. Sheehan, reversed an Obama era 2014 policy on the use of biotechnology […]