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Federal BETO Announces Novel State-of-the-Art Workflow Technology To Accelerate Biomanufacturing Research: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on May 15, 2023, that a new workflow developed by researchers at the Agile BioFoundry (ABF), a BETO-funded consortium of national laboratories, and Agilent Research Laboratories (Agilent) addresses […]

On May 20, 2023, Canada published a Canada Gazette notice announcing the availability of its Draft State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report (Draft Report). Canada proposes to conclude that the class of PFAS meets one or more criteria set out in Section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). According to […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on May 16, 2023, that it will propose amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to the pre-publication version of the proposed rule, the amendments are “intended to align the regulatory text with the amendments to TSCA’s new chemicals […]

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are attracting global legal, regulatory, commercial, and litigation attention as no other “emerging contaminant” has. Companies producing, processing, distributing, and/or using these substances must be aware of global legal and scientific developments and take steps now to minimize legal, regulatory, and commercial risk. Bergeson & […]

Each year about this time, companies are focused on the deadline to submit Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This year is no different as the July 1, 2023, deadline is rapidly approaching. By this date, entities subject to the reporting requirement must submit data […]