Contrary to popular opinion, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement activity under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) has been trending upward over the last couple of years. As noted in our earlier advisory memorandum on enforcement activity under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), although most […]
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Mar 2, 2022
Biofuels: EPA Webinar on PMN Process and TSCA Requirements – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
On February 23, 2022, EPA held a webinar on requirements under TSCA and the PMN process for biofuels. As reported in our January 24, 2022, blog item, in January 2022, EPA announced an effort to streamline the review of new biobased or waste-derived chemicals that could displace current, higher GHG-emitting […]
February 28, 2022 Stephen D. Daly, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog A successful defense of a mass environmental tort case frequently turns on class certification. In Holly Lloyd v. Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy, LLC, No. 20-4330, 2022 WL 407377 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 10, 2022), a federal district court denied a motion to […]
Mar 1, 2022
USEPA and CEQ Announce Updates to Environmental Justice Screening Tools – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox
February 21, 2022 Todd D. Kantorczyk, Esq. MGKF Newsflash On Friday, February 18, both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced updates regarding their respective environmental justice (EJ) screening tools. According to EPA, the updates to their screening tool—which has been named […]
Mar 1, 2022
Canadian Government Introduces Bill Intended to Modernize CEPA – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced on February 9, 2022, that the government introduced in the Senate the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (Bill S-5), intended to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act (FDA). […]