Biobased Products News and Policy Report May 7, 2020 Federal Russian Federation Extends Deadline For Submissions To New Chemical Inventory The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation formally announced that the May 1, 2020, deadline to submit substances and mixtures to its chemical inventory is extended to […]
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The Massachusetts Legislature has enacted a legal framework for municipal boards, including conservation commissions, to receive and process applications, conduct meetings and hearings, make and issue decisions, take enforcement actions, and otherwise function during the state of emergency declared by Governor Baker on March 10, 2020.1 The legislation is Chapter […]
May 6, 2020
Arkansas Governor Issues Executive Order to Assist Independent Oil Producers – Update from PPGMR Law
On May 1, 2020, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson issued Executive Order EO 20-24, finding that:“The COVID-19 crisis has had a sudden, unforeseeable, and devastating impact on the crude oilmarket, and the negative market impact has been exacerbated by external market forces such asthe crude oil price war involving Russia and […]
COVID-19 UPDATE April 27, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert By notice dated April 24, 2020, NJDEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe issued a temporary rule to extend most of the regulatory deadlines and mandatory time frames established under the NJDEP Site Remediation Program for 90 days. The extension only applies […]
COVID-19 UPDATE May 4, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert On May 2, 2020, Governor Murphy issued Executive Order 136, an order extending and pausing the running of certain statutory timeframes applicable to a variety of NJDEP programs under which agency permits or other approvals are issued beginning on March […]