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. […]
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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 […]
Aug 14, 2019
United States Dismisses Fifth Circuit Luminant Appeal – Update from Jorden, Hiser & Joy, PLC
United States Dismisses Fifth Circuit Luminant Appeal August 14, 2019 – Eric L. Hiser Less than one month after Luminant Generation won its motion for rehearing en banc in United States v. Luminant Generation Co., the United States filed a motion to dismiss the appeal and, on August 9, 2019, the Fifth […]
EPA Draft Risk Evaluation for 1-BP Finds Unreasonable Risks to Workers, Occupational Non-Users, Consumers, and Bystanders under Certain Specific Uses The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on August 9, 2019, the draft risk evaluation for 1-bromopropane (1-BP), the fourth of the first ten chemicals undergoing risk evaluation under the […]