Legal Alerts

On March 5, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that “[i‌]n support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to making evidence-based decisions to protect human health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step by proposing the cancellation of the registration of pentachlorophenol.”  Pentachlorophenol, a well-recognized wood preservative in […]

In a 2-1 decision in New Jersey v. EPA, released on March 5, 2021, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals (DC Circuit) held that EPA did not act “arbitrarily and capriciously” in setting the “reasonable possibility” standard that triggers additional NSR recordkeeping. In reaching this conclusion, the DC […]

COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES APRIL 19, 2021 March 5, 2021 Jill Hyman Kaplan, Esq. and Megan A. Elliott, Esq. MGKF Special Alert The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced proposed rulemaking to modify the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification […]

On March 1, 2021 Chief Judge Marbley of the SD of Ohio issued an opinion in FIP Realty v. Ingersoll-Rand, et.al., a case of first impression concerning CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B) and the Ohio Voluntary Action Program, ORC Section 3746.23. The FIP case concerns an industrial warehouse in Columbus, which was […]

Federal EC Calls For Applications For Expert Group On Chemicals Strategy For Sustainability On February 23, 2021, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) announced that in association with other relevant Directorates-General (DG) of the European Commission (EC), DG Environment has opened a call for applications to […]