The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) will be reorganizing at the end of September 2020. OCSPP currently consists of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), and the Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP). According […]
COVID-19 UPDATE September 11, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF Special Alert As we previously reported here, on July 1, 2020, Governor Murphy signed into law the Permit Extension Act of 2020 (2020PEA). The 2020PEA is intended to extend the expiration dates of a wide range of local, county and state construction-related […]
On September 4, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published two Federal Register notices regarding the risk evaluations for the 20 high-priority chemicals designated in December 2019. In the first notice, EPA announced the availability of the final scope documents for the risk evaluations to be conducted under the Toxic Substances Control […]
Biobased Products News and Policy Report September 3, 2020 Federal EPA Calls For Nominations For 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards On August 17, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. EPA intends these awards to recognize innovation […]
September 3, 2020 Maria C. Salvemini MGKF Litigation Blog Earlier this week the Eleventh Circuit issued a published decision in Pinares v. United Technology Corporation, No. 18-15104, slip op. (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2020), affirming the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida’s grant of summary judgment in […]