November 15, 2018 By: Eric L. Hiser On November 9, 2018, EPA released a draft memorandum, “Revised Policy On Exclusions from ‘Ambient Air,’” that expands the number of measures that may be considered by sources and permitting authorities in determining where the “ambient air boundary” is located and hence where […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update November 8, 2018 BRAG Call For Candidate Chemicals For Equivalency Determinations Is your company engaged in Class 2 chemistries that are similar to existing Class 2 chemicals but are derived from an innovative bio-source? We are looking for pioneering companies working on new biobased Class […]
Mon Nov 5th, On Environmental Law, by Bick Law LLP On May 31st, 2018 the states of California, Illinois, and Maryland, along with 5 other states, filed suit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Plaintiffs allege that, in failing to enforce Obama-era regulations concerning emissions from landfills, EPA […]
A Glimpse of Things to Come: OSHA’s Soon to Be Updated Hazard Communication Standard In the Trump Administration’s Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Regulatory Agenda) issued on October 17, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Proposed Rule Stage item titled […]
Biobased and Renewable Products Update November 1, 2018 Federal Green Groups Petition EPA To Monitor Prairies For Biofuels On October 30, 2018, Earthjustice and the Clean Air Task Force submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a petition “to amend its ‘aggregate compliance’ approach to the definition of biomass […]