Nov 9, 2018

Biobased Products News and Policy Report

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 […]

Nov 6, 2018

California, Illinois, Maryland, and 5 other States File Suit against EPA over Failure to Implement Landfill Emission Regulations.

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 […]

Nov 2, 2018

A Glimpse of Things to Come: OSHA’s Soon to Be Updated Hazard Communication Standard

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 […]

Nov 2, 2018

Biobased and Renewable Products Update

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 […]

Nov 2, 2018

Presidential Memorandum on Western Water Issues Gives Direction to Agencies on Environmental Review for Major Water Projects

October 31, 2018 Presidential Memorandum on Western Water Issues Gives Direction to Agencies on Environmental Review for Major Water Projects On October 19, 2018, President Trump issued a “Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West” in an effort to streamline the environmental review […]