REACH 2018: Registrants that Initiate Laboratory Testing by March 31, 2018, May Be Granted Extension for Complete Dossier Submission The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Directors’ Contact Group (DCG) recently posted guidance for companies that are required to register under the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals […]
Mar 21, 2018
Federal Agencies Will Reconsider Allegedly Overreaching Endangered Species Critical Habitat Rules
March 21, 2018 Federal Agencies Will Reconsider Allegedly Overreaching Endangered Species Critical Habitat Rules With the regulations already under review by the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service recently agreed to reconsider regulations that a coalition of state attorneys general argued, […]
Mar 20, 2018
Proposition 65: August Deadline Looming for OEHHA’s Amended Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warning Requirements
Proposition 65: August Deadline Looming for OEHHA’s Amended Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warning Requirements Proposition 65: August Deadline Looming for OEHHA’s Amended Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warning Requirements There are less than five months before the effective date of the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) […]
Pruitt Overturns Past Guidance, Brings in NSR Project Netting Posted by Eric Hiser, March 18, 2018 On March 13, 2018, EPA Administrator Pruitt issued a memorandum, “Project Emissions Accounting Under the New Source Review Preconstruction Permitting Program” that substantially changes “Step 1” in the NSR emissions calculation. “The purpose of […]
K-REACH Amendments Expected to Be Promulgated Shortly and Be Enforced January 2019 The South Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced on March 14, 2018, that amendments to the Act for the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) will be promulgated on March 20, 2018, and be enforced beginning January 1, […]