Written by: Jared S. Mueller Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 398 extending California’s Cap-and-Trade program (Program) through 2030, and providing the State Air Resources Board (Board) with the primary mechanism to meet California’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Originally […]
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) addresses new chemical notifications and, as such, is chemical innovation’s regulatory gatekeeper. The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg) amended Section 5. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interpretation of these amendments has changed significantly the […]
August 14, 2017 Richard Hamel NSR Law Blog is pleased to welcome Richard Hamel, Principal Consultant, at ERM’s Air Quality and Climate Change Practice, as a contributing author. Richard can be reached at ERM’s Boston, MA office, at richard.hamel@erm.com or 617-648-7826. NSR Law Blog thanks Richard for his contribution! EPA’s […]
August 8, 2017 King of Prussia, PA Philadelphia, PA (August 15, 2017) – Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox partners Rodd Bender and Nicole Moshang presented “Emerging Issues in Environmental Law: Impacting Real Estate Acquisition, Development and Ownership,” on Tuesday August 8, 2017. Yolanda Rodriguez, Assistant Vice President and Counsel at […]
TSCA New Chemicals Coalition will give the chemical community greater opportunity to engage with EPA on constructive, helpful, and informed improvements to the new chemicals review process. BACKGROUND Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) addresses new chemical notifications and, as such, is chemical innovation’s regulatory gatekeeper. The […]