Nov 29, 2022

EPA: “permitted” means “achievable” for BACT – Update by Hiser Joy

Posted by Eric L. Hiser On August 31, 2022, the EPA issued “EPA Comments Concerning BACT Evaluations” in TCEQ Docket 2021-0942-AIR and SOAH Docket 582-22-0201 on the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction plant and export terminal.  In those comments, the EPA opposed in a pending administrate hearing the TCEQ […]

Nov 28, 2022

EPA Issues SNPRM Modifying and Supplementing 2021 Proposed TSCA Fees Rule – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On November 16, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a much-anticipated supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) to modify and supplement its 2021 proposed rule that would amend the 2018 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fees rule. 87 Fed. Reg. 68647. EPA states that “[w]ith over five years […]

Nov 21, 2022

Recent Federal Developments – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

WEBINAR – Registration Is Open For “Articles under TSCA”: Register now to join Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Eve Gartner, and Lynn L. Bergeson for the Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) webinar “Articles under TSCA.” When the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in 1976, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]

Nov 21, 2022

Environmental Law & Policy Alert – Update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

November 16, 2022 Colorado River Update:  Department of Interior Announces Intent to (Potentially) Revise Reservoir Operating Guidelines and Impose Additional Cuts in 2023-24 Water Year On October 28, 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation issued a release stating it is initiating efforts to modify the existing operating guidelines for Glen […]

Nov 15, 2022

EPA Finds Methylene Chloride, as a Whole Chemical Substance, Presents an Unreasonable Risk to Human Health – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 10, 2022, the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the methylene chloride risk evaluation issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 87 Fed .Reg. 67901. EPA states that the revision to the methylene chloride risk determination […]