Biobased and Renewable Products Update March 3, 2022 Federal U.S. Senator Capito Joins Forces With Colleagues In Letter To EPA Administrator Regan Regarding EPA’s SRE Denials Under RFS On January 27, 2022, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and […]
March 3, 2022 Michael M. Meloy, Esq. and Will Hitchcock, Technical Consultant Effective as of February 26, 2022, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) published a new Interim-Final Technical Guidance Document (TGD) titled Utilizing Published Data in Performing a Background Demonstration and Equivalent Site Evaluation for Naturally Occurring Vanadium. This […]
Contrary to popular opinion, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement activity under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) has been trending upward over the last couple of years. As noted in our earlier advisory memorandum on enforcement activity under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), although most […]
Mar 2, 2022
Biofuels: EPA Webinar on PMN Process and TSCA Requirements – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
On February 23, 2022, EPA held a webinar on requirements under TSCA and the PMN process for biofuels. As reported in our January 24, 2022, blog item, in January 2022, EPA announced an effort to streamline the review of new biobased or waste-derived chemicals that could displace current, higher GHG-emitting […]
February 28, 2022 Stephen D. Daly, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog A successful defense of a mass environmental tort case frequently turns on class certification. In Holly Lloyd v. Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy, LLC, No. 20-4330, 2022 WL 407377 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 10, 2022), a federal district court denied a motion to […]