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EPA Releases Memorandum Providing Additional Context on Occupational Exposure Data for DEHP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 28, 2025, the release of a memorandum with additional context on occupational exposure data for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). According to EPA, the...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

Dermal Wipe Sampling for Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Flame Retardants

The U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) plays a critical role in regulating chemicals to safeguard human health and the environment. Its 2016 amendment expanded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's)...more

K&L Gates LLP

Pest Practices: EPA Uses FIFRA to Adopt Additional Operational and Workplace Controls on Ethylene Oxide

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Having adopted stringent air emission controls on commercial sterilizers that use ethylene oxide (EtO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now adopted further controls on workplace exposure to EtO, including...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Biden’s 11th-Hour Ethylene Oxide Decision Continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s Expansion Into Occupational Safety

On January 14, 2025, the Biden administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a last-minute “interim” decision in the Federal Register for its review of ethylene oxide (EtO) under the Federal Insecticide,...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Proposes Risk Management Rule to Protect Workers from Inhalation Exposure to PV29

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by Color Index (C.I.) Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under its...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Finalizes Workplace Control Requirements for Carbon Tetrachloride

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule to protect workers from exposure to carbon tetrachloride (CTC), 40 C.F.R Part 751, Subpart H. This final rule, published on December 18, 2024, aligns with...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

PFAS Reporting Requirements at the Federal and State Level – How Will Manufacturers Respond? – Part 4 of 10

Part 4. PFAS Reporting Requirements at the Federal and State Level – How Will Manufacturers Respond? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known by the acronym PFAS and better known by the moniker “forever chemicals,” are...more

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Will EPA’s Recent Ban on Methylene Chloride Uses Result in Exponential Litigation Similar to Asbestos?

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Methylene chloride, also known as dirchloromethane [osha.gov], is a volatile, colorless liquid with a chloroform like odor. Historically, it has been used in various industrial processes, such as pharmaceutical manufacturing,...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Amends Procedural Framework Rule for Conducting TSCA Risk Evaluations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule on April 23, 2024, that amends the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

EPA Bans Ongoing Use of Chrysotile Asbestos

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a final rule prohibiting the ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos. The rule, which is the first to be finalized under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] The Impact of New TSCA Regs on OSHA Chemical Safety Enforcement - October 22nd, 1:00 pm ET

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Although this is the OSHA webinar series, in this webinar, we’ll be analyzing the intersection of EPA’s new Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) chemical exposure limits and OSHA enforcement of workplace chemical exposure....more

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EPA Finalizes Ban on Ongoing Uses of Asbestos

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On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to prohibit ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos. Chrysotile asbestos, also known as “white asbestos,” has several current uses, such as...more

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Washington State Wildfire Smoke Rules Impose New Employer Requirements

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As many Washington residents are aware, wildfires, and wildfire smoke, are becoming an increasingly regular occurrence. The increase in wildfires has often led to days—or even weeks—of smoky air throughout the state....more

Cozen O'Connor

Wildfire Smoke Exposure: What are an Employer’s Obligations?

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When it became apparent yesterday that the wildfire smoke cascading throughout parts of the Northeastern United States was having a serious health effect on anyone outside and exposed to the harmful particulates contained in...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Proposes to Ban Most Uses of Methylene Chloride

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to ban almost all uses of methylene chloride (also called dichloromethane), a widely-used solvent and processing aid. The chemical was manufactured or imported in...more

J.S. Held

Lead-Based Paint Regulations & How They Impact Your Project - Second Edition

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Projects that involve damage or disturbance of painted or coated surfaces, as well as development or improvements of existing structures, may involve some level of lead impact regardless of the type, age, or location of the...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Final Revision to HBCD Risk Determination Finds HBCD, as a Whole Chemical Substance, Presents an Unreasonable Risk

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on June 29, 2022, the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (HBCD) risk evaluation issued under the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Paraquat: How Long Did These Corporations Knowingly Peddle the Poison?

It has been described as the deadliest weedkiller on the planet. It also has been described as the most prevalent weedkiller on the planet. And now it is being described as the hot topic of a series of lawsuits filed against...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Paraquat: The Basics, the Symptoms and the Legislation Against It

The subject of six lawsuits filed in three states, paraquat is widely used in the agricultural industry and, sadly, often causes illnesses to those least able to care for themselves: workers. Workers on farms and ranches...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NDAttention – National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Adds Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals to TRI

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law, including provisions for adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the EPA’s...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

2020 Environmental, Health & Safety Outlook for Manufacturers

Welcome to 2020! As always, we at the Manufacturing Law Blog are starting the year with our annual forecasts of hot topics....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, December 2018

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Publishes First Draft TSCA Chemical Risk Evaluation: On November 15, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register notice announcing the availability of and seeking...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, November 2018

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Issues Final TSCA Fees Rule: On October 17, 2018, EPA issued a final fees rule under TSCA. 83 Fed. Reg. 52694. The final rule largely tracks the proposed rule....more

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Environmental Notes - July 2016

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CONGRESS FINDS THE FORMULA TO REFORM CHEMICAL REGULATION - The Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) is the primary federal law by which the manufacture, import and use of chemical substances are regulated in the United...more

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