What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
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On July 30, 2025, President Trump sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) the nomination of Mr. Douglas Troutman to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issue a July 22nd document titled: Memorandum Supporting Proposed Decision to Approve Registration for the Uses of Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton and...more
This week, Georgia's governor signed a new pesticide labeling and liability act (SB 144) ("Act"), amending state law to limit the scope of pesticide manufacturer liability for failure to warn and aligning the state standards...more
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
Signaling renewed interest in a longstanding area of tension between federal and California labeling requirements for pesticide products, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently extended the public comment...more
Environmental groups are once again urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expedite its re-evaluation of atrazine, a widely used herbicide with significant...more
This week, I sat down with Jim Aidala, Senior Government Affairs Consultant at B&C and its consulting affiliate, The Acta Group (Acta®), to discuss the early days of the new Administration, what changes we can expect at the...more
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
The March 1, 2025, deadline for all establishments, foreign and domestic, that produce pesticides, devices, or active ingredients to file their annual production for the 2024 reporting year is fast approaching. Pursuant to...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Issues Final Risk Management Rules For TCE, PCE, And CTC: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released final risk management rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Proposes To Add 16 PFAS And 15 PFAS Categories To The TRI List Of Chemicals: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on October 8, 2024, to add 16 individual per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
Pesticide manufacturers and registrants, like many other companies, are facing increased pressure to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from their products. This pressure, however, is often focused on how the...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Seeks Public Comment On Whether To Limit The Scope Of The Treated Article Exemption: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on...more
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s (B&C®) January 31, 2023, webinar “What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023” is now available for on-demand viewing. During this one-hour webinar, Lynn L....more
Commercial sterilization operations find themselves in a more unique and complex regulatory context than many other industrial sources of EtO. Unlike the chemical manufacturing industry, which can often make decisions about...more
With the arrival of a new US presidential administration, companies are anticipating potential shifts in enforcement priorities by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the areas of climate change, the National...more
Last year Bayer announced a plan to settle lawsuits alleging injury due to exposure to Roundup™. Lawsuits alleging injuries related to pesticide exposure, such as the lawsuits involving Roundup™, are not new, and they are...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made clear that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it will aggressively pursue businesses that it believes are selling unregistered pesticide products. A recent press release...more
The Environmental Protection Agency will expedite review of certain types of applications for new and amended registrations of pesticide products intended for use against the coronavirus (COVID-19). ...more
A California Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s finding that Monsanto had the strict liability duty to warn of potential risks and side effects of its Roundup herbicides. It further affirmed that FIFRA does not...more
Ninth Circuit considers whether federal law takes precedence over California statute requiring warnings about chemicals. Hardeman v. Monsanto, pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, raises issues as to whether a...more
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a new list of disinfectants that can be used against the virus that causes the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. All of these disinfectant products qualified for a...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a January 27th Project Notification titled: EPA's Adherence to Pesticide Registration Risk Assessment Regulations,...more
Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide perhaps best known for being the active ingredient in the blockbuster weed killer Roundup®. As many readers are probably aware, Roundup® is currently the subject of both state and...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency made two moves recently to reduce the use of animals in chemical testing and pesticide registration: One under FIFRA and one under TSCA. ...more