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Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: OSHA Renews Its Machine Safety (Amputations) National Emphasis Program

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OSHA announced that it is renewing its National Emphasis Program (NEP) to Address Amputations in Manufacturing. The renewed NEP will replace the previous version which expired on June 27 and will remain in place for five...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

OSHA’s 2025 Amputations NEP: Key Changes Manufacturers Should Know

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued its 2025 update to the National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries (Amputations NEP), renewing the program and introducing several...more

Downey Brand LLP

EPA Adds Extensive New Amendments to its Risk Management Program in Final Rule

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On March 11, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register amendments to the Risk Management Program (RMP) rule (Final Rule). Going into effect on May 10, 2024, EPA’s Final Rule, named the...more

Alston & Bird

EPA Finalizes Sweeping New Safety Standards and Public Disclosure Requirements for Chemical Accidents

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group examines the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule’s stringent requirements for accident prevention, response, and public disclosure of information....more

Knobbe Martens

Medical Device Cybersecurity Survey Report Released

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Cybellum released a medical device survey report on April 20, 2022 entitled “Medical Device Cybersecurity: Trends and Predictions.” The company’s website states that their “mission is to enable manufacturers and their...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

TSCA Implementation Update: EPA Releases Updated Inventory and Delays Risk Evaluations

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As we previously outlined, the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) was amended in 2016 to provide EPA with much broader authority to regulate “existing” chemical substances (i.e., those that are already in use in commerce)....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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

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TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Recording Available From “Chemical Regulation In 2018: A Sneak Preview Of Things To Come” Webinar: A recording is now available of “Chemical Regulation in 2018: A Sneak Preview of Things to Come,” the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

EPA Publishes New TSCA Framework Rules

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The revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in June 2016. TSCA requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize several “framework” rules by June 2017. Recently, EPA published three of these...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

EPA Identifies First Ten Chemical Substances For Evaluation Under New TSCA

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As we outlined earlier this year, the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) was recently updated to provide EPA with much broader authority to regulate “existing” chemical substances (i.e., those that are already in use in...more

Burr & Forman

Advancing Chemical Safety – Maybe the Art of Compromise Isn’t Such a Bad Thing

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President Obama signed a major reform of the Nation’s chemical safety standards on Wednesday, June 22. The legislation amended the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, providing the first substantive changes in the 40-year old...more

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