“Environmental Vanguard” is a quarterly newsletter from McGuireWoods, sharing key insights from our leading environmental attorneys and consultants at the forefront of regulatory, litigation, and policy developments. This...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Posts Resources On Rule To Accelerate Use Of PIPs: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 4, 2023, that it is providing resources to help biotechnology developers exercise...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - ARTICLE -- Lynn L. Bergeson, “Toxics Release Inventory Reporting: What is New This Year?,” Chemical Processing, June 9, 2023: Each year about this time, companies are focused on the deadline to submit Toxics...more
Biden administration acts to restore clean-water safeguards - Associated Press – November 18 - The Biden administration took action this Thursday to restore federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams,...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson Authors “TSCA: A change of course,” In May/June 2021 Issue Of Specialty Chemicals Magazine: Just as the industrial chemical community was getting into a predictable, somewhat comfortable...more
Recent news that the Democrats flipped both U.S. Senate seats in Georgia’s run-off election means that the Democrats have enough votes to add the Congressional Review Act (CRA)[1] to the tools that could be used to advance...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Available On-Demand: “TSCA Reform -- Four Years Later” Virtual Seminar: On June 24, 2020, B&C, The Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Takes Next Step To Implement PFAS Legislation: On May 18, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a press release announcing that it will issue a final rule adding 172 per- and...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Lynn L. Bergeson, “Effectively Managing Supply Chain Communications Under TSCA,” Bloomberg Environment Insights, April 28, 2020: The EPA’s amendments to TSCA reporting requirements have increased the need...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - Ninth Circuit Issues Decision In Case Challenging TSCA Prioritization And Risk Evaluation Rules: On November 14, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in a case...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Will Provide Minimum 30-Day Public Comment Period On Draft Risk Evaluations: Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Requests Comments On 20 Proposed Low-Priority Chemical Substances: On August 13, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the list of 20 chemical substances that it proposes to...more
This is the third issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the next 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector. ...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Schedules PPDC Meeting: On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the scheduling of a Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) meeting for November 1-2, 2017. 82...more
On October 8, the National Wildlife Federation (“NWF”) fulfilled its promise to sue the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”). The lawsuit alleges that for 20 years the DOT has allowed pipelines to operate illegally by...more
On July 28, 2015, the National Wildlife Federation (“NWF”) filed an intent to sue notice against the Department of Transportation (“DOT”), arguing the DOT has not properly approved pipeline projects for more than 20 years. ...more
EPA Seeks Comment On Series 810 Test Guidelines: On June 17, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability for comment of several Series 810, non-binding, draft test guidelines developed by...more
EPA Denies Petition To Ban Triclosan: On May 13, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition submitted in January 2010 by Food & Water Watch and Beyond Pesticides seeking to ban triclosan, an...more