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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, August 2025

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - PANNA Files Writ Of Mandamus Against EPA For Failing To Respond To Petition To Cancel Organophosphate Pesticides: On June 30, 2025, the Pesticide Action and Agroecology Network North America (PANNA) and...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

TSCA Section 6(a) Risk Evaluation Rules Update: Reconsideration of the PCE Rule

The US EPA reopened its TSCA Section 6(a) rule for Perchloroethylene (PCE) on July 30, 2025. The agency is seeking public comment as part of its reconsideration of the rule until August 29, 2025. In addition to the potential...more

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EPA Considers New TSCA Rules for Common Solvent PCE

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On July 30, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a request for public comment on the potential regulation of perchloroethylene (PCE) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). PCE is a widely used...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

TSCA Section 21 Petition Seeks Reconsideration of 2024 Rule Regarding Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation

On May 15, 2025, the Center for Environmental Accountability (CEA) filed a petition under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reconsider the...more

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EPA Announces Reevaluation of the TSCA Risk Evaluation Framework Rule (Updated)

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This alert was originally published on March 20, 2025, and has been revised based on recent developments. Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden administration finalized amendments to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Comment Period Closing in 30 Days (April 16) on Federal PFOA/PFOS Risk Assessment for Sewage Sludge Applied to Agricultural Land...

Interested parties—including businesses raising crops or animals on agricultural and ranch lands potentially impacted by PFAS in groundwater; entities operating wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); and related interest groups...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Risk Management Rule for PV29

On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is reopening the comment period for the January 2025 proposed rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Additional Data on Ongoing Uses of Chrysotile Asbestos

On March 17, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released additional data related to the proposed risk management rule for chrysotile asbestos for public comment. 88 Fed. Reg. 16389. According to EPA’s March...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

EPA Seeking Public Comment on Significant Revisions to the RMP Program

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On August 31, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations were published in the Federal Register, kicking off a 60-day public comment...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New In Washington - September 2018

Following a truncated August recess, the House and the Senate returned to Washington after Labor Day with a full plate of legislative items to address prior to the end of the fiscal year on September 30. That list includes...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EPA Delivers on Promise to Delay Risk Management Plant Requirements for Chemical Plants and Refineries

On June 12, 2017, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced another extension to the effective date of the Obama-era rule amending federal Risk Management Program (RMP) requirements for...more

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EPA’s Risk Management Plan (RMP) Final Rule Delayed

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EPA’s new Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) Final Rule was to take effect on March 14, 2017. EPA has delayed the effective date until June 19, 2017, and has proposed a further delay until February 19, 2019, in light of industry...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Environmental and Energy: Proposed EPA Revisions to RMP Rule Could Increase Burden on Chemical Facilities (3/16)

On March 14, 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed revisions to EPA’s Risk Management Program or "RMP" regulations under §112(r) of the Clean Air Act. EPA’s proposal is intended to...more

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