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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

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Minnesota Delays PFAS Reporting Deadline Six Months to July 1, 2026

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On July 23, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced that it will allow manufacturers an additional six months to report required PFAS information, extending the original January 1, 2026, deadline to July...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California's Microplastics Proposal: Impacts on the Consumer Products Supply Chain: The Proposed Listing of Microplastics Reflects...

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California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has proposed listing microplastics on its "Candidate Chemicals List" under the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) Program, a regulatory framework designed to reduce toxic...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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Minnesota Seeks Comment on Rules Implementing Reporting Requirement for Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS and...

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Following up on the rulemaking process presaged by Minnesota’s comprehensive statute (Amara’s Law) requiring phase outs of PFAS intentionally added to products, which we’ve previously discussed here and here, the Minnesota...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Extends Deadline for Public Comment on Manufacture of Certain PFAS during Fluorination of HDPE and Other Plastic Containers

On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an extension to the comment period for the notice published September 30, 2024, seeking public comment on the manufacture of certain per- and...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

MPCA Requests Comments on Planned PFAS in Products Reporting and Fee Rule

On November 18, 2024, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requested comments on planned rules governing reporting and fees paid by manufacturers upon submission of required information about products containing per-...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Draft Risk Evaluation for DINP for Public Comment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on September 3, 2024, the release of the draft risk evaluation for diisononyl phthalate (DINP) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for public comment. 89 Fed....more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Announces 8-Month Delay in Submission Window for TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is modifying the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulation imposing reporting and recordkeeping requirements for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (the Rule) to...more

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More Changes Under Consideration For Prop. 65 Short-Form Warnings

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The California agency that administers Proposition 65 is considering further revisions to the regulations governing the use and format of the short-form warning....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Draft Risk Evaluation Documents for DIDP and DINP for Public Comment and Peer Review

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on May 20, 2024, the availability of and solicited public comment on the draft manufacturer-requested risk evaluation (MRRE) for di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP) and the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Updated EPA Analysis on Long-Term Health Effects of Formaldehyde Exposure Could Have Lasting Implications for Manufacturers

On April 14, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft conclusions in a report updating its analysis regarding formaldehyde exposure, suggesting that long-term exposures to small amounts of formaldehyde...more

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EPA Proposes Ban on Chrysotile Asbestos

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On April 5, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced proposed regulation that would prohibit the use, manufacture, and import of chrysotile asbestos, also known as ‘white asbestos.’ Chrysotile asbestos is...more

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New Acrylamide Prop 65 lawsuits: preliminary injunction reinstated; proposed regulation disapproved

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Two significant decisions were recently issued regarding California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65). First, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a district court’s preliminary injunction halting new...more

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Proposition 65: Legal and Technical Implications of Listing PFOA as a Carcinogen

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On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as a carcinogen under Proposition 65 via the Authoritative...more

Morgan Lewis

California Proposes Changes to Proposition 65 Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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Proposition 65 mandates that companies doing business in California provide warnings about exposures to chemicals listed as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The California Office of Environmental...more

Jones Day

2020 Regulatory Amendments Attempt to Simplify Proposition 65 Warning Obligations

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The Situation: New regulatory amendments to Proposition 65 went into effect on April 1, 2020. These amendments: (i) allow manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers of consumer products to satisfy Proposition 65's warning...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

PFAS Update: EPA Progress Under PFAS Action Plan

Earlier this year, we wrote about EPA’s PFAS Action Plan, the agency’s blueprint for addressing contamination and protecting public health from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Update on PFAS Toxicity Assessments

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On Feb. 26, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its latest efforts to evaluate the toxicity of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in accordance with its previously announced PFAS...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

EPA Proposes Extended Deadlines for Formaldehyde Emission Standards in Composite Wood Products

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The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule that would extend compliance deadlines in its Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products. While this direct final rule does not address the...more

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EPA Proposes Ban on Certain Uses of Trichloroethylene (TCE)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a significant proposal, EPA moves to ban the use of TCE in aerosol degreasing and spot cleaning at dry cleaning facilities, as part of a larger effort to ban TCE in other industrial uses. The U.S....more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

California Prop 65: More Unintended Consequences

Last month, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) adopted new Proposition 65 warning regulations. Much of the discussions regarding these new regulations have centered on the warning...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

OEHHA Proposes New Prop. 65 Warning Regulations

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released another draft of its proposed amendments to the Proposition 65 warning regulations. This is the third draft OEHHA has released for public...more

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California Issues New Draft of Proposition 65 Warnings Overhaul - Significant Changes Respond to Public Comment

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In January 2015, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed the most significant revisions to the Proposition 65 warning regulations since the 1980s. Not surprisingly, OEHHA received...more

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