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EPA Releases Memorandum Providing Additional Context on Occupational Exposure Data for DEHP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 28, 2025, the release of a memorandum with additional context on occupational exposure data for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). According to EPA, the...more

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EPA Announces Plan to Eliminate its Office of Research and Development

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced July 18 it would continue workforce reductions through the elimination of its Office of Research and Development, which provides the independent scientific research that underpins...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

OECD Publishes Case Study on 2D Titanium Carbide MXenes 

On June 30, 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a report entitled 2D Titanium Carbide MXenes: Case Study Report on Advanced Materials. Within OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

ECHA Will Propose EU-Wide Restrictions on Certain Hexavalent Chromium Substances

The European Commission (EC) requested that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) assess the risks posed by certain hexavalent chromium substances. ECHA announced on April 29, 2025, that it has concluded that a European Union...more

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Administrators May Change, But PFAS Is Forever: EPA Announces PFAS Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Administrator Lee Zeldin, has unveiled its anticipated strategy for addressing the pervasive issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Navigating the Regulatory Crossroads: Chemical Policy in Trump’s First 100 Days

President Donald Trump’s initial 100 days in office during his second term have marked a significant shift in the United States’ approach to chemical regulation, emphasizing deregulation and industry facilitation over more...more

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Bills Severing EPA from Risk Assessment Research Draw Heat from Democratic AGs

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A group of 14 Democratic AGs sent a letter to U.S. Senate and House leaders urging them to oppose efforts to prohibit the EPA from using human health risk assessments and to dismantle the EPA’s Office of Research and...more

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Lessons From Dioxins And PCBS Inform Smarter PFAS Site Investigations

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Insights from decades of intense scrutiny of dioxins and PCBs in the environment, beginning in the 1960s, remain pertinent to our current challenges with PFAS. The lessons learned regarding detection and measurement,...more

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EPA Reschedules SACC Meetings to Consider 1,3-Butadiene Draft Risk Evaluation, Will Issue Supplement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on March 11, 2025, the rescheduled meeting dates of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) that had been previously scheduled for February 2025 to consider...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Extends Comment Period on Draft Scope Document for Vinyl Chloride TSCA Risk Evaluation

On March 5, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period on the draft scope of the risk evaluation to be conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for vinyl chloride. 90 Fed....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment for PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids

On January 14, 2025, EPA released for public comment its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). This draft risk assessment evaluates potential human...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Final Supplement to the Risk Evaluation and Revised Unreasonable Risk Determination for 1,4-Dioxane

On November 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of its final supplement to the risk evaluation and revised unreasonable risk determination for 1,4-dioxane under the Toxic Substances...more

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Increasing Regulatory Scrutiny of Formaldehyde Under TSCA

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Companies using formaldehyde in their manufacturing processes and/or selling products incorporating formaldehyde-containing components from upstream suppliers face significant challenges in an evolving regulatory landscape....more

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EPA’s Final Rule Enhances Risk Evaluations Process For Scrutiny of TSCA Chemicals

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On May 3, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Rule that amends the risk evaluation process for chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the steps chemical manufacturers and...more

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PFAS Regulation Continues to Take Center Stage: EPA Releases Final Drinking Water Standards

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On Wednesday, 10 April 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This came one day...more

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Flea Collars and Milkers

This week, the Court orders the EPA to reexamine its approval of a pesticide used in pet collars, and addresses the federal statute prohibiting forced labor. NRDC v. EPA - The Court holds that EPA denial of a...more

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Taking a Five-Year-Old to Court: EPA’s First 10 Risk Evaluations Meet the Bench

The 2016 Lautenberg Amendments turning five on June 22, 2021 provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on how this ambitious and bold statute is growing up –­ and faring in the courts. Tracking the body of law building up...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Chemical “Risk Management Rules” on the Horizon for 2021

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has long provided EPA with authority to review new chemical substances in a gatekeeper role as such substances enter U.S. commerce. ...more

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EPA Releases Final Risk Evaluation for 1,4-Dioxane

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial final risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane found unreasonable risks to workers and occupational non-users for 13 out of 24 use conditions, but no unreasonable risks to the...more

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EPA Supplemental TSCA Analysis Spurs Renewed Discussion over 1,4-Dioxane Regulation

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The EPA’s supplemental analysis includes certain consumer exposures, as well as surface/ambient water exposures, to 1,4-dioxane. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an expanded risk evaluation for...more

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Trichloroethylene: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Draft Risk Evaluation

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced the issuance of a draft risk evaluation (“Draft”) for trichloroethylene (“TCE”). See EPA Document #740R18008 (Feb. 21, 2020). The Draft was prepared by the EPA...more

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EPA's Adherence to Pesticide Registration Risk Assessment Regulations, Policies and Procedures: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector...

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

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Draft Risk Evaluations Released for HBCD and 1,4-Dioxane

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Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft risk evaluations for cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (HBCD) and 1,4-Dioxane, triggering a 60-day public comment period. ...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

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

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

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