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Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Funding for Chemical Safety Board

In its released budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, the Trump administration plans to zero out funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (commonly abbreviated as CSB)....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

Morgan Lewis

TCE Rule Takes Effect but Ultimate Fate Is Still Unknown

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule to regulate trichloroethylene recently went into effect, triggering compliance deadlines for implementing the prohibition and Workplace Chemical Protection Programs even...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

HSE Publishes UK REACH Report (2023 to 2024) and Work Programme (2024 to 2025)

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced on March 21, 2025, that it has published the following annual report and work program on activities under the UK regulation on the Registration,...more

K&L Gates LLP

Pest Practices: EPA Uses FIFRA to Adopt Additional Operational and Workplace Controls on Ethylene Oxide

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Having adopted stringent air emission controls on commercial sterilizers that use ethylene oxide (EtO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now adopted further controls on workplace exposure to EtO, including...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Releases Final Risk Evaluation For DINP, Finding Unreasonable Risk Of Injury To Human Health When Workers Are Exposed Under Four Conditions Of Use (COU): On January 14, 2025, EPA released the final...more

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EPA and OSHA Renew Cooperation With Memorandum of Understanding on Toxic Substances Control Act

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have long cooperated with each other and have renewed their commitment to cooperation in a December 2024 memorandum of...more

Marshall Dennehey

Claimant’s Evidence Satisfied the Three-prong Test to Support the Section 301(F) Presumption That a Firefighter’s Chronic Myeloid...

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Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Paul Detwiler (WCAB); No. 739 C.D. 2023; Filed November 19, 2024; Judge Wolf - The claimant was a firefighter who developed chronic myeloid leukemia that was diagnosed in 2014. He learned his...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] Chemical Regulation: 2025 Outlook - February 5th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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As the second Trump Administration begins, significant shifts in the federal government’s approach to chemical regulation appear imminent. The main forces of change include the ongoing legal challenges to the Toxic Substances...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Releases Final Risk Evaluation for DINP, Finding Unreasonable Risk of Injury to Human Health When Workers Are Exposed under...

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final risk evaluation for diisononyl phthalate (DINP) conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA states that it has determined...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA and OSHA Sign MOU for Implementation of TSCA Section 6

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 13, 2025, that it signed a long-awaited memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) formalizing...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA Finalizes Workplace Control Requirements for Carbon Tetrachloride

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule to protect workers from exposure to carbon tetrachloride (CTC), 40 C.F.R Part 751, Subpart H. This final rule, published on December 18, 2024, aligns with...more

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OSH Law Primer, Part IX: Hazard Communication

This is the ninth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health...more

Baker Donelson

Six Sizzling Ways to Beat the OSHA Heat This Summer

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The summer heat is in full swing and so are ramped-up compliance efforts from OSHA. This alert provides you with six quick tips to help avoid and minimize any "heat" from OSHA this summer....more

Clark Hill PLC

The Learned Concierge - June 2024, Vol. 9

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The Learned Concierge - Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Major Updates to OSHA's Hazard Communication (Chemical Right-to-Know) Standard - June 20th, 1:00 pm ET

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On May 20, 2024, OSHA published its long-in-the-making revision to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). OSHA’s revised its standard to better align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification...more

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[Webinar] The Impact of New TSCA Regs on OSHA Chemical Safety Enforcement - October 22nd, 1:00 pm ET

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Although this is the OSHA webinar series, in this webinar, we’ll be analyzing the intersection of EPA’s new Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) chemical exposure limits and OSHA enforcement of workplace chemical exposure....more

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OSHA Enforcement: Atlanta, Georgia Chemical Manufacturer Proposed Penalty Assessment

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a March 8 news release and link to a Citation and Notice of Penalty for Southern Industrial Chemicals Inc. South Industrial Chemicals Inc. is stated to be...more

Stinson LLP

EPA Releases Risk Management Program Final Rule

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On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed its final “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident...more

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OSHA Updates Its Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Instruction

On January 26, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its updated Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Instruction, providing enforcement guidance related to compliance with...more

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Arizona Gets to Keep Its State-Operated Workplace Safety and Health Program

On February 15, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its proposed rule that would have revoked the final approval status of Arizona’s state plan for occupational safety and health. The...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Balancing Act: Facilitating Trade and Worker Protection under the Hazardous Products Regulations

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Key amendments to the federal Hazardous Products Regulations (the Regulations) are now in effect, which, among other things - - update the Regulations to be in line with the most recent standards under the Globally...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Not Digging a Deeper Hole: How to Handle an OSHA Investigation

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The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against an oilfield company, its vice president, and one of its contractors in connection with two deaths at a company facility in 2019. Additional charges were brought...more

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Methylene Chloride/OSHA Enforcement: Citations Issued to Bergen County, New Jersey, Manufacturing Facility

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a February 2nd news release stating it issued citations to Sinclair & Rush Inc. (“S&R”). The citations were issued to an S&R Bergen County, New Jersey,...more

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OSHA Targets Tank Car Cleaning And Confined Space Dangers

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) Region VI — which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas — has established a new Regional Emphasis Program targeting worker exposure to hazards associated with...more

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