The Chemical Compound—August 2021 - Energy and Natural Resources
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This quarterly newsletter provides essential updates on litigation, regulatory, legislative, and other notable developments involving chemicals of concern to business.
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI EPA Announces Univar Solutions USA Will Pay $165,000 For FIFRA Violations:EPA announced on April 19, 2021, that Univar Solutions USA, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, will pay a $165,000 penalty for violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) when it failed to label properly its “Woodlife 111” pesticide, which is used as a wood preservative. EPA notes that under FIFRA, “a pesticide is misbranded if, ‘ the labeling accompanying it does not contain directions for use which are necessary … to protect health and the environment’ and if ‘… the ...
PFAS Action Act of 2021 Would Amend Major Environmental Statutes to Regulate PFAS Senate Committee Approved Bill that Would Require Guidance on Reducing Firefighter Exposure to PFAS Regulatory Developments EPA Makes Changes to New Chemicals Program Likely to Further Complicate, Slow Reviews EPA Takes Steps to Set PFAS Agenda OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012 EPA Said Interim Rule to Amend TSCA Mercury Reporting Requirements Was Forthcoming Environmental Groups Seek EPA Actions on Phosphogypsum and Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production EPA Ann...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA published a Federal Register notice on April 28, 2021, announcing a 30-day comment period on the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA Interagency Testing Committee’s (ITC) revisions to the Priority Testing List