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July 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA Releases Updated Schedule For Registration Review
• EPA Extends Comment Period On Draft PR Notice Concerning False Or Misleading Pesticide Product Brand Names
• EPA Issues Direct Final Rule On SNURs
• EPA Settles Case Concerning Human Subjects Protections Rule
• EPA Declares A Prion As A Pest Under FIFRA
• EPA Publishes EPCRA Reporting Guidance And Interpretations

• EPA Issues Proposal To Regulate Coal Combustion Residuals

• EPA Proposes Revisions To Total Coliform Rule
• EPA Issues Final Rule Requiring Four Industrial Sectors To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• EPA Issues Proposed Confidentiality Determinations For Data Required Under Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
• EPA Issues Final Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard For Sulfur Dioxide
• EPA Announces Web Dialogue

• ECHA Lists Eight Substances As Candidates For Restrictions Under REACH
• ECHA Publishes Technical Manual For Including Nanoforms In An IUCLID Dossier
• ECHA Releases Software To Check EU Dossier Data Made Public

• ECHA Releases New Practical Guide On How To Address Specific Substance Identification Issues
• OSTP Issues RFI
• EU Research Agency Calls For Definition Of Nanomaterial
• European Parliament Votes To Restrict Nanoscale Ingredients In Food
• GAO Report States That EPA Faces Challenges In Regulating Risk Of Nanomaterials

• Scientists Claim Senate Clean Energy Measure Needs Work
• President Obama Signs Bill To Control Formaldehyde Emissions
• Senator Murkowski Moves To Support Rare Element Mining
• House Votes For Agency Report Cards
• Senators Move To Separate The Mississippi River And The Great Lakes
• Senate Moves To Clarify Federal Responsibility For Stormwater Pollution
• Promoting Exports Of Clean Energy Technology Firms
• Oil Spill Legislation
• Chemical Security Measures To Be Considered

• Supreme Court Sets Aside Injunction That Prohibited APHIS From Partially Deregulating Genetically Engineered Alfalfa
• Health Canada Provides Pesticide Manufacturers With Exclusive Use Data Rights Protections For New Products And Minor Uses
• Canada Proposes Consumer Product Safety Legislation
• California Releases Draft Regulations For Safer Consumer Product Alternatives
• EPA Launches A Collaborative Website For Integrated Environmental Modeling
• Peter Preuss, Ph.D. Is Reassigned To ORD

June 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA Adds More Chemicals And Chemical Facilities To Public Database
• EPA Announces Draft PR Notice Concerning False Or Misleading Pesticide Product Brand Names
• EPA Releases Exposure Assessment Of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers
• EPA Releases Dioxin Recommendations
• EPA Changes Policy On CBI Claims
• EPA Releases Draft Toxicological Review Of Formaldehyde

• EPA Proposes Rule For Identification Of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste

• U.S. Geological Survey Releases Survey Of Source Water From Public Wells
• EPA Regions Will Propose Draft NPDES General Permit
• EPA Sets National Air Quality Standard For Sulfur Dioxide
• EPA Issues Final "Tailoring" GHG Permitting Rule
• EPA Proposes NESHAP For Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers And Process Heaters
• EPA Releases Final Document Related To Review Of National Ambient Air Quality Standards For Carbon Monoxide
  

• ECHA Clarifies The Definition Of Intermediates
• ECHA Announces New FAQs Page
• ECHA Summarizes Details And Location Of Information Regarding CLP Notification
  

• EP Committee Votes On Proposed Recast Of The RoHS Directive

• NNI Reauthorized
• House Acts On Clean Energy Initiatives
• Building Star Energy Efficiency Act Is Introduced
• Full Committee Refines Subcommittee Bill -- Endocrine Disruptors
• House Committee Looks To Adopt California Formaldehyde Emission Limits
• Latest "Star" Program Proposed By Senator Bingaman
• Senate Rejects Murkowski Effort To Curb EPA

• GAO Finds The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) Relies On Flawed Information
• OSHA Proposes Substantive Revisions To Regulations Governing Walking-Working Surfaces And Fall Protection Systems
• CPSC Proposes Requirements For Testing Component Parts In Consumer Products
• OECD Launches Chemical Toxicity Tool
• EPA Announces OPP New Director And Deputy Director
• CDTSC Holds Alternatives Assessment Symposium

May 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA Considering TSCA Section 6 Rulemaking For Long-Chain Perfluorinated Chemicals
• Court Rejects Suit On EPA TRI Reporting For 'Manufactured' Items
• Summary And Comparison Of The TSCA Reform Legislation
  

• EPA Proposes To Remove Saccharin From Hazardous Waste Listings
• EPA Announces Plans To Regulate Coal Ash

• EPA Proposes Amendments To NSPS And Emission Guidelines For Commercial And Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units
• EPA Proposes Air Toxics Standards For Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers And Process Heaters At Major Source Facilities
• EPA Proposes Air Toxics Standards For Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers At Area Source Facilities
• EPA Issues Final "Tailoring" GHG Permitting Rule
• EU Agency Publishes List Of Chemicals Scheduled For Registration Under REACH
• EC Announces Final Report On Member State Penalties
• ECHA Announces Publication Of Documents

• University Report Offers Recommendations On California Nanomaterials Regulation
• PPDC Discusses Nanotechnology And Pesticides
• European Lawmakers Call For Restrictions On Use Of Nanoscale Ingredients In Foods

• NNI Reauthorization Initiative Begins In The House
• Senator Feinstein Acts On BPA Concerns
• Legislation Relating To Endocrine Disruptors Introduced
• Home Star Program Approved By House Of Representatives
• American Power Act Discussion Draft Released
• Reps. Waxman And Markey Seek To Address SDWA Issues
• Senator Brown Moves To Extend Energy Credit Project

• PA Announces Regional Administrator For Region 5
• EPA Announces Administrator For Region 8
• PHMSA Announces New On-Line Hazardous Materials Special Permit Application Process
• EPA Issues Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
• EPA Opens Access To Chemical Information
• OSHA Releases Toxic Exposure Workplace Measurements
• Canada Issues Draft Order Designating Methanone, 2-Butanone, Oxirane As Toxic
• IARC Identifies Chemicals It Will Review
• New York Sustainability And Green Procurement Advisory Council Drafting Recommendations For FY 2010-11

April 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA To Increase Restrictions On Flea And Tick Products
• EPA Planning To Release More Chemical Action Plans
• EPA Issues ANPRM On Reassessment Of PCB Use Authorizations
• EPA Announces BPA Action Plan
• EPA Proposes To Add 16 Chemicals To Section 313 List
• EPA Posts Fact Sheet On Determining If A Cleaning Product Is A Pesticide
  

• EPA Issues Hazardous Waste Technical Corrections And Clarifications Rule

• EPA Issues Direct Final Rule Amending Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule:
• EPA Proposes To Require GHG Emission Reporting From Additional Sources Of Fluorinated GHGs
• EPA Schedules Public Hearings For The Mandatory Reporting Rule For GHGs
• EPA Proposes To Amend Mandatory Reporting Of GHGs
• EPA Releases Public Database On Risk Assessments
• EPA Opens Comment Period On Possibility Of Changes To Four Drinking Water Rules
• EPA Proposes Air Toxics Control Guidance For States
• EPA Issues Final Rule Regulating Fuels And Fuel Additives
• EPA Stays Inclusion Of Fugitive Emissions In PSD Program
• EPA Seeks Comment On Proposed Aggregation Amendments

• New REACH-IT Version Released
• Turkey Begins Consultation On Chemicals Inventory Deadline Extension
  

• PCAST Issues Assessment On NNI

• FDA Reopens Bottled Water Comment Period

• Lautenberg Announces Safe Chemicals Act of 2010
• Utah To Challenge Federal Ownership Of Land
• Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act Of 2010 Introduced
• Green Manufacturing Equipment Exempt From California Taxes
• Polluters Would Pay:
• Governor Vetoes Emission Reduction Grants
• Energy Efficiency Measure Starts Through Congress
• Support For Nanotechnology Education
• A Nutritional Boost For Children

• Canada Proposes Toxic Designations For Chemicals
• Environment Canada Proposes Five Chemicals For Toxic Designations In Latest Assessment
• NAC/AEGL Committee Announces Acute Exposure Guideline Levels Meeting
• ATSDR Proposes Substances To Be Evaluated For Set 24 Toxicological Profiles
• Canada Bans BPA In Polycarbonate Baby Bottles
• DOT Considering Changes To Regulations Governing Transportation Of Combustible Materials

March 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA Issues Draft IRIS Risk Assessment On Inorganic Arsenic
• EPA Denies TSCA Petition On Baled Natural Rubber
• EPA Proposes Amendments To TSCA Section 4 Enforceable Consent Agreement Procedures
• OIG Report Concludes EPA Needs Coordinated Plan To Oversee Its TSCA Responsibilities
• EPA Announces Integrated Science Assessment For Lead
• EPA Proposes Test Rule For Certain High Production Volume Chemicals
• EPA Publishes Final Clarification For Chemical Identification Describing Activated Phosphors For TSCA Inventory Purposes
• EPA Announces Intent To Consider Lifting Administrative Stay Of Hydrogen Sulfide Reporting
• EPA Makes Chemical Information More Accessible to Public
• Wendy Cleland-Hamnett Appointed Director Of OPPT
• EPA Announces Name Change Of OPPTS Office
  

• Supreme Court Rejects Request To Review Decision Requiring Water Act Permits For Pesticides
• EPA Seeks Public Comment On The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• EPA Announces Secondary NAAQS For Oxides Of Nitrogen And Oxides Of Sulfur

• New REACH-IT Software And Publication Of ECHA's Evaluation Report
• EU Agency Considers Restrictions On Eight Chemicals

• EC Requests Accelerated SCENIHR Scientific Opinion On The Scientific Basis For The Definition Of The Term "Nanomaterial"
• FDA Responds To EWG's Letter Concerning Sunscreen Guidelines

• Lawmakers Act To Preserve, Protect Great Lakes
• Effort To Bolster Commercial Energy Efficiency
• Move Initiated To Halt EPA Regulation Of GHG Emissions
• New Chemical Security Measure Renews IST Debate
• Senate Bill Seeks To Limit Power Plant Air Pollution
• Excise Tax On Wind Energy
• House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals In Drinking Water
• Senate Passes Extender Measure
• Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing To Obtain Business Perspectives On TSCA Reform
• Governors, Business Groups Urge Curb On EPA Regulation Of GHGs

• White House Issues Draft Guidance To Assess Emissions Impact Of Federal Actions
• EPA Launches "Regulatory Gateway" Website
• EPA Adds Energy Extraction To List Of Enforcement Priorities
• Senate Committee Approves Nominee For EPA Inspector General Position

February 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA Announces New Practice Regarding CBI
• EPA Issues Final Rule Amending PMN Exemption For Polymers
• ITC Issues Report To EPA Administrator
• EPA Announces Availability Of Draft Test Guidelines
• EPA Announces Intent To Issue Cancellation Order For Spirotetramat
• Endangerment Finding Challenged In Court
• EPA Proposes Second SNUR For Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
• SFIREG Working Committee Schedules Meeting
  

• EPA Proposes To Revise NAAQS For Ozone
• EPA Releases Draft Documents Related To Review Of NAAQS For Particulate Matter
• EPA Delays Nonattainment Designations
• EPA Issues Final NAAQS For Nitrogen
• EPA Proposes NSR Review For PM

• ECHA Committee For Risk Assessment Issues Opinions On Harmonised Classification For Three Chemical Substances
• ECHA Issues Warning To Registrants Using IUCLID 5.0/5.1

• The Nanotechnology Safety Act

• Budget Speaks To Limit On GHG Emissions
• Sanders And Solar Energy
• The Democrats Job Bill
• Hazards At Military Bases
  
• Representatives Barton And Walden Take On SEC
  
• Legislation To Regulate Power Plant Emissions
  
• EPA GHG Authority Questioned
  
• Challenge To EPA Authority Moves On
  
• Senator Collins Introduces Chemical Security Measure

• SEC Convenes Meeting On Climate Risk Disclosure
  
• SEC Approves Guidance On Disclosing Climate Change-Related Risks

January 15, 2010
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

• EPA Announces Peer Review Workshop On 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
• Debbie Edwards Retires From EPA
• NTP Recommends Formaldehyde Be Classified As A Known Human Carcinogen
• EPA Seeks To Disclose Pesticide Inert Ingredients
• EPA Proposes Revisions To General Tolerance Regulations
• EPA Issues Final Rule Revising TSCA Section 5 Notification Regulations
• EPA Announces External IRIS Peer Review Draft Of Methanol
• EPA Announces Approach To Using Toxicogenomic Data In Human Health Risk Assessments

• EPA Issues NESHAP For Chemical Preparations Industry
• EPA Proposes Revisions To Lead Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements
• EPA Proposes To Revise The NAAQS For Ozone
• EPA To Hold Public Listening Sessions On Potential Stormwater Rule
• CBD Petitions EPA Over Endocrine Disruptors
• EPA Seeks Comment On Incorporating Climate Change In Land Protection Planning

• EPA Has Identified Additional Classes Of Facilities For Development Of Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA Section 108(B)
• EPA Announces Availability And Public Comment Period On Preliminary Remediation Goals For Dioxin
• EPA Issues Final Revisions To Requirements For Export Of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries

• ECHA Publishes Information On Safe Use Of Chemicals
• EU Chemical Makers Issue Guidance On Data Use
• ECHA Adds 14 Substances To REACH Candidate List Of Substances Of Very High Concern For Authorization

• EPA Reopens Comment Period On Carbon Nanotube SNUR
• OECD Issues Report On Information Gathering Efforts For Nanomaterials
• Bayer Sets Occupational Limit For Nanotubes
• EU Commission Requests Comment On Research Needs

• President Obama Signs Military Site Cleanup Measure
• Mining Of Copper Lode Moves Forward
• House Of Representatives Takes Action To Restore Funds For Clean Energy
• Bill To Allow Small Tree Cutting In Oregon Introduced
• Movement To Strip EPA Of Authority Over Greenhouse Gases
• Senate Confirms Two Key EPA Positions

• ATSDR Notice Of Availability Of Tox Profiles
• OEHHA Adds Substances To Prop 65 List
• EPA Releases Annual Enforcement Results And Mapping Tool
• OSHA Schedules Public Hearing On HCS
• Canada Issues 12^th Batch Of High-Priority Substances
• EPA Seeks Comment On Enforcement/Compliance National Priorities
• CRS Issues Report On Noncompliance With Congressional Review Act
• EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Releases Memorandum To EPA Employees
• EPA Issues QSAR Application Toolbox

December 15, 2009

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RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• EPA Issues Technical Amendment Of Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule
• EPA OPP Launches Pilot Programs In Collaboration With DFE
• EPA Announces Listening Session Regarding TCE
• EPA Denies Objections And Requests For Hearing On Carbofuran
• EPA Schedules Regional Stakeholder Meetings On Pesticide Impact On Aquatic Life
• TRI Releases Decline In 2008
• EWG Releases Report On Cord Blood Contaminants
• EPA Announces Revised Risk Assessment Methods For Workers, Children Of Workers In Agricultural Fields, And Pesticides With No Food Uses
• CDC Releases Fourth National Report On Human Exposure To Environmental Chemicals

CAA/CWA

• EPA Issues Effluent Limitations Guidelines And Standards For Construction And Development Point Source Category
• EPA Announces Availability Of Integrated Science Assessment For Particulate Matter
• EPA Issues National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants For Asphalt Processing And Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing
• EPA Issues NESHAP For Paints And Allied Products Manufacturing
• Council On Environmental Quality Proposes New Guidelines For Water Project Studies
• EPA Signs Off On Endangerment And Cause Or Contribute Findings For Greenhouse Gases Under The Clean Air Act
• EPA Seeks Comment On A Framework For Categorizing The Relative Vulnerability Of Threatened And Endangered Species In Climate Change

RCRA/CERCLA

• EPA Proposes To Withdraw Emission-Comparable Fuel Exclusion Under RCRA

REACH

• ChemSec Updates SIN List
• ECHA Announces New Version Of IUCLID 5, IUCLID 5.2 To Be Released In Early 2010
• ECHA Calls For Information To Avoid Unnecessary Animal Testing
• ECHA Calls Again For Information To Avoid Animal Tests
• ECHA Member State Committee Agrees On New SVHCs To Be Added To The Candidate List
• CEFIC Issues Monomers And Polymers Hazard Communication Under REACH
• Second Joint REACH Enforcement Project Will Focus On How Formulators Comply With REACH

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• EU Council Adopts Updated Cosmetics Regulation Requiring Labeling Of Nanoscale Ingredients

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• Senators Look To Achieve Bipartisan Support For Climate Change
• Kerry Addresses Effects Of Climate Change
• Wind Energy To Receive A Boost
• Radioactive Waste Import Could Be Banned
• Gas Turbine Efficiency And Water Technologies Get Support
• Action On Chemical Facility And Water Treatment Plant Security Begins In Senate
• Technology To Stem Effects Of Stormwater Runoff Supported
• House And Senate Agree On EPA Appropriation

MISCELLANEOUS

• Administrator Jackson Signs Two MOUs To Broaden The Conversation On Environmentalism
• EU Issues Directive On Pesticides
• EPA Issues Semi-Annual Report

November 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• EPA Issues Notice For External Peer Review Draft Of Recommended Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEF) For Dioxin And Dioxin-Like Compounds
• EPA Announces Availability Of EDSP Testing Battery
• EPA Launches Information On Insect Repellents
• EPA Staffs Two New Positions To Address Environmental Justice Civil Rights
• EPA Announces IRIS Update Project
• IRIS Office Announces Availability Of Literature Searches
• EPA Issues Notices Of Peer Review Workshop
• Draft Changes To Design For The Environment (Dfe) Criteria For The Safer Cleaning Products Program
• EPA Announces Draft Pesticide Registration Notice Concerning Drift Labeling And Petition Regarding Children’s Exposures To Pesticide Drift
• EPA Inspector General Issues Report On FIFRA Export Provision

CAA/CWA

• EPA Announced Availability Of Review Of Ozone On NAAQS
• EPA Issues Final Toxic Emissions
• EPA Issues Expedited Approval Of Alternative Test Procedures For Analysis Of Contaminants Under SDWA
• EPA Issues Final Rule Amending National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants From Petroleum Refineries
• EPA Proposes To Withdraw Residual Risk Finding From NESHAP For Petroleum Refineries
• EPA Issues Final Mandatory Reporting Of Greenhouse Gases
• EPA Seeks Comment On Plan To Limit Stationary Source Emissions
• EPA Proposes One Year Extension Of Expiration Stormwater General Permit For Construction

RCRA/CERCLA

• EPA Issues Notice Of Data Availability On Conditional Exclusion From Hazardous Waste And Solid Waste For Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes
• EPA Issues Final Revisions To SPCC Rule

REACH

• ECHA Creates Help Net
• EU Chemicals Agency Announces Stakeholders’ Day
• ECHA Publishes Concise Guidance On Chemical Safety Assessment
• ECHA Convenes Public Consultation On Harmonised Classification And Labelling Of Two Chemical Substances
• EU Chemicals Agency Launches Web Page On Chemicals Restrictions Under REACH ECHA Posts Webinar Online

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• Nanomaterials Listed In Toxic Substances Data
• EPA Proposes SNURS For Carbon Nanotubes
• European Commission Adopts 2007-2009 Nanotechnology Implementation Report

OSHA

• OSHA Schedules Stakeholders Meeting On Combustible Dust

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• House Acts On Chemical Security Measure
• 2010 Appropriations For Water Projects Has Conditions On Spending
• $10.3 Billion For EPA In 2010
• House Clears Solar Energy Bill EPA Authority Would Be Expanded Under Bay Clean-Up Bill Clorox Action May Aid Chemical Security Bill Passage
• Standards For Pole Mounted
• Senate Committee Moves Ahead On Climate Change
• Senators Move To Support Solar Energy

MISCELLANEOUS

• EPA Submits Report To Congress On Mercury Compounds
• CPSC Issues Guidance On Testing/Certifying Lead Content In Children’s Products
• OMB Seeks Comment On Improving Efforts To Diminish Paperwork Burdens
• ATSDR Announces Final Priority Data Needs For Six Priority Hazardous Substances

October 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• Ecology Center Creates Consumer Product Website
• Groups Sponsor Conference On The Future Of U.S. Chemicals Policy
• EPA Issues Direct Final SNURS For 12 Substances
• EPA Launches Online Stakeholder Discussion On Metal Mining
• EPA Issues Draft IRIS Files On Three Chemicals
• EPA Announces Public Role In Pesticide Registration Process
• EPA Announces Interim Policy On Pesticide Containers
• ACS Holds Briefing On TSCA Reform
• EPA Issues Final IRIS On 2-Hexanone
• EPA Releases 2008 TRI Data
• EPA Reviews Registrations Of Five Pesticides
• EPA Seeks To Disclose Hazardous Pesticide Inert Ingredients

CAA/CWA

• EPA Announces It Will Reconsider National Smog Standards
• EPA Signs Final Rule Requiring Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
• EPA Releases List Of Priority Drinking Water Contaminants For Regulatory Consideration
• EPA Issues Stay On Grandfathering Provision For PM2.5
• EPA Issues Flexible Air Permitting Rule
• EPA Issues Proposed Rule Reconsidering PSD Regulations
• EPA Issues ANPR On Emissions Factors

RCRA/CERCLA

• EPA Releases Updated Risk Analysis For Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes

REACH

• ECHA Issues Guidance On REACH In 22 Languages

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• EPA Announces SAP Meeting Concerning Nanosilver
• PEN Holds Meeting On Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation
• EPA Announces Research Strategy To Study Nanomaterials
• Obama Issues Executive Order Focused On Federal Leadership In Environmental, Energy, And Economic Performance
  

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• House Committee Addresses Algal Bloom Dead Zones
• House And Senate Conference Agrees To Budget For Energy And Water Programs
• Appropriations For EPA Lead To Negotiations
• Vehicle Research Funds Increased
  

OSHA

• OSHA Issues Proposed Rule To Align Hazard Communication Standard With United Nations Globally Harmonized System Of Classification And Labelling of Chemicals

MISCELLANEOUS

• White House Report Proposes Strategy For Ocean Management
• Canada Issues Draft Orders To Designate Substances As Toxics

September 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• Reporting Year 2008 Preliminary TRI Data Now Available Through The TRI Website
• Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator, Office Of Prevention, Pesticides, And Toxic Substances (OPPTS) Issues Statement
• EPA Schedules National Advisory Committee Meeting For Acute Exposure Guideline Levels For Hazardous Substances
• EPA Proposed AEGLs For Hazardous Substances
• EPA Issues Draft Toxicological Review Of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
• EPA Launches Emerging Technology Website For Pesticide Testing
• EPA Announces Availability Of External Peer Review Draft Of Recommended Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEF) For Human Health Risk Assessments Of Dioxin And Dioxin-Like Compounds
• EPA Updates List Of Chemicals Subject To Test Rules
• EPA Proposes TRI Articles Exemption Clarification
• NTP Releases Background Document On Formaldehyde
• SRRD Is Renamed

CAA/CWA

• EPA Proposes Effluent Limitation Guidelines: New Source Performance Standards For The Airport Deicing Category
• EPA Proposes Revisions To Test Method For Determining Stack Gas Velocity

RCRA

• OSWER AA Seeks Public Advice

REACH

• ECHA Responds To Publications On REACH Testing
• ECHA Publishes Classification And Labelling Guidance
• ECHA Begins Public Consultation On 15 Potential SVHCs
• ECHA Announces Public Consultation On Harmonized Classification And Labelling Of Three Chemical Substances

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• Study Claims Link Between Occupational Lung Disease And Nanoparticle Exposure
• EPA Withdraws Final SNURS For CNTs
• PEN Consumer Product Inventory Includes Over 1,000 Items
• Chatham House Releases Conference Report

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

Note: The United States Senate and the House of Representatives adjourned for the balance of the month of August. Both houses reconvened on September 8, 2009.

• Public Transportation
• Potential Downsides To The Climate Bill
• Senate Climate Bill Stalled
• Harmful Algal Bloom Addressed By Senate Committee
• Senate May Act Soon On EPA Appropriation
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• EPA Launches Online Discussion
• Secretary Sebelius Announces New Director Of CDC’s National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health
• HSE Proposes Changes To Biocidal Product Regulations
• OECD Announces Adoption Of New And Updated Test Guidelines For Health Effects

August 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• EPA Moves TSCA Chemicals From CBI To Public Inventory
• EPA Clarifies Applicability Of Significant New Use Rules
• Product Stewardship Program (PSP) For Six Siloxanes Conducted Under A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Signed By EPA And The Dow Corning Corporation
• ITC Issues Sixty-Fourth Report To The Administrator Of EPA
• Justice Department And USDA To Hold Public Workshops To Explore Competition Issues In The Agriculture Industry
• EPA Letter Reminds Pesticide Companies Of Federal Pesticide Label Regulations And EPA’s Position On Use Of Terms Like “Professional Strength"

CAA/CWA

• EPA Sets Public Hearing Dates On Air Quality Standards For Nitrogen Dioxide

REACH

• European Commission And European Chemicals Agency New Risk And Hazard Information On Chemical Substances Available
• ECHA Clarifies Its Position On Activities Of Providers For REACH-Related Services
• ECHA Requests Reproductive Toxicity Information
• EC Issues List Of Chemicals

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• ETC Group Issues Report On Nanogeopolitics
• NCEA Announces Comment On Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide In Water Treatment And Topical Sunscreen Case Studies
• Study Reports The Effects From Exposure To Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide
• The Responsible Nano Forum Marks Anniversary Of Royal Society And Royal Academy Of Engineering Report
• Separate Recommendations For TSCA Reform Released By ACC And Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• New Bill Would Require Product Ingredient Labeling
• New NNI Reauthorization Bill Introduced In Senate
• House Climate Control Legislation Is Affordable
• Senate Passes Bill With Monies For Agriculture, The Food And Drug Administration And Rural Development
• House Moves To Protect Coastal Waters
• Senate Moves To Reauthorize Nanotechnology Initiative
• Household Product Labels To List Ingredients
• Bill To Phaseout Use Of Mercury At Chlor-Alkali Facilities
• House Of Representatives Passes Far Reaching Food Safety Measure
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• DARTIC Recommends Against Adding BPA To Proposition 65
• Guzy Confirmed As Deputy Director Of CEQ Office Of Environmental Quality
• Walmart Introduces Sustainable Product Index
• ATSDR Announces Availability Of Draft Profile And Set 23 Toxicological Profiles
• Maine Releases List Of “Chemicals Of High Concern"
• Obama Nominates OSHA Assistant Secretary
• Canada Proposes Three Chemical Substances For Toxic Designation

July 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• EPA Issues ANPR On Testing Of Certain Nonylphenol And Nonylphenol Ethoxylate Substances
• EPA SNURs Include Multi-Walled And Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
• EPA Launches Protection Team To Explore Bee Deaths
• EPA Schedules External Peer Review For Draft Toxicological Review Of Pentachlorophenol
• EPA Issues SNUR For Dodecanedioic Acid And Thiophene
• EPA Withdraws Guidance For Submission Of Probabilistic Human Health Exposure Assessments
• EPA Announces Lead Wheel Balancing Weights Petition

CAA/CWA

• EPA Issues National Recommended Water Quality Criteria For Acrolein And Phenol
• EPA Issues Final Rule Expanding List Of National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards For Aerosol Coatings
• Court Issues Stay Of Decision Requiring Permits For Pesticide Applications
• Chamber Of Commerce Petitions EPA For Formal Hearing On Endangerment
• EPA Issues Final Hazardous Emissions Rule For Small Copper And Aluminum Foundries
• EPA Proposes NESHAP For Asphalt Processing And Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing
• EPA Releases Third National Assessment Of Toxic Air Pollutants

RCRA/SPCC

• EPA Announces Reorganization And Name Change For OSW Within OSWER
• EPA Extends Comment Period On Solid Waste Rule

REACH

• ECHA Publishes New Guidance Documents
• ECHA Risk Assessment Committee Adopts First Opinion On Harmonized Classification
• European Court Rules Monomers Covered By REACH

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• PEN Announces Report On Contaminated Site Remediation

FDA

• FDA Transparency Task Force Holds Meeting
• FDA Issues Anticounterfeiting Guidance

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On New IRIS Process
• House Passes Climate Control Bill
• Appropriations For EPA For The Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2010
• Update On Chemical Security
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• National Conversation On Public Health And Chemical Exposure Holds Kick-Off Meeting
• White House CEQ Considers Plan To Update Water Projects Guidelines

June 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• Conference Of The Parties Add Chemicals To The Stockholm Convention; ICCM2 Ends With Agreement On Emerging Issues
• EPA Updates IRIS Process
• Environment Canada And Health Canada Issue CEPA Orders
• EPA Announces Listening Session On 1,4-Dioxane/Pentachlorophenol
• OIG Issues Report On Hotline Complaint For Antimicrobial Testing Program
• EPA Exempts Silver Ions In Food Contact Surface Sanitizers From Tolerance Requirement
• EPA Initiated Non-Animal Eye Irritation Pilot Study
• EPA Posts Antimicrobial Testing Program On Web Page
• NTP Announces Plans To Review Six Chemicals
  

CAA/CWA

• Jackson Reinstates EPA Staff Paper In Review Of National Ambient Air Quality Standards
• EPA Proposes National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants, Area Source Standards For Paints And Allied Products Manufacturing

RCRA/SPCC

• EPA Schedules Meeting On Solid Waste Petition
• EPA Extends SPCC Compliance Date

REACH

• ECHA Member State Committee Adopts Opinion On SVHCs
• New REACH Restriction Process Enters Into Force
• ECHA Publishes Newsletter

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• Waxman Energy-Climate Bill Out Of Committee
• Waxman Seeks Another FDA Review Of BPA
• Movement Underway To Clarify The Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
• Bill Introduced To Tackle Electroindustry Products
• “Green Buildings" Funding Bill Passes The House
• Senate Committee Addresses Water Infrastructure
• New York May Phase Out State Use Of Many Pesticides
• Proposed Amendment Would Expand OSH Act Coverage
• House Passes “Cash For Clunkers" Bill
• House Committee Increases EPA Funding
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• President Obama Selects Paul Anastas For ORD Assistant Administrator
• Obama Announces EPA General Counsel, Deputy Administrator Nominees
• New Online Forum Promotes Transparency And Openness In Government
• Senate Committee Approves ORD/OPPTS Nominations
• OEHHA Proposes Chemicals For Listing By The Labor Code Mechanism

May 15, 2009
RECENT FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS

TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA

• EPA Publishes Toxics Release Inventory Final Rule
• EPA Makes Available Draft Toxicological Review Of Pentachlorophenol And 1,4-Dioxane
• EPA Announces Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures And Goals
• EPA Issues Final Rule Revoking Carbofuran Tolerances
  

NANOTECHNOLOGY

• PEN Report On Oversight Of Next Generation Nanotechnology Recommends New Federal Agency
• EC Begins Public Consultation To Prepare For Scientific Heating On Nanotechnology
• European Parliament Urges The Labeling Of Nanomaterials In Consumer Products
  

CAA/CWA

• EPA Issues Proposed Endangerment Finding For Greenhouse Gases
• EPA Delays Effective Date Of Prevention Of Significant Deterioration And Nonattainment New Source Review Aggregation

RCRA/SPCC

• Supreme Court Issues Ruling In Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
• EPA Announces Next Steps On Two Hazardous Waste Rules

REACH

• ECHA Announces First Coordinated REACH Enforcement Project
• UN Committee Will Discuss Ongoing Work On The Safety Of Nanomaterials

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

• Budget Resolution Provides For Carbon Recapture
• Senator Barrasso Blocks A Top EPA Appointment
• Senators Introduce Bill To Update Sewer Systems
• House Gets Bill That Would Improve Transmission Of Renewable Power
• Ocean, River Power Would Be Harnassed By New Measure
• House Passes Legislation To Deal With Electronic Waste
• Draft Chemical Security Legislation Could Force Changes
• Bill To Ban Mercury In Chlorine Production Re-Introduced Senator Wants Yucca Mountain Waste Fund Rebated
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• Robert Bonnie Appointed USDA Senior Advisor
• Obama Nominates Cass Sunstein To Head OMB
• Obama Withdraws Bush Rule On ESA Consultations
• CDTSC Will Host First Green Ribbon Science Panel Meeting
• President Obama Nominates CPSC Chair
• Court Affirms Labor Code Mechanism For Adding Chemicals To Proposition 65
• EPA Issues Spring 2009 Regulatory Agenda
• Nations Agree To Add Nine Organic Pollutants To List Of Banned, Restricted Substances
• EPA Formally Terminates National Environmental Performance Track