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The Acta Group (Acta®) is pleased to announce the addition of Louise C. Boardall to the Acta EU team. Ms. Boardall provides experienced support to Acta's regulatory specialists in Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and other regulatory registration activities, as well as in the technical areas of physical chemistry and analytical methods, efficacy, toxicology, and ecotoxicology. She is also proficient in dossier preparation, data assessment, statistics...
The Acta Group (Acta®) is pleased to announce the addition of Louise C. Boardall to the Acta EU team. Ms. Boardall provides experienced support to Acta's regulatory specialists in Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and other regulatory registration activities, as well as in the technical areas of physical chemistry and analytical methods, efficacy, toxicology, and ecotoxicology. She is also proficient in dossier preparation, data assessment, statistics...
AUSTRALIA NICNAS Publishes New Guidelines On Applying For Confidential AICS Listing And Exempt Information: NICNAS announced in the January 2015 NICNAS Bulletin the availability of new guidelines on applying for confidential Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) listing and exempt information. NICNAS states that, following consultation with a number of stakeholders, it has now published Guidelines - Applying...
January 25, 2015
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Announces New Blog Reporting on Regulatory and Legal Developments in Pesticide and Pesticide Product Issues
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to announce the launch of the Pesticide Law and Policy Blog to report on federal, state, and international regulatory, legal, and policy developments involving conventional pesticides, biopesticides, antimicrobials, and other pesticide products. The blog is available at pesticideblog.lawbc.com; users may sign up to receive e-mails of new posts to the blog at pesticideblog.lawbc.com/rss. The Pesticide Law and Policy Blog...
January 23, 2015
TSCA: EPA Proposes a Significant New Use Rule That Would Close a Chapter on Perfluorinated Chemicals
On January 21, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed amendment to a significant new use rule (SNUR) for long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylate (LCPFAC) chemicals. According to EPA's January 15, 2015, press release, EPA intends the proposed amendment "to ensure that perfluorinated chemicals that have been phased out do not re-enter the marketplace without review." The proposed amendment would require anyone who intends to import these perfluorinated...
January 22, 2015
EPA Reviews National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, and Other Recent CAA Developments
EPA Reviews National Ambient Air Quality Standards For Ozone: On December 17, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule revising the air quality criteria for ozone (O3) and related photochemical oxidants and National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for O3. 79 Fed. Reg. 75234. EPA proposed to revise the primary standard to a level within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 parts per million (ppm), and to revise the secondary standard...
January 22, 2015
EPA Seeks Additional Comment on NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, and Other Recent CWA Developments
EPA Seeks Additional Comment On NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule: On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested additional comment on the proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule that would require electronic reporting instead of current paper-based NPDES reports. 79 Fed. Reg. 71066. This rule would, according to EPA, modernize NPDES reporting, save time and resources for regulated...
January 22, 2015
RCRA Definition of Solid Waste Final Rule Published in Federal Register, and Other Recent RCRA Developments
RCRA Definition Of Solid Waste Final Rule Published In Federal Register: On January 13, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final rule revising the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 80 Fed. Reg. 1693. The rule overturns or significantly revises several hazardous waste recycling exclusions previously contained in a 2008 EPA final rule. 73 Fed. Reg. 64688 (Oct. 30, 2008)....
South Korea's Act on the Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substance, commonly referred to as K-REACH, is now in effect. The Ministerial Decree implementing K-REACH was published in the Official Gazette on December 24, 2014. K-REACH requires that any entity that manufactures, imports, or sells new and/or existing chemicals in South Korea, at greater than or equal to 1 ton per annum, report annually volume and use details unless otherwise exempt. In addition, all non-exempt new...
On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a petition from the Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG®) to add "biodiesel" as a chemical category for partial reporting exemption at 40 C.F.R. Section 711.6(b)(2)(iv) under the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule and will be proceeding with a direct final rule to be published later in January. The approved biodiesel category on the partial reporting exemption list will include the following...