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The Acta Group's (Acta) thoughts are below on what may be headed our way in 2013 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). Although the 2012 Presidential Election is over, environmental issues will continue to be used to make distinctions between the two parties (or between the House and Senate). Speculation is currently rife with what directions a re-elected Obama Administration might take: seek a middle-ground approach to...
OECD Updates Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced on December 12, 2012, that it updated its environmental risk assessment toolkit. According to OECD, the toolkit provides practical tools for the environmental risk assessment of chemicals. The toolkit describes the general process of environmental risk assessment and provides examples of risk assessment. The toolkit also provides links to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on December 31, 2012, a new rule intended to address a long-standing enforcement issue that has vexed federal and state inspectors for years. 77 Fed. Reg. 76979. The proposed rule would require that active and inert ingredients permitted in products eligible for the exemption from registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 25(b)(2) for minimum risk pesticides be described more clearly on...
This is the first in a series of updates concerning compliance initiatives underway by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that affect various segments of the regulated industry. This issue focuses on court actions, Warning Letters, recalls, and other matters pertaining to dietary supplements. We will periodically outline actions and issues affecting prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, medical device and diagnostic products, food, cosmetics, animal drugs, and biologics....
Today, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) Director Wendy Cleland-Hamnett announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to withdraw the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(d) immediate final rule published on December 3, 2012. According to EPA's letter responding to various entities' request for either withdrawal or an extension of time within which to persuade EPA to remove the listing of cadmium and cadmium compounds from the model 8(d) rule, it...
On May 3-4, 2012, the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) convened its semiannual meeting in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offices in Arlington, Virginia. This memorandum summarizes the presentations and topics discussed during the meeting, which were organized into 12 sessions: Update Regarding Strategic Plans, Budget, and PRIA 3 Pollinator Protection Integrated Pest Management Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program PPDC Workgroup and OPP Program...
Washington, D.C., December 4, 2012 -- B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C., an affiliate of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. and The Acta Group, is pleased to announce the formation of the Biobased Products Advocacy Consortium (B2PAC), an organization that brings together leading innovators in the biobased chemical, biofuel, and renewable energy fields to pursue regulatory and policy advancement. Companies working to produce biobased chemical feedstocks and products have heretofore been...
On November 27, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a document entitled The EDSP Universe of Chemicals and General Validation Principles, as well as the list of approximately 10,000 chemicals. According to EPA, the document is a supplement to the June 2012 EDSP Comprehensive Management Plan, which EPA intends to provide strategic guidance and outline critical activities that are planned for the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) for...
On November 20, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed off on a direct final rule adding cadmium and cadmium compounds to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(d) model rule thus requiring manufactures and importers of cadmium and cadmium compounds, including use as part of an article, that have been or are reasonably likely to be incorporated into consumer products, to report health and safety studies to EPA. The prepublication copy of the rule is...
November 9, 2012
Incomplete Grasp of TSCA Can Cause Delays, Raise Costs for Biobased Chemical Makers
The November 9, 2012, issue of Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson, who stated that “ lack of awareness as to how the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) applies invites business disruption....