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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on October 20, 2011, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. (EDT), Lynn L. Bergeson will speak during the nanoEHS Workshop Series webinar hosted by the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) on the release of its 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (Strategy)....
October 6, 2011
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Environmental Regulation and Its Impact on the Economy
On October 6, 2011, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing on "Chemical Risk Assessment: What Works for Jobs and the Economy?" According to the background memorandum, the hearing was intended to explore the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), and the relationship between IRIS and EPA's regulatory requirements, "specifically whether IRIS is producing high quality science-based risk assessments...
On September 28, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final guidance on the weight-of-evidence (WoE) (Final WoE Guidance) analysis that it will use to evaluate the results of data submitted in response to test orders issued for Tier 1 screening under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). This WoE analysis, in turn, will be used to determine what substances merit further study under Tier 2 as substances that have the potential to interact with the estrogen,...
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy will hold a hearing on October 6, 2011, on "Chemical Risk Assessment: What Works for Jobs and the Economy?" The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. The witness list is not yet publicly available. We understand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) process will be a subject of discussion....
October 3, 2011
Lynn L. Bergeson Will Speak at the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication 2011 Fall Meeting
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on October 4, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson will speak in Arlington, Virginia at the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication 2011 Fall Meeting on key issues relating to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) draft on Green Guides. The presentation will summarize the development of the Green Guides, the...
ARGENTINA Argentina Issues Regulation Concerning Registration Of Fertilizers: On June 7, 2011, Argentina's Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria/National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (SENASA) issued Regulation 359, the "Regulation on the Registration of Fertilizers, Substrates, Conditioners, Protectors and their Raw Materials." The Regulation was published in the Boletin Oficial de la Republica...
On September 19-20, 2011, the Pesticide Operations Management (POM) Working Committee (WC) of the State Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Issues Research & Evaluation Group (SFIREG) met in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offices in Arlington, Virginia. Through a cooperative agreement in 1978, EPA and the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) created SFIREG, an AAPCO committee with EPA funding, to promote information exchange and...
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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) is pleased to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website, which has been streamlined to make it easier to navigate. The substantive and timely legal and regulatory information we provide remains available. This information covers a wide range of topics, including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), nanotechnology, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Green Chemistry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 -- SAVE THE DATE Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that B&C will host a complimentary webinar on the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule on Thursday, September 15, 2011, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT). This webinar will provide an overview of the new...