The Chemical Socity of Washington is holding a dinner meeting on April 27, 2017. The Acta Group Senior Chemist Richard Engler, Ph.D. is the featured speaker. Dr. Engler will discuss the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) before and after reform and some of the challenges EPA and industry face in implementing and complying with the new law. The dinner meeting is open to the public but reservations are required. Cost is $18 members and guests/$9 for students. RSVP by noon on...
August 29, 2023
Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) Science Forum, April 18 – 21, 2017, Washington, D.C.
The GMA Science Forum educates scientists and decision makers within the food, beverage and consumer products industry. This event brings together a roster of acclaimed individuals to keep the science community abreast and ahead of emerging science, innovation, safety and legal requirements in a wide array of areas. Lynn L. Bergeson will present on the current status of TSCA to the chemicals management committee on April 21....
The 3rd Annual Biocides USA Conference, presented by Chemical Watch, covered new developments in the US and around the world. On March 30th, Acta Senior Regulatory Consultant Michael S. Wenk, M.S. presented on biocidal regulations in Latin America including common themes, Mercosur and Andean community, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico....
August 29, 2023
ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Spring Conference, March 29 – 31, 2017, Los Angeles, California
The ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ 46th Spring Conference program was built to explore topics and issues facing the environmental lawyer today. Panel discussions covered a broad range of topics including: energy and environment priorities of the new administration and the 115th congress, what all environmental, energy, and resources lawyers need to know about TSCA reform, and FERC pipeline certificate proceedings and new disputes over “public convenience and...
August 29, 2023
SCHC Spring Meeting, March 24 – 28, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Society for Chemical Hazard Communication Spring 2017 meeting featured a presentation by Sheryl Lindros Dolan: “Protecting Trade Secrets Around the World: Comparing CBI Requirements of the TSCA Reform Act to ASHA HCS 2012, Appendix E”....
August 29, 2023
Exporting Chemicals and Hazardous Materials: Major Global Markets Regulatory Compliance, February 23, 2017, Akron, Ohio
Exporting Chemicals and Hazardous Materials: Major Global Markets Regulatory Compliance was a program presented by Akron Global Business Accelerator. Learn about the compliance measures to ensure your export transactions are completed successfully from beginning to end. Acta Senior Regulatory Consultant Karin F. Baron, MSPH presented “South Korean and China Regulations and other Asian Market Regulations & Opportunities”....
The two-day Conference covered the latest developments in chemical regulations. Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. and The Acta Group were exhibitors....
August 29, 2023
ABA SEER Brownbag Lunch Program: Implementing the 2016 TSCA Amendments – Progress & Prognosis, February 22, 2017, Washington D.C
Implementing the 2016 TSCA Amendments- Progress & Prognosis was a lively discussion with a group of experts and advocates to review EPA’s progress in implementing the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Speakers included: Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,...
Sustainable chemistry is critical to the global economy and making the world a better place. Increasingly chemical and product innovators, businesses, and others are more discerning in selecting and using raw materials based on new criteria heavily influenced by sustainability factors. Businesses are increasingly finding value in waste as a feedstock, reducing hazardous chemicals in manufacturing processes, designing chemicals to be greener, and being more efficient in using energy, water, and...
August 29, 2023
WEBINAR – – Chemical Substance Regulation in Central and South America: A Deeper Dive, February 16, 2017, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
In response to the many requests we’ve received, Acta Senior Regulatory Consultants Michael S. Wenk, M.S. and Karin F. Baron, MSPH presented a follow-up to our November 2016 webinar Current Opportunities and Challenges with Chemical Substance Regulation in Mexico and Central and South America and examined the chemical substance regulations of several additional countries in the region, whose regulatory environments are generally not well-known or...