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Energy Efficiency

UK: Consultation Launched Regarding How Energy Performance Certificates Currently Perform and Where Improvements Can Be Made

A joint consultation run by both the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BIS) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has been launched, consulting on how…

  • Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
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Report on the English Air Quality Published

The Environment Agency has published its annual report regarding the state of the environment in England, specifically related to air quality. The report is part of an ongoing annual reporting…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • UK
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Online

OSHA Proposes Partial Rescission of its Electronic Reporting of Injury and Illness Rule

In the July 30, 2018 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a proposed rule amending its record keeping and reporting regulations in 29 CFR 1904. The…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
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Fishery

FWS and NMFS Propose Major Revisions to Endangered Species Act

In the July 25, 2018 Federal Register, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued three proposed rules to revise Endangered Species Act (ESA)…

  • Environment
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Water Act

Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Cooling Water Intake Structures Rule

On July 23, 2018, the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in which it upheld EPA’s Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWIS) rule. The rule was promulgated in…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
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Energy efficiency

UK: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s Guidance on Innovations in the build environment

On 5th July 2018 the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published the ‘Guidance on Innovations in the build environment’. It describes the Government funding for innovation in…

  • Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • UK
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Cosmetics

EU: Commission Regulation Involving Restriction of Substances in Cosmetic Products Published

A Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/978 of 9 July 2018 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
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Airconditioning

UK: Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas

On 5th July 2018 the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency have published the Guidance on Certification for companies working on equipment containing F gas. The…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • UK
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Mercury

EPA Adopts Rule Establishing TSCA Mercury Inventory Reporting Requirements

In the June 27, 2018 Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule to establish reporting requirements applicable to any person who manufactures (including imports) mercury or…

  • Environment
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The US EPA Memo Intends to Restrict EPA’s Authority to Veto 404(c) Permits

On June 26, 2018 EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released a memorandum addressing EPA’s veto authority over 404(c) permits under the Clean Water Act. Pruitt directed EPA to develop a rule…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • US
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