On July 7, 2017, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down two parts of EPA’s 2015 Final Rule on Recycling and Reclamation of hazardous secondary…
In the July 27, 2017 Federal Register the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published both a direct final rule and proposed rule amending 40 CFR 63 Subpart NNN, National Emission Standards…
In the July 27, 2017 Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army issued their proposed rule to begin the two-step process to review and…
In the July 26, 2017 issue of the Federal Register the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requested comments on issues under consideration during the 51st and 52nd sessions of the…
On July 25, 2017 California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed the renewal of the state’s cap and trade greenhouse gas legislation passed by the state’s legislature last week. AB 398 extends…
On July 17, 2017 the North Carolina Department of Labor published notification that it has adopted multiple new federal OSHA standards. These changes will update the North Carolina Administrative Code…
On July 18, 2017 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposed adopting the new federal regulations that require electronic reporting of information to the EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
On July 19, 2017 the Iowa Environmental Commission proposed multiple changes, mostly minor, to the state’s Water Quality regulations found in Chapter 61 “Water Quality Standards,” and Chapter 62 “Effluent…
On July 14, 2017 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it will launch the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) on August 1, 2017. The application will allow employers…
On July 20, 2017, as required under the amended section 6(b)(4) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) EPA has finalized its process for conducting risk evaluations to determine whether…