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January 18, 2008
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit on behalf of local residents against Shell’s Deer Park, TX refining and petrochemical complex, alleging that state air regulators...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Citizens-Sue-Shells-Deer-Park-Site_9920.html December 28, 2007
President Bush yesterday signed into law a funding package that includes a provision that upholds states’ right to enact chemical plant security laws that are stricter than the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Provision-Protecting-State-Chemical-Security-Rules-Becomes-Law_9561.html December 14, 2007
Dow Chemical is disputing EPA claims regarding the company’s progress on a dioxin cleanup project at its Midland, MI facility. EPA’s criticism of Dow was detailed in an...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Report-Details-EPA-Criticism-of-Dows-Dioxin-Cleanup_9431.html December 14, 2007
The toxicology program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, MD) says it will not conduct additional health effects testing on diethyl phthalate (DEP). NIH’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/NIH-Discontinues-Phthalate-Review_9432.html December 14, 2007
New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP; Trenton) has proposed rules that would speed the phaseout of dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene (perc). The rules...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/NJ-Proposes-Perc-Phaseout_9433.html December 10, 2007
A panel of experts convened by the National Institute’s of Health toxicology program released its final report on suspected human health effects from exposure to bisphenol A...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Officials-Say-BPA-Poses-Minimal-Risk-to-Reproductive-Systems_9321.html December 10, 2007
A press release claiming to be written by the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP; Washington) was distributed to the media last Monday saying that the group was calling for a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Activist-Group-Impersonates-USCAP_9322.html December 10, 2007
Companies that have adopted ACC’s Responsible Care program or Socma’s ChemStewards program are seeking advice on how most effectively to combine the new U.S. Department of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Fine-Tuning-Stewardship-Programs_9323.html December 3, 2007
A coalition of environmental and labor groups say they have filed a suit against the state of California for its “wholesale failure” to enforce the state’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Two-Suits-Charge-California-with-Proposition-65-Violations_9130.html December 3, 2007
Dow Chemical says it has agreed to an EPA consent order under which it must begin an emergency cleanup of a previously unknown dioxin “hot spot” in the Saginaw River...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Dow-Agrees-to-Emergency-Dioxin-Cleanup-in-Michigan_9131.html December 3, 2007
EPA’s proposed rules on area source emissions could impose “significant costs” on specialty batch chemical manufacturers, Socma says. In particular, a proposed rule...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Socma-Says-Area-Source-Emission-Rules-Could-Hurt-Small-Producers_9132.html November 20, 2007
EPA Region 5 (Chicago) says it has found evidence of potential clean air and hazardous waste violations at Dow Chemical’s manufacturing facility at Midland, MI, part of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Dows-Midland-MI-Facility-Cited-for-Clean-Air-HazWaste-Violations_8983.html November 20, 2007
A coalition of environmental groups is urging the federal government to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) after a biomonitoring project conducted earlier this year found...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Environmental-Groups-Urge-Changes-to-TSCA_8984.html November 20, 2007
The Senate Commerce Committee recently passed legislation that would increase funding for the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC; Washington), and increase safety rules...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Senate-Advances-Bill-to-Boost-Product-Safety-Oversight_8985.html November 9, 2007
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee is considering shifting all or some of the biofuel provisions of its stalled energy bill to the 2007 farm bill, in case the energy...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Senate-May-Shift-Portions-of-Energy-Bill-to-Farm-Legislation_8832.html November 9, 2007
Target (Minneapolis) says it will reduce use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and phthalates in certain products sold under its brand name during 2008. The retailer did not cite a reason...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Target-Stores-to-Reduce-PVC-and-PFOA-Use_8833.html November 9, 2007
Jurors in Louisiana have awarded $3.3 million in compensatory damages to six Nicaraguan plantation workers who sued Dole Fresh Fruit and Dow Chemical seeking compensation for alleged...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Jury-Awards-$3-3-Million-in-Nicaraguan-DBCP-Suit_8834.html November 7, 2007
Up to 50% of chemical companies “are not fully prepared” for the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Up-to-50-percent-of-Companies-Unprepared-for-Reach_8748.html October 30, 2007
Congress is debating more than a dozen bills that would cap or restrict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but some of the bills are based on overly optimistic assumptions from the U.S...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Researchers-Say-Climate-Bills-Underestimate-Costs_8582.html October 30, 2007
Chemical industry groups are disputing a recent Greenpeace report detailing tests done to identify hazardous chemicals in Apple’s iPhone. The groups say that none of the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Flame-Retardant-Industry-Disputes-Greenpeaces-iPhone-Report_8583.html |
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