Under the ruling, EPA must now support a conditional registration of a pesticide with substantial evidence showing a pesticide's use is in the public interest.
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David Moore
Last week, the President announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord negotiated in 2015.
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David Moore
The first rule sent by the Trump Administration's EPA to the Office of Management and Budget for review is the proposed repeal of the Obama EPA's "Waters of the U.S." jurisdiction rule under...
In a December 15 opinion, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) upheld the right of small power producers such as solar power facilities...
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Andrew Thompson
Relying on its new authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which was amended in summer 2016, EPA announced a proposed rule on December 7, 2016 which would ban trichloroethylene (TCE)...
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Andrew Thompson
In the summer of 2016, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law an amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) which included, among other things...
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Andrew Thompson
The case addresses NRDC's efforts to impose strict stormwater controls in Los Angeles County. It first made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012...
For some time, EPA has been working on an update to its facility safety rule under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. The existing rule requires companies to prepare a plan to submit to EPA...
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Jennifer Bellis
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") increased its maximum penalties via an interim rule.
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Phillip Hoover
The U.S. EPA's ongoing assistance to states implementing the Clean Power Plan under the new EPA rule has been reviewed by the DOJ for compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to stay the rule.
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Patricia Hill
On May 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration finalized its workplace injury recordkeeping and reporting rule that will require employers to electronically submit information...
Steve O'Day spoke to the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge solar initiative on Monday, April 25, regarding the use of financing under the Georgia Solar Energy Free-Market Financing Act of 2015...
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Andrew Thompson
On March 24, 2016, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration issued a final rule, which among other things, significantly reduces the permissible exposure limit for workers' exposure to respirable crystalline silica...
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Jennifer Bellis
On March 22, 2016, the Supreme Court upheld a $5.8 million judgment against Tyson Foods in a pay dispute between the company and more than 3,000 workers.
Facilities subject to EPA's risk management plan (RMP) facility safety program should keep an eye out for expected amendments to the governing rules, expected to be published in March by EPA.
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