Chemical Law and Regulatory News and Insights
Chemical Law and Regulatory News and Insights
Citing difficulties experienced by numerous submitters using EPA’s online reporting portal, the agency has extended the TSCA Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) deadline for two months.
The CDR rule requires manufacturers (including importers) of chemical substances listed on the TSCA Chemical…
Continue Reading EPA Extends TSCA Chemical Data Reporting Deadline to January 29
As part of the agency’s ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic, EPA has issued new interim guidance outlining the path for expedited approval of products that demonstrate the ability to provide durable residual antimicrobial activity of hard surfaces. Specifically, the…
Continue Reading EPA Establishes New Expedited Approval Pathways for Long-Lasting Residual Antimicrobial Products
With so much great content from Monday’s annual Prop 65 Clearinghouse Conference, here is a follow up post highlighting some of the compliance tips shared by panelists:
• Compliance Tip #1: TEST your products … but how much and what…
Continue Reading Prop 65 Compliance Tips: Further Notes from the Prop 65 Annual Conference
(Virtually) Live from San Francisco, Kelley Green Law Blog is reporting today from the Prop 65 Clearinghouse 2020 Conference …. the largest annual assemblage dedicated to the legal niche that is California’s “Proposition 65.” The Conference is always a unique…
Continue Reading The Prop 65 Annual Conference: Notes from the Front 2020
Today, EPA announced that it has issued the first ever emergency use exemption for a “long-lasting” anti-viral coating. The exemption was granted upon request by the state of Texas to permit use of the coating at American Airlines airport facilities…
Continue Reading EPA Approves First “Long-Lasting Anti-Viral” for Emergency Use to Fight Coronavirus
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed regulations to limit the rash of Proposition 65 actions alleging failure to provide a warning for exposure to acrylamide in food items as a result of cooking or heat processing. …
Continue Reading Managing the Feeding Frenzy: OEHHA Proposes Limits on California Prop 65 Requirements for Acrylamide in Food
Since the start of the pandemic, we have been receiving a lot of questions regarding products claiming to kill or otherwise inhibit viruses, bacteria and other germs. Following on from their recent webinar on this same topic (available here www.adlawaccess.com/2020/07/article…killing-claims/…
Continue Reading Kelley Drye Legal Download – Cleaning Up: Answers To Common Questions About Disinfectant, Germ, and Virus-Killing Claims
COVID-19 has brought a proliferation of products claiming to kill or otherwise inhibit viruses, bacteria and other germs. These…
Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar: Cleaning Up From 2020: Guidance for Disinfectant, Germ and Virus Killing Claims
Earlier today, U.S. EPA officially added 172 specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals reportable each year under the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. With annual TRI reports due July 1, there have been some reports…
Continue Reading EPA Officially Adds PFAS Chemicals to TRI Reporting Program
Amid the flurry of products making coronavirus-related claims, some without legal approval or scientific support, one class of products raises unique questions: so-called “pesticide devices,” like ozone generators and ultraviolet (UV) lights, which are instruments that claim to control…
Continue Reading EPA Cautions Consumers About Ozone Generators, UV Lights, and Other Pesticide Devices Making Coronavirus Claims
