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Updates on Renewable Energy and Clean Transportation
There is a lot of buzz around clean technology, distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and other technological innovations in the renewable energy and clean transport industries and how these developments can contribute to solving longstanding environmental justice issues. As these innovations develop, energy markets will undergo substantial changes to which consumers and industry participants alike will need to adapt and leverage.
EPA Unconditionally Registers New Nanosilver Product for Antimicrobial Use on Textiles | Environmental XPRT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)announcedon July 2, 2020, that it has registered NSPW Nanosilver (a new nanosilver formulation) to suppress odor-causing bacteria and algae, fungus, mold, and mildew that can cause deterioration or staining in textiles. Textiles that may be treated with NSPW Nanosilver include fabrics, sportswear, footwear, linens, and awnings. NSPW Nanosilver is the active ingredient in the pesticide product POLYGUARD-NSPW MASTER BATCH (Polyguard).
EPA Unconditionally Registers New Nanosilver Product for Antimicrobial Use on Textiles | JD Supra
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 2, 2020, that it has registered NSPW Nanosilver (a new nanosilver formulation) to suppress odor-causing bacteria and algae, fungus, mold, and mildew that can cause deterioration or staining in textiles. Textiles that may be treated with NSPW Nanosilver include fabrics, sportswear, footwear, linens, and awnings. NSPW Nanosilver is the active ingredient in the pesticide product POLYGUARD-NSPW MASTER BATCH (Polyguard).
District Court Rules That Prop 65 Warning for Glyphosate Is Barred by the First Amendment and Grants Permanent Injunction against Enforcement | JD Supra
On June 22, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California granted summary judgment for the Plaintiffs in National Association of Wheat Growers et. al. v. Becerra, and entered a permanent injunction against enforcement of a Proposition 65 (Prop 65) warning label for pesticide products containing glyphosate.
EPA Issues Order Governing Existing Stocks of Dicamba Products with Registrations Vacated by the Ninth Circuit Decision, and the Petitioners Have Moved for Emergency Relief to Enforce the Vacatur and to Hold EPA in Contempt | Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. - J
On June 8, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of an existing stocks order under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 6(a)(1) governing further sale, distribution, and use of existing stocks of three reduced volatility dicamba products (XtendiMax®, EngeniaTM, and FeXapanTM) with conditional registrations that were vacated by the June 3, 2020, decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in National Family Farm Coalition v.
Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Renewal of Conditional Registrations for Lower Volatility Dicamba Formulations | JD Supra
On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit) issued an opinion in National Family Farm Coalition v. EPA, No. 19-70115, vacating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2018 decisions to extend the conditional registrations for three reduced volatility dicamba herbicides, Bayer’s XtendiMax, Corteva’s FeXapan, and BASF’s Engenia.
Supreme Court Ruling Sets New Test for Clean Water Act Permitting | Environmental XPRT
On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that pollution traveling indirectly to rivers and streams through groundwater can be covered by the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) permitting requirements. The case, County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al, 590 U.S. (2020), concerned whether pollutants discharged from a point source into groundwater, a non-point source, and then conveyed into navigable waters fall within permitting requirements of the CWA.
EPA Approves Experimental Use Permit for Field Testing of Genetically Modified Aedes aegypti Mosquitos | JD Supra
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Supreme Court Ruling Sets New Test for Clean Water Act Permitting | JD Supra
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Supreme Court Ruling Sets New Test for Clean Water Act Permitting
Monday, April 27, 2020 On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that pollution traveling indirectly to rivers and streams through groundwater can be covered by the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) permitting requirements. The case, County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al, 590 U.S. (2020), concerned whether pollutants discharged from a point source into groundwater, a non-point source, and then conveyed into navigable waters fall within permitting requirements of the CWA.
SAB to Review EPA Research on Large Scale Disinfection of COVID-19 Virus | JD Supra
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EPA to Schedule FIFRA SAP Meeting on New Approaches to Human Health Risk Assessment for Organophosphates | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Revised Method for Conducting Biological Evaluations of Pesticides under the Endangered Species Act | JD Supra
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Corteva Announces It Will Cease Production of Embattled Insecticide Chlorpyrifos | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Interim Registration Review Decision for Glyphosate | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Interim Registration Review Decision for Glyphosate
February 06, 2020 Pittsburgh Paid Sick Leave Ordinance To Take Effect March 15, 2020 by: Harris M Mufson and Arielle E. Kobetz Industrial Control Systems at Risk from Targeted Snake Malware by: Linn F. Freedman 2020 Digital Health Outlook: Thoughts from CES and JPM [Podcast] by: Dale Van Demark and Sarah T. Hogan CMS Proposes Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs... by: Christine M. Clements The Timeline to an Autonomous Future Keeps Getting Longer, but the... by: Christopher R.
New Joint Website on Agricultural Biotechnology Products Launched by EPA, USDA, and FDA | JD Supra
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New Joint Website on Agricultural Biotechnology Products Launched by EPA, USDA, and FDA
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European Union to Ban Chlorpyrifos after January 31, 2020 | JD Supra
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European Union to Ban Chlorpyrifos after January 31, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020 On December 6, 2019, the European Union (EU) announced that it will no longer permit sales of chlorpyrifos after January 31, 2020. The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF Committee) voted in favor of two draft Implementing Regulations that denied the renewal of approvals for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl. The European Commission is expected to formally adopt the regulations in January 2020.
EPA Issues Proposed Interim Registration Review Decisions To Require New Risk Mitigation Measures for Three Triazine Herbicides | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Proposed Interim Registration Review Decisions To Require New Risk Mitigation Measures for Three Triazine Herbicides
December 23, 2019 Update to Texas v. United States: Fifth Circuit Strikes Individual... by: Kenneth Yood and Jordan E. Grushkin The Saga Continues – Fifth Circuit Affirms ACA Individual Mandate’s... by: Damian A Myers Back to the Future—Fact-Finding Conferences Back En Vogue With EEOC by: Nonnie L. Shivers and Abigail S. Wallach Transportation and Climate Initiative Issues Draft Cap-and-Investment... by: Brook J. Detterman and Benjamin E.
EPA Issues Interim Registration Review Decision for Sodium Cyanide Used in M-44 Predator Control Devices | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Interim Registration Review Decision for Sodium Cyanide Used in M-44 Predator Control Devices
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Monsanto Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegal Use of Methyl Parathion and to Pay $10.2 in Penalties and Restitution, Thereby Avoiding Felony Convictions for Related Hazardous Waste Violations | Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. - JDSupra
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EPA Seeks Comment on its Risk Assessment Methodology for Evaluating Potential Synergistic Effects of Pesticides on Non-Target Organisms | JD Supra
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EPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications Adding Hemp as a New Use Site | JD Supra
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California DPR Issues Cancellation Notices for Chlorpyrifos, and Establishes a Work Group to Recommend and to Develop Alternatives to Chlorpyrifos | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Guidance Regarding Prop 65 Labeling Requirements for Glyphosate Products and OEHHA Responds | JD Supra
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Parties Who Requested that EPA Revoke All Tolerances and Cancel All Registrations for Chlorpyrifos, and Eight States, File New Petitions Challenging EPA’s 2019 Order Denying that Request, Seek Consolidation with the Existing Chlorpyrifos Case, and Oppose
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EPA Reevaluates and Reduces the FQPA Safety Factor for Pyrethroids | JD Supra
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EPA Registers Long-Term Uses for Sulfoxaflor | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Final Order Denying Objections to EPA’s March 2017 Order Denying PANNA’s and NRDC’s 2007 Petition to Revoke All Tolerances and Cancel All Registrations for Chlorpyrifos | Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. - JDSupra
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Ninth Circuit Issues Order Requiring EPA to Rule on Objections to Denial of Tolerance Revocation for Chlorpyrifos within 90 Days | JD Supra
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Ninth Circuit Issues Order Requiring EPA to Rule on Objections to Denial of Tolerance Revocation for Chlorpyrifos within 90 Days
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EPA Proposes Joint Stipulation in Ellis Case Requiring EPA to Issue ESA Effects Determinations for T | JD Supra
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EPA Proposes Joint Stipulation in Ellis Case Requiring EPA to Issue ESA Effects Determinations for Two Neonicotinoid Pesticides
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EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Harmonize EPA-specific Regulations in Revised Common Rule | JD Supra
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EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Harmonize EPA-specific Regulations in Revised Common Rule
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EPA Extends Dicamba Products Registered for “Over-the-Top” Use | JD Supra
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EPA Petitions for En Banc and Panel Rehearing in Ninth Circuit Chlorpyrifos Case | JD Supra
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EPA Petitions for En Banc and Panel Rehearing in Ninth Circuit Chlorpyrifos Case
On September 25, 2018, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit), respondents U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler (collectively EPA) petitioned for an en banc and panel rehearing concerning the Ninth Circuit’s August 9, 2018, decision that granted judicial review of EPA’s initial order denying an administrative petition by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council...
California DPR Proposes Rule to Designate Chlorpyrifos as a Toxic Air Contaminant | JD Supra
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California DPR Proposes Rule to Designate Chlorpyrifos as a Toxic Air Contaminant
On September 19, 2018, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) proposed a regulation to designate chlorpyrifos as a toxic air contaminant(TAC). DPR states that this proposal is being presented “after an extensive period of scientific and public review.” The proposed rule is based on a final evaluation issued in July 2018, in which DPR’s Human Health Assessment (HHA) Branch determined that chlorpyrifos meets the quantitative criteria for designation as a TAC.
Ninth Circuit Directs EPA to Revoke all Tolerances and Cancel All Registrations for Chlorpyrifos | JD Supra
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California DPR Releases Final Toxic Air Contaminant Evaluation for Chlorpyrifos | JD Supra
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California Dept of Pesticide Regulation Releases Final Toxic Air Contaminant Evaluation for Chlorpyrifos
In July 2018, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), Human Health Assessment (HHA) Branch, issued its final toxic air contaminant (TAC) evaluation of chlorpyrifos. This final TAC evaluation updates the December 2017 draft evaluation of chlorpyrifos as a TAC for the Scientific Review Panel (SRP) which updated the August 2017 draft and was reviewed by the SRP on TACs, and incorporates certain changes based on SRP recommendations.
Ninth Circuit Directs EPA to Revoke all Tolerances and Cancel All Registrations for Chlorpyrifos
On August 9, 2018, the majority of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit) issued an opinion in the latest chlorpyrifos case (League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v.
Oral Argument Held in Case Challenging EPA’s Denial of Petition to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances | JD Supra
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Oral Argument Held in Case Challenging EPA’s Denial of Petition to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances
On July 9, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit) held oral argument in League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v. Pruitt, a case brought to challenge the decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a 2007 petition by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
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