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Archived blog posts announcing selected Regulatory Alerts posted prior to Jan 20, 2017. All archived alerts available on Library of Congress archive.
EPA seeks representatives of small businesses that manufacture, use, or are exposed to…
EPA has found unreasonable risks to workers, occupational non-users, consumers, and bystanders from 59 conditions of use of Perchloroethylene (PCE), which is used as a solvent for cleaning and degreasing, and in lubricants, adhesives, and…
EPA Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulation Clarifying That States and Tribes Are Not Required To…
On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Proposed Regulation and Request for Comment on clarifying that States and Tribes are not required to include the same criminal intent standard under…
EPA Seeks Comments on Draft Guidance Applying the Supreme Court’s County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife…
On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Availability of Draft Guidance and Request for Comment on applying the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife…
EPA seeks small businesses that manufacture, use, or are exposed to Carbon Tetrachloride or…
EPA has recently found unreasonable risks to workers and occupational non-users for 13 of the 15 conditions of use for carbon tetrachloride and unreasonable risk for 52 conditions of use for TCE. This means that the agency will have to…
HHS Issues Proposed Rule Governing its Regulatory Review of New and Existing Rules
On November 4, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking requiring the agency to assess its regulations every ten years to determine whether they are subject to review under the…
Health and Human Services Seeks Public Input on Regulations that may Inhibit Economic Recovery…
Under an Executive Order that directs federal agencies to address the economic emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic by rescinding, modifying, waiving, or providing exemptions from regulations and other requirements that may inhibit…
TTB Requests Comments on Proposed Information Collections
On November 3, 2020, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 81), requesting comments on information collections (forms, recordkeeping and labeling requirements,…
EPA seeks small businesses that use or are exposed to HBCD for SBREFA panel
EPA recently published its final risk evaluation for the third of its 10 high-priority chemicals under the amended Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). In September 2020, EPA published a risk evaluation for HBCD, finalizing…
CPSC Seeks Comments on Safety Standards for Crib Mattresses
On October 26, 2020 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published a proposed rule to update safety standards for crib mattresses. The Commission is proposing a safety standard for full-size and non-full-size crib mattresses, and…
FERC Seeks Comments on Waiver of Water Quality Certification Requirements of Section 401 of the…
On October 19, 2020, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a reasonable period of time for a certifying authority to act on water quality certification requests. These…