Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) and its consulting affiliates, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM) and The Acta Group (Acta), are pleased to announce the publication of The Year in Review 2011: Environment, Energy, and Resources Law by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. The Year in Review provides an annual summary of developments in environmental, energy, and resources law. Lynn L. Bergeson co-authored the Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know 2011 Annual Report. The Year in Review is available for pre-order online.

The April 23, 2012, issue of Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson concerning an interim guidance developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that outlines the elements of an offer to pay for the use of inert ingredient data used to meet test orders under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP).

The April 20, 2012, issue of Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s April 19, 2012, memorandum concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) 2012-1, on material safety data sheets as pesticide labeling.

In light of the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) recent release of Version 2.0 of its Guidance on Data Sharing, which provides assistance to companies placing substances onto the European Union (EU) market under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation (EC regulation 1907/2006), and other developments, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. has updated its memorandum on EU and international data compensation and sharing mechanisms. This 35-page memorandum reviews data citation, compensation, and sharing provisions under REACH and Canada's pesticide data citation and compensation regulations. If anyone is interested in obtaining a copy of this detailed and up-to-date memorandum, please contact B&C.

The January 26, 2012, issue of Pesticide and Chemical Policy quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the Natural Resources Defense Council’s lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) conditional registration of nanosilver. Bergeson believes EPA's decisions were "scientifically robust and that in court they would prevail."

The December 1, 2011, issue of the New Haven Independent quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) conditional registration of nanosilver as a new active ingredient.

The November 9, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes James V. Aidala regarding the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirements for pesticides. According to Aidala, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) immediate focus on education rather than enforcement will give Congress time to pass legislation to end the permitting requirements.

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on November 8, 2011, James V. Aidala will speak at the CropLife America (CLA) and American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources' (SEER) Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know Committee seminar, What's New, What's Hot in Pesticide Law and Policy Program, on current regulatory issues.

The program will explore current legal, litigation, and policy developments pertinent to the agricultural chemical community and will feature three panels. The first panel will focus on how U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy is conceived and developed in concert with EPA's Office of General Counsel, as seen through the lens of former EPA general counsels. The second panel will focus on current EPA actions regarding the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and related chemical enforcement initiatives. A third panel will address current hot topics -- legislative priorities, key Supreme Court decisions, and related developments.

Speakers include:

• Panel 1 -- The Development of New Policy: How Is It Made?
  
  • Roger R. Martella, Jr., Esquire (Moderator), Sidley Austin LLP;
     
  • E. Donald Elliott, Esquire, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; and
     
  • Robert E. Fabricant, Esquire.
     
• Panel 2 -- Current FIFRA/FQPA Enforcement Initiatives
  
  • Rosemarie A. Kelley, Director, Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division, EPA.
     
• Panel 3 -- Current Hot Topics -- Regulatory and Beyond
  
  • Douglas T. Nelson, Esquire (Moderator), CLA;
     
  • Leslye M. Fraser, Esquire, Associate General Counsel, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Law Office, EPA;
     
  • James V. Aidala, Senior Government Consultant, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.; and
     
  • Lawrence E. Culleen, Esquire, Partner, Arnold & Porter.

The seminar will be held at the Law Offices of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. Information on how to register for this event is available online.

In the June 10, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report, Lynn L. Bergeson supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to consider data call-in notices as an alternative to making nanoscale materials reportable under Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

In the June 8, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report, Lynn L. Bergeson expresses her concern regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to ban the sale of certain residential rodenticide products.